Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank Jim. It's amazing how well film holds up if you take care of it, isn't it? Regards, Dick r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net On May 3, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Dick, > > Very nice collection of impressive images, well captured and well > preserved. Thanks for sharing. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor_post at > comcast.net > > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics > > >> OK, you've woken me from my long winter's hibernation... I can't >> believe no one else on the LUG has pictures of the Fair. Living >> in NYC at the time, I went to the Fair repeatedly for the two >> years it was open and shot more rolls of film than I care to >> remember, mostly K25 and Ektachrome 160 Tungsten. My cameras were >> most likely my Retina IIIc and my Pentax Spotmatic. >> >> Here's an album with a sampling of six - all handheld as I recall. >> I can probably be induced to post a few more if there's interest. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/1964+WORLDS+FAIR/ >> >> or >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ayfwzb >> >> Enjoy! Happy Spring! >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net >> >> >> >> On May 3, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: >> >>> I was there, but I didn't take pictures. That was still about >>> four years >>> before my first Instamatic. >>> >>> I remember riding up in my father's buddy's Austin Healey, which >>> was a real >>> thrill (even for a five year old.) I recall the automatons of >>> "It's a Small >>> World", remember the picturephone (and was ticked that we wouldn't >>> get >>> one!), recall riding on a huge corkscrew-type sliding board and >>> eating a >>> ginormous steak for dinner. >>> >>> >>> Jim Shulman >>> Wynnewood, PA >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org >>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf >>> Of Doug >>> Herr >>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:47 PM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics >>> >>> Brian Reid wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> Was wondering if any of you were at the 1964 World's fair. >>>>> Did any of you take pictures? >>>> >>>> I was there. I took pictures. I don't know where they are. I shot >>>> 3M >>> transparency film >>> >>> Uh oh. 3M transparency film. I'll bet you don't have the >>> pictures any more >>> even if the transparencies are found. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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