[Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Douglas.  Since that time, my son has given me his Olympus XA, 
which is about the same size and produces full-frame negatives.  It 
would be a better choice today, for several reasons.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/3/2018 5:36 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Some surprisingly good shots of some lovely aircraft from a film type 
> I never got on with, Jim.
>
> Douglas
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> On 03/05/2018 19:08, Jim Nichols 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.
>>
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