Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All... We have a bunch of people now signed up for the Garber facility tour on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th at 10:00 am; I'll be sending fax request to Garber for a 10+ group size tomorrow. PLEASE NOTE: The Garber facility CLOSES TO THE PUBLIC FOR GOOD on April 1st of next year! If you have ever wanted to see it and have been putting it off for one reason or another, this will be one of the few opportunities remaining before the public tours cease. Starting in March of 2003, some 300+ large pieces and artifacts of the collection will be moving to the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles [http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/ext/]. From that point on, *all* NASM restoration will be done at the Dulles facility and Garber will truly be utilized just for storage. The current list of artifacts that will be on display at Dulles [http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/ext/artifacts.htm] DOES NOT include some of the items you will see on this Garber tour. So if you want to see some cool historical pieces and enjoy the company of some fellow LUGgers, send me a heads-up quickly, as the available spaces are going fast. For those of you planning on using flash, Don Dory has informed me he had success with bouncing at guide number 230-ish [Canon 430 flash, 100 speed film]. However, he does note that even 230 was not enough to image some of the pieces hanging in the far corners of the hangers. I'm planning on shooting primarily tripod existing light, with bounce flash where the opportunity presents itself. I will be putting together an agenda for attendees [morning tour, place we can go for lunch afterwards, etc.]. Any suggestions are appreciated. Regards, /Mitch _________________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html