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Subject: [Leica] The Obsolescence Contest Result
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Mon Jan 8 17:31:40 2007
References: <64B87349-1515-47A8-8981-6319AA98D642@ameritech.net> <46F6A91F-F6CC-4F53-98FB-1B72AB3D02A2@ameritech.net>

Thanks for showing these Dante.  Don't worry about the quality of the 
photos.  Many of us got our start taking pictures like these.

Mike D

Dante Stella wrote:
> Ok, the tally is in.  The three films were 21, 22 and 23 years old, 
> meaning that I was 11-13 years old when I took the pictures.
> 
> There were 37 frames that could be printed.  The film came back in 16 
> days, with 36 faces that could be recognized if you knew (or remembered, 
> in my case) the people in them.
> 
> Of the 12 entries, Jerry VanBrimmer takes the prize with his guess of 15 
> days and 40 faces.  Jerry, email me directly with your postal address to 
> collect the prize.
> 
> The pictures are not good, they don't flatter the subjects at all, and 
> frankly, I am surprised anything could be recovered from C-41 film that 
> old.  Sic volvere parcas, as they say.
> 
> http://www.dantestella.com/discpage/index.html
> 
> I'm taking down the gallery on Wednesday.  We're going to forget 
> pictures like this ever happened.
> 
> Dante
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 20, 2006, at 1:34 AM, Dante Stella wrote:
> 
>>
>> Ok, since Dr. Fischer of Geneva is one of my favorite books, I will 
>> give you this contest.
>>
>> While cleaning up the basement I ran across three exposed rolls of 
>> Kodak Disk film.  Based on the manufacturing code, the film was made 
>> sometime between October 1984 and November 1986.  These are presumably 
>> from my Disc 4000 camera (abandoned in 1986 for the erstwhile 
>> Autoreflex T my father gave me).  On Monday, December 18, I sent these 
>> via first-class mail (from Detroit, USA) to Dwayne's Photo (Parsons, 
>> KS, USA) to be processed and printed.  Film is C-41a.
>>
>> The contest is guessing the correct number of frames with visible 
>> human faces (rather than muddy brown... mud) (maximum is 3 rolls x 15 
>> shots = 45)  and the number of days from mailing before the prints are 
>> received.  Closest guess wins (both parts are given equal weight).  If 
>> two or more entries tie, the winner will be the first entry.
>>
>> The prize is (1) roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan 120, last run ever made 
>> (1/2004), sealed in the box, currently in my freezer, and still good.
>>
>> So who's going to step up to the plate?
>>
>> Dante
>>
>>
>> ____________
>> Dante Stella
>> http://www.dantestella.com
>>
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from harrison at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] The Obsolescence Contest Result)
In reply to: Message from dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([Leica] So who's obsolete now?)