It would make sense as the SLR was rapidly replacing rangefinders, when a Leica was carried it was with a wide angle lens. I carried a Canon 7S or Leica IIIG wilth either a 28 or 35mm lens a second body until the early 80s when I replaced it with a second Nikon.
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I remember I turned 18 in 1973, I got a draft card, thankfully the US involvement was winding down as I wasn't called up. I bought a new Nikon F2S the same year, (I really hated the LED meter display) I have a couple F2 and F bodies today, with plain prisms 
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The view from the North:
The North's PJ's were sent south to walk the Ho Chi Minh trail with a Praktica and one roll of film.
Vietnam's Photographic History, Told by the Winners
An exhibit shows how North Vietnamese photographers documented their country’s bloody war, volunteering to risk their lives.
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The North's PJ's were sent south to walk the Ho Chi Minh trail with a Praktica and one roll of film.
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My wife and I attended an exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Centre in—was it 1999?—about the photographers who were killed in the Vietnam War, and many of their their photographs were on display.
Most of the photographers killed were Vietnamese, but there were many others, notably Robert Capa; among the photographs on display were his last two images, one black and white and one colour, as the caption card indicated he had two camera bodies that day.
At the entrance to the exhibition was a composite image of all of the photographers who were killed, as well as a huge photograph of a Nikon F, which had a bullet hole right through the right side of the camera.
Years later, when I was a staff photographer at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, I attended an exhibition of the photographs of the British photographer, Don McCullin. He walked the crowd through the exhibition, talking about his photography.
At one point, he mentioned how he had had a Nikon F camera shot out of his hands; naturally, I thought if the photograph I had seen years earlier. When his walk through was ended, and he was taking questions from the viewers, I told him about what I had seen in Chicago, and asked if that was his Nikon F. He replied no, but said he was nearby when it happened.
I was also able to make some exposures when he was talking to the viewers, and I guestimated the exposure to be 1/30 @ f/2, for where he was standing, which was near the photographs he was talking about, but not under the lights which illuminated his photographs. I went back afterwards and measured the light with my Lunasix-3, and the exposure was correct for a film rated at ISO 800, and I had loaded my camera with HP5. However, his photographs on the wall were horribly overexposed.
Most of the photographers killed were Vietnamese, but there were many others, notably Robert Capa; among the photographs on display were his last two images, one black and white and one colour, as the caption card indicated he had two camera bodies that day.
At the entrance to the exhibition was a composite image of all of the photographers who were killed, as well as a huge photograph of a Nikon F, which had a bullet hole right through the right side of the camera.
Years later, when I was a staff photographer at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, I attended an exhibition of the photographs of the British photographer, Don McCullin. He walked the crowd through the exhibition, talking about his photography.
At one point, he mentioned how he had had a Nikon F camera shot out of his hands; naturally, I thought if the photograph I had seen years earlier. When his walk through was ended, and he was taking questions from the viewers, I told him about what I had seen in Chicago, and asked if that was his Nikon F. He replied no, but said he was nearby when it happened.
I was also able to make some exposures when he was talking to the viewers, and I guestimated the exposure to be 1/30 @ f/2, for where he was standing, which was near the photographs he was talking about, but not under the lights which illuminated his photographs. I went back afterwards and measured the light with my Lunasix-3, and the exposure was correct for a film rated at ISO 800, and I had loaded my camera with HP5. However, his photographs on the wall were horribly overexposed.
In the documentary, “Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War,” the author of the book the documentary is based on, journalist, Michael Maclear, he states, “Vietnam was the first war fought without censorship.”
I bought my first F second-hand in 1974 and it was my only camera for the next 12 years. Sold it in ’86 in London to pay the airfare back to the States. My go-to 35mm SLR is an F2 these days, with the plain prism (I always meter off-camera) and a Micro-Nikkor 55. The years spent without a Nikon were stressful.I remember I turned 18 in 1973, I got a draft card, thankfully the US involvement was winding down as I wasn't called up. I bought a new Nikon F2S the same year, (I really hated the LED meter display) I have a couple F2 and F bodies today, with plain prisms
Burrows always denied that.
Just dug out my copy after not looking at it for several years. It's spectacular! Beautifully put together, truly great photographs, unbelievably moving.There is a great book that I hesitate to recommend because I just looked up the price on Amazon, but if you can find a cheap copy it is 'Requiem-By The Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina', lots of pictures of camera's as a side bar to the serious intent of the book. If not that you can make do with Dennis Hopper as the photojournalist in the film Apocalypse Now', plenty of Nikon's on show.
Steve
It was also made into a documentary shows up on cable from time to time.
I never seen anyone carrying a Leica on my tour. I guess the PJs that followed us around couldn't afford them. Several Nikons and lots of Spotmatics and Minoltas. I bought a Minolta after I left and later a Spottie.
The Air Force was using M2 and 3, generally we were allowed to use either one or a Nikon F our unit commander did not see any reason to carry both on the same mission. My older brother is a tour in 1967, he was in the signal corps, he carried his own Spotmatic. He told me that the Army photographer was still using a combat Graphic until he ditched it for a Spotmatic he bought at the BX.
This thread brought this to mind - not just Vietnam but 100 best war pictures:
Last photo at AP headquaters as Saigon fell. Interesting story of the key news reporters who reported the war from there and their photographers.
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As communist troops streamed into Saigon, a few remaining reporters kept photos and stories flowing
They'd watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter on the roof of the embassy to be whisked away from Saigon. Offering the men a Coke and day-old cake, Peter Arnett, George Esper and Matt Franjola started...
I noticed this article in today's NYT. I didn't see any mention of Nikons, but there are some amazing images here.
www.nytimes.com
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
I noticed this article in today's NYT. I didn't see any mention of Nikons, but there are some amazing images here.
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
I bought a Nikon F Photomic T in 1965 in Japan when I was in the service during the Vietnam war. At the time, Nikon was the lead camera maker of SLR's and Nikon F series was the top model.
Wow! Thanks for posting. Reminds me of my first encounter with war photos as a small child. Edward Steichen edited a large soft-cover book of WWII US Navy war photographs that my father brought home. Really freaked me out. Sold for 10 cents a copy.
I noticed this article in today's NYT. I didn't see any mention of Nikons, but there are some amazing images here.
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
Thanks for linking this. The b&w images just look right—they're very evocative. The color (there are only a few) not so much. I don't know whether it's the way they've aged, or my own expectations of news photos from that time, but the color images look…unnatural.
I noticed this article in today's NYT. I didn't see any mention of Nikons, but there are some amazing images here.
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.
Thanks for posting. This didn't show up on my digital feed for some reason. Had to search for it.
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