[Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days

[Don Dory]

Nice images from the past Jim.  APS was a good system for small prints.  It
was the first of the cartridge formats to disappear as processing it was
pretty critical to not being out very coarse grain.

On Thu, May 3, 2018, 1:08 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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