[Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days

[Jim Nichols]

There was a period when I was very busy at work, and sought a simple 
solution to snapshots.  I picked up a Kodak APS camera at a pawn shop, 
and tried that system.  When the original camera failed, I contacted 
Kodak and they sent me a brand new one, free!

Here are a few images from that period, that might be of interest to 
aircraft fanatics.

The local Beechcraft Museum has some one-of-a-kind airplanes. This is a 
replica of the Travel Air R.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Travel+Air+R+Replica.JPG.html

This is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.  As I recall, it crash-landed while 
returning to Texas.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Lockheed+P-38+Lightning.JPG.html

This is Grumman TBF Avenger.  My uncle was a gunner on one of these, and 
was killed during a Kamakazi attack on the carrier Franklin in the South 
Pacific.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Grumman+TBM-3E+Avenger+01.JPG.html

Nose Art was widely used to personalize aircraft during WWII. This B-25 
Mitchell was no exception.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-USAF+B-25+Mitchell.JPG.html

The Kodak APS system worked well, as long as there were labs to handle 
the cartridges.  I gather that the APS sensor size is a descendant of 
this design.

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA