Re: [Leica] Noctilux and birth pictures

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>]

Anthony:

As for the sterile field, I was told not to touch anything that was green,
for example all the scrubs and linen used in the operation.  Other than
that there was no problem. 

The noctilux pictures look dark because I was using a poor scanner to scan
the images.  I should rescan some of them with my Polaroid scanner now.
They were E200 slide film.

You are correct in noting I had two bodies in there with me.  I used an
M4-P with the Noctilux and an M6 with the Summicron.

Regards,

Robert

At 09:10 AM 9/22/99 +0200, you wrote:
>From: Robert G. Stevens <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 04:35
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Cleaning, Lubrication and Adjustment
>
>
>> The colour Noctilux pictures are on the page with photos
>> from the birth of my son Gordon.
>
>If you had the presence of mind to take pictures during the birth of your
son,
>you are indeed a photographer!  At least I hear stories of fathers being
lost in
>the moment and forgetting to ever photograph anything.
>
>In fact, it looks like you had at least two bodies handy in the OR!  What
sort
>of restrictions did the hospital and attending physician impose?  And what
>precautions did you take to protect the camera and/or the sterile field?
>
>I was in a discussion about this on rec.photo.techniques.people and someone
>claimed that many hospitals just don't allow cameras in OR at all, even for
>normal deliveries.  Someone else suggested that this applies mainly to the
use
>of flash.  I'm not exactly sure what the real story is.
>
>The Noctilux shots look a tad on the dark side; was that just because you set
>exposure to low, or was it really that dark in the OR?  Most operating rooms
>seem to be fairly well lit, even in the area around the brightly lit table.
>
>Did you say these were scanned prints or scanned film?  They look kind of
like
>prints.
>
>Your wife looks very calm and happy--one of the advantages of a C-section, I
>guess!  The nurse is cute.
>
>In any case, you have my congratulations for performing well under pressure!
>You can give enlargements of these to your son on his 35th birthday, so
that his
>kids can see what he looked like when _he_ was born.
>
>  -- Anthony
>
>