In <l03130302b8612b1eda1a@[203.62.227.190]>, on 01/09/02 at 10:06 AM,
andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>Best known user was Saloman - German press photog. in the thirties who
>used its fast lens capability for candid shots of politicians. He
>concealed it in his coat with just the lens sticking out.
Yes; I've seen some of his work, and it is striking.
> Of course, a rollfilm conversion might make it bulkier. I shudder
>to think what a clean example might cost now.
Someone mentioned in the neighborhood of US $3000. And it was closed out
of stock at Willoughby's photo store in 1939 for -- what? -- $39.95?
Aargh!
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