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Subject: [Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have anidea.
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:49:36 -0800
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Ric Carter offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have 
anidea.


> Dang, Ted, I figured when you started your were coating your own wet
> glass plates in the back of a mule drawn wagon;^)<<<<

Hi Rick,
Actualy that was in my first life! ;-) You should've seen some of the cool 
photos from the fight at Little Big Horn! ;-)
cheers,
ted


> On Nov 8, 2009, at 10:49 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh dear me Lluis, :-)
>>
>> A kind of challenge for a long gone times and memories! :-) Not to
>> mention lacking in knowledge and talent of the first moments of
>> Happy Snapping! :-)
>>
>> I have to confess right up front my earliest rolls of film would
>> never have matched yours. I shot Stock Car racing on a dirt 1/4 mile
>> track, scenics and people of no consequence. Then during our moves
>> from home to home, several over the years,  many of the earliest
>> rolls of film were "unfortunately thrown away" because the rolls
>> weren't cut, but rolled with an elastic band around the roll to hold
>> it in place in 1 dozen paper egg carton containers! Man that was
>> such a long time ago! :-) My God, 60 years ago! :-) I am getting
>> old! :-(
>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have an idea.)
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Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have anidea.)
Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have anidea.)