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Subject: [Leica] Family Kodachromes, 1956-57
From: rclompus at mac.com (Richard Clompus)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:26:50 -0800
References: <add42eab-45ae-c98b-76b3-25875c7f2f86@gmail.com>

Peter, nice memories.  I especially enjoyed the 20/400 E from your eye exam. 
 You shot into the mirror mounted on the front wall to make the 10 foot room 
equivalent to a 20 foot room for vision testing.

Be well,
Richard

Richard Clompus, OD
California

> On Jan 16, 2021, at 12:15 AM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> I've returned to my project to digitize my late mother's photos. She shot 
> mostly Kodachrome in a Bolsey B2 rangefinder starting in 1949, and 
> chronicled our extended family for several decades.  Here's a dozen from 
> 1956-57. Life in the 50s, when Eisenhower was President, what was good for 
> General Motors was purportedly good for America, hardly anyone rocked the 
> boat, and I was a cute little toddler.
> 
> Start here: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/50840629087/in/dateposted-public/>
> When you see a couple of wine glasses and candles toasting 2021, you've 
> seen them all.
> 
> Enjoy. Click photos to enlarge. More to come. Photos digitized using an 
> Olympus E-M1, a Nikon ES-1 Slide copying adapter, a couple of extension 
> tubes and a single-coated OM Zuiko 50/3.5 Macro that I got on eBay for 
> about $30.
> 
> --Peter
> 
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In reply to: Message from boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Family Kodachromes, 1956-57)