Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry to hear of your father's passing on. Don R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Klein" <leicaman@lakebreeze.org> To: "Leica-Users-Digest" <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:32 PM Subject: [Leica] discovery of long lost negatives > Some time ago I somehow misplaced a whole box of 4X5 negatives I had shot in > the mid-1970s while I was a high school student with my first camera (a > Busch Pressman 4X5). This camera, which I still have, was a gas to use. I > shot a ton of 4X5 Plus X Pan. Anyway, five years ago our town had a > tremendous flood and I had 18 inches in my basement due to a sewer backup. > I recall taking that box of negatives and putting them somewhere very safe > during that time period before flood waters reached critical mass. I was > fortunate to have backup insurance at the time which replaced my furnace and > some other items. Anyway I have been driving myself nuts trying to find > those negatives. I thought they were lost forever and in my mind's eye. > > Anyway, this week was a week I wish not to repeat. Last Saturday my dad > passed away from pneumonia complications after a long battle with cancer. > In the process of looking for photos for the funeral, I just happened to > look somewhere I had not looked at all. I felt a box that felt like that > special box of negatives. And Wow, I found that special box! The negatives > were in perfect condition still, much to my relief! I will be having one > giant scanning session in the coming months. At the same time I found a > batch of negatives that I shot with 35mm Tri-X. Some of which I shot with a > Leica IIIf that I borrowed from time to time from a friend. I scanned some > negs and had them at the funeral. I was so relieved to have them again. > > My words of advice. The negatives you shoot today becomes the treasures of > the next generation. Treat them with care (and remember where you hid > them). > > gck > > NO ARCHIVE > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html