On May 3, 3:41=A0pm, Paul Furman <pa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Alan Browne wrote:
> > Paul Furman wrote:
> >>http://edgehill.net/Misc/photography/Tokyo-Optical-Co
> >> Takes Moonlight Pictures
> >> Len Furman, Acme Newpictures photographer in Tokyo, looks through the
> >> new f0.7 lens made by Tokyo Optical Co., and said to admit four times
> >> as much light as any other present lens. Japanese photographers claim
> >> to have made good pictures by moonlight at 1/5 second. The firm plans
> >> to produce 300 lenses a month to sell for about $250 each.
> >> 1951
>
> > Any relation****p to you?
>
> My father. He died when I was a child, my mother dug up a ****tfolio of
> newspaper clippings & typed news stories I haven't seen in ages, mostly
> from Japan & Korea but unfortunately not many photos. He also worked as
> a Weegee type crime beat re****ter in Chicago, those would be interesting
> to see. All before I came around.
Very interesting Paul. I can imagine you are very proud of your dad.
I'd like to check out that lens!
Helen
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