Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments, Craig.? I found the Kodak version to be a nice pocket camera to carry while walking the runways and taxiways at the local airport, where I got my exercise.? But, alas, when Walmart ended film processing, quality dropped off quickly.? We have one mom & pop shop which can do good work if their equipment is working properly, but, unfortunately, the used equipment available these days gives them a lot of trouble. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/3/2018 4:05 PM, Craig Schroeder wrote: > Back in those days, I sent an APS Konica (Revio?) with my daughter for > a year in Aix en Provence as an easy-carry rig.? She had good > photography basic habits and came home with surprisingly solid > snapshots.? A small mom & pop shop in her block did very nice, careful > processing.? She would stop for her pictures and always allow time for > the elderly lady to unwrap the prints from tissue with a nice bow.? > She would go through every shot and explain how she printed it.? Some > had 5 test prints before she got it just right sometimes.? She would > send the test prints home with her, too.? What a fortunate find for my > daughter....? She returned there and taught for a year but I sent a > small 35mm SLR that time and I can't say the snap-sized shots were > much better than the carefully processed APS. > > On 05/03/18 1:08 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> There was a period when I was very busy at work, and sought a simple >> solution to snapshots.? I picked up a Kodak APS camera at a pawn >> shop, and tried that system.? When the original camera failed, I >> contacted Kodak and they sent me a brand new one, free! >> >> Here are a few images from that period, that might be of interest to >> aircraft fanatics. >> >> The local Beechcraft Museum has some one-of-a-kind airplanes. This is >> a replica of the Travel Air R. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Travel+Air+R+Replica.JPG.html >> >> >> >> This is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.? As I recall, it crash-landed >> while returning to Texas. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Lockheed+P-38+Lightning.JPG.html >> >> >> >> This is Grumman TBF Avenger.? My uncle was a gunner on one of these, >> and was killed during a Kamakazi attack on the carrier Franklin in >> the South Pacific. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Grumman+TBM-3E+Avenger+01.JPG.html >> >> >> >> Nose Art was widely used to personalize aircraft during WWII. This >> B-25 Mitchell was no exception. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-USAF+B-25+Mitchell.JPG.html >> >> >> >> The Kodak APS system worked well, as long as there were labs to >> handle the cartridges.? I gather that the APS sensor size is a >> descendant of this design. >>