ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> 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!
What else inflated at about 7.250a compounded over the same period !
jh
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