Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Someone in my office looked over my shoulder while I was viewing this earlier today and thought it was a contemporary photo taken from another plane. The quality might not be great, but it took an alert REAL photographer to catch such a perfectly framed shot. Great job! William At 04:28 PM 08/04/2004 +0200, you wrote: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Hurrican_Spitfire > >A wonderful example of being in the right place at the right time - >with the bl..dy wrong equipment and film. >We were going for a long hike so I just popped a point and shoot >(no-name cheapo thing from the 70's) into my jacket pocket, >Leicas and expensive glass stayed at the cottage. To cap it all it was >loaded with 400 film which had been in the camera for over a year. >Suddenly - VVVRRROOOOMMM !! at about 50 yards distance and at our level >(cliff top path) just time for two shots and then the film >was full, the other shot is even worse. >Only one consolation the auto exposure of the thing seems to be spot on. >Douglas >PS I managed to spell Hurricane wrong in the file name too