Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A very attractive shot, Jim. Looking back, did the Leica give you a quantum leap in the quality of your photographs? Or just more settings to work with? 8=) -----Original Message----- >From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >Sent: Jun 7, 2015 2:24 PM >To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>, Olympus Camera >Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Beginning > >When my wife and I settled into an apartment in Dayton, OH in 1951, I >was a raw USAF 2nd Lieutenant, with no car, and very little in the way >of possessions. We had received a Kodak Brownie Flash 620 camera as a >wedding gift. Our idle time was often spent walking in the Salem Avenue >neighborhood, and the Dayton Art Institute was within our path. This is >one of my first photographs, scanned from an album print that was more >than 50 years old. This is how it all began for me, and within a year I >had a used Leica IIIa and a growing love of photography. > >http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+Revisited.jpg.html > >Comments welcomed. > >-- >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information