Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Printing 9-11 stuff now...was there speaking... had an M6 35 and 90 and a 1.3MP Sony DSC707 (?) DSLR European sample Wish I had packed better to cover it Will dig out Soviet stuff On Aug 25, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Richard Man wrote: > I'd love to see those pics!!! > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> > wrote: > >> In 1993, I was in Moscow when Yeltsin dissolved parliament and there was >> great unrest (tanes AK74WASRs, etc) shot many photos with Feds and Zorkis >> as >> was not kosher to look western where the unrest was. Went to GUM purchased >> all the TACMA ISO 64 B&W they had. Insisted the poor guy sell me all his >> cassettes (at the time film was spooled and wrapped with foil and inserted >> in the outer shell. Which was reused no time to do that with tanks) >> Purchased developer and fixer used vitamin C as stop as was unsure of >> water >> pH)......loaded shot great pix developed and dried in hotel Cosmos room. >> Rolled negs tightly, hollowed out insoles put negs in insoles (was unsure >> who was going to come out on top) Out through Warsaw then Amsterdam into >> US >> at MSP. >> >> Got pulled aside. >> >> Got escorted to little room by a polite but very firm woman >> >> I was unsure why. Two armed men joined her. >> >> They pulled out my shoes and asked if I wanted an attorney present. I said >> no. >> >> I am sure they were expecting the idiot of the week smuggling cigar size >> joints in his insoles for heaven's sake... >> >> The disappointment on their faces was priceless as they pulled out a dozen >> rolls of tightly round film... >> >> They looked at it (last ditch hope for porn? who knows) >> >> Asked me to confirm where I had been (look dude you have my passport check >> the stamps) >> >> Need to dig those out and print them >> >> >> Mark in PDX >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Richard Man wrote: >> >>> I read a story of, I think, Magaret Bourke-White that she took truckload >> of >>> film and developer when she was shooting in Russia and developed the film >> in >>> the hotel rooms. >>> >>> But this got that beat: >>> http://www.insidescience.org/current-affairs/like-no-other-view-on-earth >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >>> replies in your msgs. ] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information