[LargeFormat] Spy lenses and presidential hopefuls

[David Galway]

My favourite bit was:

"The trouble with these damn Nikons is, you hit someone with it, they go
down but they get right back up." He paused for a minute, then almost
smiled and allowed "Now, with a Speed Graphic, you hit somebody, they're
gonna stay DOWN!"

I had to rely on a strategically swung camera bag to clear a path during
my newspaper days!



The piece reminded me of an anecdote I heard from a 50s-era Toronto Star
photographer. They would surreptitiously wipe a hunk of ear wax on the
lenses of their competitors' Speed Graphics in the hopes it wouldn't be
discovered until the neg was developed! Them boys played for keeps!


regards,
David Galway