Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm going to revisit my Super Takumar, I haven't considered its resolution to be that good. As to your images, I enjoy seeing what younger selves photographed and now older versions choose. On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:17 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> wrote: > I'm still working on my 50+ year photo archive, organizing and scanning. > > Here are three photos with the sun from 1968, the year I discovered the joy > of Kodachrome. > > The industrial Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Sixties/19681012_MR_Rails_9.jpg.html > > > > A Catholic shrine on the highest hill in SE Wisconsin. I think it was > hand-held, but for me the drama outweighs the softness. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Sixties/19681022_MR_HolyHill_9.jpg.html > > > > A frozen lagoon next to Lake Michigan and downtown Milwaukee. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Sixties/19681205_MR_Sunrise_3.jpg.html > > > > And from 1972, my first roll of H&W Control Film, a precursor to Kodak's > Tech Pan emulsion. I shot this with a Pentax 50mm f/4 Macro-Takumar (the > pre-set version that went down to 1:1). The instructions said it was > suitable for enlarging purposes, and it's what I used until I got an > El-Nikkor. The pre-set diaphragm was very handy for printing - no > counting clicks after composing on the easel. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Seventies/19721001_MR_H_amp_W_2.jpg.html > > > > Maybe it's spurious resolution, but the micrograph photo seems to show > stripes on the student's sock. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Seventies/19721005_MR_H_amp_W_Micro_11.jpg.html > > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com