Is this to be believed?

[Tony Lakin]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Schneider-Kreuznach-Symmar-1-5-6-240-lens-1-12-420-/160548569494?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_JN&hash=item256170c196

[Steven Tribe]

He is saying that both the SA and convt. Symmar were recommended by AA in the early 70's.
Sounds OK to me - may be a question of price rather than best available.

[Brian Ellis]

You'd think that with human mortality being what it is, the number of people who knew Ansel Adams would decline as time goes on. But somehow his acquaintances have turned the actuarial tables around because as the years after his death increase so the number of people who knew him also increases.

[E. von Hoegh]

Sort of like Jimi Hendrix, who has released more posthumous albums than he ever did while alive.....

[cowanw]

Or like George Washinton's beds

[Bob Salomon]

"more posthumous albums than he ever did while alive."

Really difficult to release a posthumous album while one is alive.

[Merg Ross]

You'd think that with human mortality being what it is, the number of people who knew Ansel Adams would decline as time goes on. But somehow his acquaintances have turned the actuarial tables around because as the years after his death increase so the number of people who knew him also increases.

Although, if you were 25 years-old and had known him 20 years before his death, you would be 72 years-old today. Not an altogether unlikely possibility. Add to that, Ansel's accessibility and self-promotion; the man was not a hermit!