Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, The negative is long gone. That image came from a flatbed scan of a camera shop print that has been in an old photo album since 1951. I did the best I could with what I had to work with. Given the source, I thought it came out pretty well. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:58 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Holga D > 1951 a very good year I was born and Ted sold his first picture. > But why do you scan so low rez? We want to click on these pix and have > them > get bigger so we can see them!?!?!?! > > Nice shot what little I can see of it!!!! > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 00:49:24 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Holga D >> >> Mark, >> >> A lot of us started out with a Brownie. Here is an early Brownie shot >> that >> I made in 1951. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951.jpg.html >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Holga D >> >> >>> Holgas are held in the highest regard by all one and all but this arty >>> person likes to hold up a single element Brownie as the holy super low >>> tech >>> grail in his workflo when it flos in that general direction. >>> What I like about Brownies is they were just trying to be cheap and >>> accessible to the multitudes. They were not trying to be funky. I'm >>> sorry >>> but I it kid of seems to me that the guys who made to Holga kind of went >>> out >>> of there way to have those edge soft artifacts in it. That kind of rubs >>> me >>> the wrong way just a bit. So I never actually got one. I just used all >>> kinds >>> of Brownies. Many I got for five bucks. Like the ones I first used like >>> my >>> first can second cameras. >>> They're gorgeous. Fun. And you just click the shutter its amazing you >>> ever >>> get a picture. But you usually do. >>> http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/brownieCam/ >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/New+York+Cityx.jpg.html >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/3x73zdv >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Home+Plate+Jul+64+Oxford2.jpg.htm >>> l >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/2763k9f >>> >>> >>> -------------------- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >