[Leica] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Douglas,

Thanks.  I photographed it 10 years ago, and it still looks great.

The Summaron 35/3.5 lost favor when the 2.8 became available, but a 
clean one is still a very sharp lens.  I set it at f/8 and scale focused 
in the bright sunlight.  It has none of the barrel distortion that I get 
with the Fujinon 35/2.0.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/13/2016 4:15 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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
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>> 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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