[rollei_list] Re: e: speaking of war photography
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:55:41 -0700
Iam a big fan of SWAT-Team type "range bags" for field use. Lots of
places in the little ones for an afternoon with 2 35s, and the big one
holds Rolleis too..
Peter Nebergall
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:25:54 -0400 Marc James Small
<marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> At 09:18 AM 10/23/2007, Jan Decher wrote:
> >Marc:
> >In this context, a very entertaining read,
> >highlighting one German war reporter's life:
> >
> >Walther Benser: "My Life with the Leica" (1990
> >Hove Photo Books) with a nice gallery of Benser's pictures
> annotated by him.
> >After the war Benser worked for Leitz to promote
> >their gear around the world incl. in the US with
> >slide shows of his pictures using two Prado 500
> >projectors. He even drilled himself to give his
> >talks in several languages without really
> >knowing all of them. Did you ever see him?
>
> I corresponded briefly with Benser but never met
> him. I have owned a number of Benser cases over
> he years and agree with Allen that these are more
> for collectors than users: I will stick with my
> Billingham for the Leicas and with a
> Falklands-War-era Royal Engineers kit bag for my 2.8GX.
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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