[Leica] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit

[Douglas Barry]

That's one lovely looking plane - the DC3 - and it's nice to see what a 
35/3.5 Summaron can do with it. I have one of those here - the Summaron not 
the DC3...

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" 
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Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 10:06 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit


>I looked at the scheduled flights for today and realized one of the prime 
>restored DC-3s in the country was coming in.  In keeping with its age, I 
>put a Leica Summaron 35/3.5 on the Fuji X-E1, a lens dating from 1956, 
>purchased from a former LUG contributor. Here are three images:
>
> Parking the DC-3
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html
>
> A front, quarter view
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
>
> And a full side view of the American Airlines Flagship Detroit
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
>
> And, as an afterthought, life is not always rosy, even when you have 
> money.  The owner of this very expensive touring bus turned too closely 
> around a post this morning when departing from Bonnaroo.  The aluminum 
> wheel must be replaced before it can make the seven hour drive home.  Body 
> work will follow. :-(
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bonnaroo+Boo+Boo.tif.html
>
> Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
>
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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