Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] Kickin' the 'Kon Around
From: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Mon Oct 4 16:28:04 2004
 
In a message dated 10/4/2004 5:19:10 PM Central Standard Time, 
buzz.hausner@verizon.net writes:
Marty Forscher used to fix my Leicas and Nikons.  He was a genius.  Just
imagine what he could do for digital adaptations if he were around
today.

    Buzz

Ya, I know his work, as I was a news shooter at the height of his prowness.  
I was in TV, and we had a similar guy living over in Dallas, Gordon Yoder, 
who 
converted the Auricon film camera into something usable for news.  

It was the fore-runner of the Cinema Products CP16, (a wonderful camera) 
that 
was a little too late in coming to market, as Ikegami soon produced the 
Video 
Handy Lookie (HL33) http://www.pharis-video.com/hl-33.jpg  and we all traded 
in our 9 pound cameras for video rigs that weighed 60 pounds. Isn't progress 
great?

Regards, 
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
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