Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Over the Xmas vacation, I was visiting my parents in the old country and had occasion to sit looking through the "shoebox" (no negs.) at a few photos dating from around the early 40s and even found some shots I had made in the early 50s. And they are mostly still all good (print quality). B&W of course. B. On 14-jan-2006, at 8:07, Adam Bridge wrote: > My family, and my wife's family have experiences that match Nathan's > and not yours Greg. > > The negatives that I have been able to find mostly date from earlier > than the 50s. My mom did the photography and she took slides not color > negative film. > > Adam > > On 1/13/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: >> Hi Nathan, >> >> Nathan Wajsman writes in part: >> >>> >>> If you are talking about casual snapshooters (and that is implied >>> by the >>> mention of the proverbial shoebox) then they usually did not >>> keep the >>> negatives, just the prints. So that should be the standard for >>> comparison. >> >> I disagree. >> >> My parents, their relatives and friends certainly fit the bill as >> being casual shooters and they have all kept their negatives, >> prints and slides (circa 1950 - 1990+). >> >> I do not believe this to be at variance with the norm. >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information