...How would she [Marina] forget that she held the camera at waist level? The Imperial reflex is operated like a Hasselblad, not like a 35mm eye level camera, and unlike the Hasselblad does not have an eye view finder. She said she held it to up her eyes. She should also have remembered that the image in the camera was upside down, which it is in a reflex camera. Both very hard to forget.
The Marina 'testimony' regarding the Backyard camera was a fiasco. Marina lied to the Warren Commission with their blessing. Then, when she 'testified' to the HSCA she told a completely contradictory lie.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall the day that you took the picture of him with the rifle and the pistol?
Mrs. OSWALD. ... I can't say exactly. Because I didn't attach any significance to it at the time. That was the only time I took any pictures. I don't know how to take pictures. He gave me a camera and asked me someone should ask me how to photograph, I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. You have examined that picture since, and noticed that the telescopic lens was on at the time the picture was taken, have you not?
Mrs. OSWALD. Now I paid attention to it. A specialist would see it immediately, of course. But at that time I did not pay any attention at all
If this is solid testimony...I'm a monkey's uncle. There is an hour or so and umpteen+ bunches of scraps and notes that were written by Oswald in Russian [that said nothing apparently] and were entered into evidence along with Oswald's pants, sweaters, underwear, etc by the chief counsel. Rankin coddled his witness knowing that she was willingly falsifying just about everything she said.
Rankin didn't seem to want to pursue or didn't seem interested with certainty in the identity of the camera that was used to take the photos of the 'armed Oswald'.
Rankin entered into exhibit CE-114..as Oswald's binoculars that he used in the Walker shooting. There was no evidence of that. Even Marina stated that she 'didn't know'.
Mr. THORNE. Exhibit 136 is a camera contained within a leather case.
Mrs. OSWALD. This is a Russian camera.
Mr. RANKIN. Is that the camera you used to take the pictures you have referred to?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't remember exactly whether it was an American camera or this.
Mr. RANKIN. But this was one of your cameras, or your husband's cameras?
Mrs. OSWALD. My husband's camera.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence Exhibit 136.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
Why was CE-136 admitted into evidence? [As if it qualified as the backyard camera]
Maybe it was lost in translation but Marina said she never operated a camera before and she "didn't attach any significance to it at the time."
Where is there any mention of CE-750 in this testimony...the twin lens reflex camera?
