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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:16:20 -0500
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Thanks for commenting, Nathan.  For a 3.2MP fixed focus phone camera, it 
does pretty well, but I have limited experience with the post-processing 
needed with it.  From what I have seen, it must have some sharpening in the 
internal processing.   I minimized my application of post sharpening, but I 
may have to eliminate it completely.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3


> Nice plane, but you should always have a proper camera--especially the 
> last picture clearly shows off the limitations (oversharpened, halo around 
> the plane).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
> YNWA
>
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Dropped in at the local airport for a few minutes this morning, and 
>> spotted a lucky pilot tying down his recently fully restored 1948 Stinson 
>> 108-3.  I could see that the outside was perfect.  When asked if I wanted 
>> to see the inside, I was amazed to see that the full instrument panel was 
>> also original.  The whole airplane was a step back in time to the days 
>> when flying was much simpler and one was free to go almost anywhere he 
>> desired.
>>
>> I have never flown a Stinson, but felt a connection because Eddie 
>> Stinson's father was City Engineer at one time in the little Mississippi 
>> town where I grew up, and the now gone grass airport was named Stinson 
>> Field.  In the 50s I flew into it when it was all grass, and later when 
>> the local crop dusters put in an 1800ft narrow blacktop runway.
>>
>> The Stinson was parked with the old DC-3 in the background.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fully+Restored+1948+Stinson+108.jpg.html
>>
>> The nose carries the popular name:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Flying+Station+Wagon.jpg.html
>>
>> And the tail carries the famous Stinson trademark:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Original+Stinson+Trademark+on+Tail.jpg.html
>>
>> All captured with the only camera that I had with me, my Samsung Convoy 
>> II phone.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3)
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