Re: [Rollei] Capa: Leica or Rollei?

[dshea]

Paul,
The IIa was introduced in 1950.

Doug


>
> On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 02:19  PM, Marc James Small wrote:
>
>> His D-Day pictures included those from the Rolleiflex for the run in
>> to the beach, and a Contax on the beach.
>
> It was the Contax film which got botched in process, right?  Was the
> Rollei film also botched?  If so, that guy at the lab must have been
> REALLY nervous.
> I don't know when the IIa came out, but I had the impression that Capa
> was using a II in the views that flashed by.  Also, there was one brief
> shot where he was wearing a folder, in addition to several other types.
>   Anyone know what that one was?
> pk

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