Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Luis, Thanks for looking. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:44 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: Scenes from the Past, Part 2 > Jim, > > Really good and surprising quality for a negative of 80 years!, you are > lucky to keep this stuff! > > Thanks for showing, > Luis > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre > de > Jim Nichols > Enviado el: martes, 27 de noviembre de 2007 3:43 > Para: LUG@Leica-Users.org > Asunto: [Leica] IMG: Scenes from the Past, Part 2 > > Luis, > > Each day as I look at more negatives from my father-in-law's collection, I > find another one that amazes me. The one that I found today has been in a > box of other negatives and prints for eighty years. I have no idea who > made > it or what camera was involved, though the quality of the image is good. > It > shows my wife's mother, uncle, and grandmother at a San Diego beach around > 1926, a year or so before my wife's parents ever met. My wife gave me > permission to post it. > > The scanner software scanned it as a color negative, giving the blue tint, > which I like, so I did not convert it to true B&W. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/San+Diego+Scene+Circa+1926.jpg.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >