Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great photos, Phil. hard to believe they're nearly 40 years old. How did you keep the negs in such good shape? j On 1 Mar 2005, at 15:21, Phil Swango wrote: > [Leica] Vietnam photos > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > > I already posted this to Rolleiusers@Yahoo, but wanted the LUG to see > it too, since most of the images were made with Leicas: > > I just got a new film scanner (Epson 3170) and have been busy scanning > a bunch of old negatives taken in Vietnam in 1966-67. I like the way > the scanner works with old-stock Tri-X and Plus-X. These negs were > variously developed, some by me, some by labs, and the quality is all > over the place, but scanning has been surprisingly uneventful. It's > been kind of trippy to watch the past unfold through these old images, > some of which have never been printed before. > > If anyone wants to take a look, I've posted some of the images on the > gallery at: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/Vietnam>http://gallery.leica- > users.org/Vietnam