Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent pictures Phil. Very good. Were you in Vietnam as a journo? As you say, some of the pictures have scanned really extraordinarily well - I wish I knew your secret! I think I recognise the shot of the man leaning on his rickshaw having a cigarette from somewhere - was it used? Paul. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 1 Mar 2005, at 23:08, Phil Swango wrote: > 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 > > Some of these have been previously published. > > Phong, I hope you will get a chance to take a look and comment. > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > > > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr. SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > 714-908-7846 (fax) > pswango@att.net _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >