[Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Barney.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/5/2018 11:15 AM, Bernard Quinn via LUG wrote:
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>> On May 3, 2018, at 2:08 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> 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!
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>> Here are a few images from that period, that might be of interest to aircraft fanatics.
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>> The local Beechcraft Museum has some one-of-a-kind airplanes. This is a replica of the Travel Air R.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Travel+Air+R+Replica.JPG.html
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>> This is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.  As I recall, it crash-landed while returning to Texas.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Lockheed+P-38+Lightning.JPG.html
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>> 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.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Grumman+TBM-3E+Avenger+01.JPG.html
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>> Nose Art was widely used to personalize aircraft during WWII. This B-25 Mitchell was no exception.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-USAF+B-25+Mitchell.JPG.html
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>> 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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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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