Evan Hanson wrote:
> Anyone know what kind of camera that famous VJ day picture was taken with?
Hi, Evan,
I'm quite certain it was a Leica.
regards,
frank
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"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true." -J. Robert
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OT? At least it is about photography - hopefully that is what Pentax itself
is about. Have you had the pleasure of reading The Eye of Eisenstaedt? It has
some fascinatiing information about how/why he made some of his favorite
images.
Regards,
Ed M.
In a message dated 12/6/2001 9:09:01 AM US
It's the birthday of photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt, born in
Dirschau,
Prussia (1898). When Eisenstaedt was 14, his uncle gave him an Eastman
Kodak Number Three Folding Camera, and he began taking pictures. He
photographed many famous artists and statesman and, in 1933, was sent
to shoot the
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