Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Glow test
From: chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:48:53 -0700
References: <200010242208.PAA01282@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <000801c03e45$c6d9c540$635814cf@z4r4k8>

Bill,

Wow! Don't ever lose those negs, they're part of history. See if you can
spot a young Bill Graham in any of those photos, he was involved in the S.F.
Mime Troupe before he became a big-time rock promoter.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@marinternet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:37 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Glow test


> Right now I have the test prints hanging up to dry. I found a roll of negs
I
> shot in 1964 or 65 in San Francisco. The film is Kodak Plus X Pan, no
> emulsion number in those days. I used D-76 then so it must apply to these
> negs too. The shots are of a group of uniformed and detective police
> breaking up a public performance by the S.F. Mime Troupe in a park. Those
> were the early days of the free speech movement and the Mime Troupe put on
> street theatre that used real live four letter words. Accordingly, they
had
> to be silenced by law and order. The image I selected shows a very clean
cut
> young radical surrounded by middle aged police who are about to arrest
> him.The negs were made by me using a Pentax H1a slr with 55mm/2 Super
> Takumar lens. The camera pre-dated the TTL Spotmatics and the lens pre
dated
> the Super Multicoated lenses. I'm impressed with the image quality. I
still
> have the camera which was a gift from my Dad on my 21st.
>
>

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