Verify this image?

**Adrian Stevenson** · 08-20-2010, 08:15 AM

I am fairly certain this is a modern re-enactment photo. I think I have seen it before.

Cheers, Ade.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-20-2010 08:15 AM

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**Aldarith** · 08-20-2010, 08:53 AM

Thank you all for helping!

**emileverbunt** · 08-20-2010, 09:04 AM

His hair is too long. The Wehrmacht would not tolerate this sloppy behaviour!

Cheers,
Emile

**stewfoxy** · 08-20-2010, 09:16 AM

All a camera needs to freeze an ejected cartridge case is a relatively fast shutter speed and a pre 1940 Leica could open and close in 1/1000th of a second. The consensus on here was that the picture I've attached from 1941 shows exactly that.

What makes your picture look like a modern set-up to me is the telephoto lens effect (the background being so far out of focus). You hardly ever see this on wartime pictures which are usually shot on wide angle or standard lenses.

**Paul D** · 08-20-2010, 01:24 PM

His water bottle and other equipment looks very new !!

Just because he is wearing a scarf doesn't in any way signify any photo was taken on the Eastern front !!

**tampalam** · 08-20-2010, 01:30 PM

I believe I have seen this photo on some reenactor site in the last couple of years. My memory is not good enough to remember where!! (Frustrating!)

**ToxicGas** · 10-11-2010, 08:19 PM

I can confirm (not that it's necessary) that this photo is definitely a modern reenactor. The original photo was posted on deviantART: where ART meets application!, and this is a version edited to look grainy- probably an unauthorised edit, as the photographer himself did not post it.

Mat

**Aldarith** · 10-11-2010, 09:20 PM

Thanks for the reply ToxicGas :P The information is valuable whether or not others have already posted. Now I'm going to go hunt for the original on deviantART