trying to find pic: leica lens stops bullet and saves (war?) photographer's life

[christer]

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Can somebody please give me a hint to where I might find this picture, which I saw several years ago. I remember seeing it, and it is not just hearsay that it exists.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Chris

[stunsworth]

I don't know about a Leica, but the British war photographer Don McCullin had a bullet stopped/deflected by his Nikon - I've seen the camera, and it didn't look pretty.

[jaapv]

There is such a lens in the Leica exhibition in Solms next to the IIIf that was in a gletscher for decades.

[bill]

Wasn't it Tim Page? On a PT Boat in the Gulf of Tonkin, strafed by F4 Phantoms, IIRC

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[wattsy]

Wasn't it Tim Page? On a PT Boat in the Gulf of Tonkin, strafed by F4 Phantoms, IIRC

 

Might have been. One thing's for sure - it is probably safe to assume that the photographer wasn't using a piece of silk string as a strap because he was worried about getting a sore neck.

[bill]

Might have been. One thing's for sure - it is probably safe to assume that the photographer wasn't using a piece of silk string as a strap because he was worried about getting a sore neck.

 

Damn right...

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[mby]

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3 very famous leicas at the Ginza Leica Gallery - Photo.net Leica and Rangefinders Forum

 

Best regards,

Michael

[hoppyman]

There is such a lens in the Leica exhibition in Solms next to the IIIf that was in a gletscher for decades.

 

The Solms display

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By the way Tim Page now lives locally here and is good friends with my Leica dealer. Prints from his work are marvellous to look at. You can purchase sets or books from him, I think. Tim Page IMAGE

 

Incidentally one of his M's has been passed on and is in local use. It is truly hammered but still works fine. A testament both to the toughness of the camera and the gruelling environment that Tim Page operated in.