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Originally Posted by jhild
At the time of WWII a Leica was an enemy made camera, was there nothing at least
similar made in USA? What would general people say if they would find out their war
hero was using a German camera? This might be the reason to place it just somewhere...
Jo
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Unless you were shooting 4x5 with a Speed Graphic, anyone worth their salt used a German camera during the war. Contax, Leica and Rollei cameras were in high demand and prized booty. If I remember correctly at one point a call went out from the British government looking for these cameras from citizens to meet the demand from the military.
With the exception of the Speed Graphic, the Allies did not produce a single camera that could compete with the German gear in terms of reliability or optical performance.