Ce n'est vraisemblablement pas les journalistes (même militaires) qui l'utilisaient, car la qualité du Kodak est en deçà de ce que pouvait donner une Graflex.
Voici une liste du matériel spécifique des Signal Corps durant la seconde guerre (y compris camera ciné). Mais on ne peut pas dire que le Signal Corps soit des journalistes. Je me demande si ton habitant ne confond pas avec les correspondants de guerre, qui ne sont pas des milataires, même s'ils sont habillés comme.
Photography
I. Cameras
A. Still pictures
1. General use
a. PH-120, 150, 195, and 205: portrait and view cameras taking large
pictures, 8 by 10 inches.
b. PH-47 and 324: taking average pictures, four by five inches, and
small 33-mm. pictures respectively.
2. Special use
a. PH-518 ( )/PF: camera especially developed for use in combat areas,
stoutly constructed and tropicalized, taking 70-mm. film (pictures 2½ by
2¾ inches).
b. AN/TFQ-6: a photoflash camera developed for recording surgical
operations.
B. Moving pictures
1. PH-270 and 274: heavy newsreel-type 35-mm. cameras.
2. PH-330: standard movie camera in World War II, 35-mm.
3. PH-430 and 431: small, 16-mm. movie cameras.
IL Projectors
A. PH-131 and 398: 16-mm. sound projectors.
B. PH-331 and 405: 35-mm. sound projectors.
C. PH-526/UF: projector for large audiences (up to 2,000).
D. AN/TFQ-4: projector for small audiences (up to 600); rugged, for use
under any conditions from arctic to tropical.
E. PH-420-A: small portable projector screen for use in daylight.
F. PH-222: small projector of film strip and slides.
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III. Other photographic equipment
A. Identification sets
1. PH-385: for field use, including a 35-mm. camera, fingerprint set,
lamps, etc.
2. PH-261 and AN/TFQ-1: field sets including printing and enlarging
equipment.
B. V-mail equipment
1. PH-512: rapid developer, machine-driven, for developing and drying
100-foot rolls of 16-mm. film or 50-foot rolls of 35-mm. film.
2. PH-542: enlarger for 16 or 35-mm. film.
C. Miscellaneous equipment
1. PH-524/PF: low tripod, permitting the camera man to "shoot" while
lying prone.
2. PH-515/MF: photographic equipment pack for jeep transport, including a tripod for operating a movie camera on the jeep.
3. PH-253, 298, 406, 413: sets for. processing and developing films of
various sizes and types.
4. PH-13, 67, 129, 395: printers.
5. PH-275, 285, 511: enlargers.
6. PH-261, 383, 390, and 392: darkroom sets, housed in small tents.
7. S-11/GF and AN/TFQ-7: darkrooms housed in HO-27, the former a
mobile shelter, the latter a transportable laboratory completely equipped
for developing still and movie negatives in the field.
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