Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bedridden bring a beautiful scene, caption your father in action is priceless. On Fri, May 26, 2023, 5:39 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Not my typical flower shot. This is my 100 year old father-in-law > taking a photo of a flower field by his house. And I took the photo on > a recently acquired Kodak Retina of 1936 vintage using Kodak Portra 400 > film, 20 years out of date from the freezer. The camera is almost as > old as he is and was fun to shoot, though I messed up quite a few times > with the shutter and film advance. They are not coupled and separate > movements are required to do each of these things so you need to get a > routine going to be sure you advanced the film before you take the next > shot. Fun. Lens not too bad for a 87 year old design. The first few > shots were out of focus until I figured out the lens markings were in > meters and not feet. Then I was able to guess pretty well as the > viewfinder is essentially a tube to line things up rather than focus. > > Kodak Retina Portra 400 4-23to5-23011 (leica-users.org) > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Kodak+Retina+Portra+400+4-23to5-23011.jpg.html > > > > Comments welcome. > > Aram > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information