Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] The Obsolescence Contest Result
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Jan 8 12:19:57 2007
References: <64B87349-1515-47A8-8981-6319AA98D642@ameritech.net> <46F6A91F-F6CC-4F53-98FB-1B72AB3D02A2@ameritech.net>

Who knows is beautiful.
Thanks for showing us how you looked at things as a kid,
Philippe



Op 8-jan-07, om 05:50 heeft Dante Stella het volgende geschreven:

> Ok, the tally is in.  The three films were 21, 22 and 23 years old,  
> meaning that I was 11-13 years old when I took the pictures.
>
> There were 37 frames that could be printed.  The film came back in  
> 16 days, with 36 faces that could be recognized if you knew (or  
> remembered, in my case) the people in them.
>
> Of the 12 entries, Jerry VanBrimmer takes the prize with his guess  
> of 15 days and 40 faces.  Jerry, email me directly with your postal  
> address to collect the prize.
>
> The pictures are not good, they don't flatter the subjects at all,  
> and frankly, I am surprised anything could be recovered from C-41  
> film that old.  Sic volvere parcas, as they say.
>
> http://www.dantestella.com/discpage/index.html
>
> I'm taking down the gallery on Wednesday.  We're going to forget  
> pictures like this ever happened.
>
> Dante
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2006, at 1:34 AM, Dante Stella wrote:
>
>>
>> Ok, since Dr. Fischer of Geneva is one of my favorite books, I  
>> will give you this contest.
>>
>> While cleaning up the basement I ran across three exposed rolls of  
>> Kodak Disk film.  Based on the manufacturing code, the film was  
>> made sometime between October 1984 and November 1986.  These are  
>> presumably from my Disc 4000 camera (abandoned in 1986 for the  
>> erstwhile Autoreflex T my father gave me).  On Monday, December  
>> 18, I sent these via first-class mail (from Detroit, USA) to  
>> Dwayne's Photo (Parsons, KS, USA) to be processed and printed.   
>> Film is C-41a.
>>
>> The contest is guessing the correct number of frames with visible  
>> human faces (rather than muddy brown... mud) (maximum is 3 rolls x  
>> 15 shots = 45)  and the number of days from mailing before the  
>> prints are received.  Closest guess wins (both parts are given  
>> equal weight).  If two or more entries tie, the winner will be the  
>> first entry.
>>
>> The prize is (1) roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan 120, last run ever  
>> made (1/2004), sealed in the box, currently in my freezer, and  
>> still good.
>>
>> So who's going to step up to the plate?
>>
>> Dante
>>
>>
>> ____________
>> Dante Stella
>> http://www.dantestella.com
>>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([Leica] So who's obsolete now?)