You’re correct. She said she took two but also inaccurately described how to use the Imperial Reflex camera (it operates differently than most cameras).
My broader point stands. Marina changed her stories too many times to be considered a good witness.
She even said at one point that she didn’t know Lee owned a rifle until they moved to New Orleans, which contradicted her later testimony about the backyard photos and the Gen. Walker incident.
She was a bad liar or had a poor memory but either way, she wasn’t a great witness.
But no one is relying solely on her account. There's physical evidence as well. The camera "signature", the negative, the handwriting on the back, the DeMohrenschildts presented one of the photos, et cetera. Look at the totality of evidence.
This is a classic example of, I think, bad and wrongheaded conspiracy thinking: it "looks" funny therefore it's suspicious and is evidence of something conspiratorial or sinister.
Oswald did everything he could to distance himself from that rifle. He told the police he never owned one while in the US (except perhaps for a .22), he said he didn't live on Neely Street where the photos were taken, he said the photos were faked, he said he didn't know anyone by the name of Hidell, he said he didn't bring a large package to work with him that day. It's another long list of evidence pointing towards his guilt.
Yes, this is what the interrogators said he said. So they lied? He did own a rifle? He did use the Hidell name? He did bring a large package with him? In either case, this is damning evidence.
