I'm a little dim on how the whole thing came down...
I saw "The Right Stuff" on the Mercury Astronauts first press
conversance
were all coved by guys with Speed Graphics!
It seems sometimes like things went from 4x5 to Leica. Do not pass
go....
With some pack flim thrown in the middle.
A Rolleiflex unlike a Speed or Crown you could not hit someone over
the head
with. It would break. And it did not float. And unlike a Leica would
not
fit on your pocket.
You'd think one of the histories of photography I'd read over years
would
have clarified it by now as I've read few but its still blurry. We've
maybe
got guys old enough to give a personal account. Inquiring minds like
mine
would like to know.
Where did brownie film fit it between sheet and 35?
A big overlap for sure.
Small towns?
Hamlet?
To Rollei or not to Rollei...
However I did see a shot of Sofia Loren comout out of a building into
a maze
of Rolleiflexes. Just Rolleiflexes. Many held upside down.
Try holding a Leica or Speed over your head up side down.
Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com
