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Subject: [Leica] Re: Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Wed Jul 25 17:51:19 2007
References: <200707250227.l6P2OmF0024848@server1.waverley.reid.org> <000a01c7ce6f$ad125520$cf39ea04@oemcomputer>

Hi Montie:

Thank you.

It was actually about 1/2 stop over, looks like I darkened it too much?

Jim

Montie wrote:

> Very cool Jim!!  First one looks about 1/2 stop under?
> Or maybe just the post process?
> 
> Montie
> 
> 
> 
>>>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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