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Subject: [Leica] Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue Jul 24 19:25:57 2007
References: <46A67B05.4050807@hemenway.com> <BD5FE586-EBA3-4899-A8FA-6906495DE528@comcast.net>

Thanks Len!

Jim


Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> These are unbelievable. Just beautiful.
> 
> Len
> 
> 
> On Jul 24, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks:
>>
>> I went to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a little over a week  
>> ago... <http://www.hemenway.com/Brimfield-07132007/>
>>
>> While there I bought this quarter-glass-plate camera.
>>
>> I wanted to take some photos with it but don't have any glass  plates, 
>> especially in Ektachrome.
>>
>> So I cut some pieces of poster board and discovered that 3-1/4 x  
>> 4-1/4 would fit perfectly, and that the springs behind the film  would 
>> push it against the film plane just as it would with a glass  plate.
>>
>> I cut some 4x5 to size and shot a couple of photos at Lanes Cove on  
>> Sunday afternoon.
>>
>> My lab graciously offered to do a special E-6 run for the odd size.
>>
>> Here's the results:
>> <http://www.hemenway.com/Zeiss-Ikon-TAXO-07222007/>
>>
>> Life can be fun.
>>
>> Jim
>>
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In reply to: Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927)
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