Unknown, 1945
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310.178.1-2.2017 Transcription
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scientific-“barrage”-unit-box—FIVE!
This explains how I have 2 of them.
In subsiquent letters Ill reveal
more of its uses but so far I can
say this:- the lens is phenomenal, & as
of present seems to be only a short-range
lens suitable only for such as mounting
the camera (it has a “just-made-right” mounts)
on the bar of Ter, lets say, Terry’s[1]
crib or play pen & getting close-range
every lovable & enduring baby
expression you wish to “catch”/”stop”
(in cameraman’s slang). Jacobi & I are
working it out slowly during our
time off c̅[2] [the help of][3] a Major Smith who knows
more about cameras than we do. our
main bottle neck is film, but even
if we dont get it all “fathomed-out”
before getting home, so what—
however we feel another lens can be
superimposed for $20-$55 to make it
an all-purpose [(long-range)][4] camera even if it
isnt made for other than close range
as we now “see” it. Just one thing,
is that we feel it could be run even
as a movie-taking-camera if we
could just find the secret. Enclosed
is a poor but starting-example that
you have enlarged just to see what
could be seen when worked right c̅
[5]
decent film & a decent understanding
of the camera (we’ve had only 2 nights to
test-try it). Oh, darlin’, the more I think
& write about it the weaker I get—
Ohhhhhhhhhh! Why, Em, a F 1.5
lens is second even to the best lens
in the world, & even Leica-Robot-
Compur, etc have only a “measly” F2 lens
(I believe there is a lens in the world made @ F 1.2).
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!. AND an
E-L-E-C-T-R-O camera! Ohhhhhhh!
Guess, you know that a F2 F 1.5
would even “catch”/”stop” Thump’s[5]
bubbles he blows while “bubbling”
& giving a (teething) “razzberry”—
some punkins—huh?!
Well, dearest, I could rave for pages
more but Ill stop. I just should
go to bed as its getting late.
All my love,
Dave
P.S. 3 minds have figured & figured what the Krauts[6]
used the camera for—analizing a weapon
during test firing? recording the readings on a
dash-board-like pannel of some machine? mounting
them in an aviators cockpit to “catch” him or his
dash board of instruments?—as it was in
the part of a huge warehouse that seemed “devoted to”
antiaircraft & artillery weapons. YOU GUESS. Women are “PSYCHIC.”
[1] Their infant son.
[2] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[3] Bracketed text inserted into original with a caret.
[4] Bracketed text inserted into original with a caret.
[5] Nickname for their infant son, Terry.
[6] Germans.