Digital BW, The Print

At 02:25 PM 6/19/2003, you wrote:
> > But then he
> > probably wouldn't have invented the Zone VI and that would have been a
> > great loss.
> >
>
>He didn't invent the Zone VI (if you are talking about the camera). Picker
>was a good entrepreneur in a small niche market, but I don't think he ever
>really designed anything that he sold.
>
>tim


The history of the Zone VI camera was written up in two consecutive issues 
of View Camera Magazine. I don't have them with me at the moment, but my 
recollection is that he (with others) designed the camera and farmed out 
the manufacturing. Wisner was the beneficiary of one of the manufacturing 
contracts, leading to his involvement in camera manufacture where he holds 
an honorable position to this day. I also seem to recall that Picker did 
bring the manufacturing of some of the later models in-house. I'll review 
the articles and post corrections later, if needed.

Stan

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