Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm late on these Howard sorry. I love the tones, and the candid modd of the first one. The second is unfortunately a sign that we keep raising barriers where there should be none ... Nice colours, in both. Thanks Amiti?s Philippe Le 17 sept. 10 ? 19:23, H&E Cummer a ?crit : > > Hi Luggers, > > God - how I love Kodachrome. I am going through my slides from the > 1960's, scanning some, and throwing away a bunch. > This will save my children doing it when we're gone. > > Here I am in April 1967 in Gibraltar on spring break from the LSE - > "monkey see, monkey do". > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kodachrome/H_GibralterApeApril67W.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/23e4lzx > > In those days Spain had blockaded Gibraltar and there was no car > traffic between Lalinea on the Spanish side and Gibraltar. > I liked the juxtaposition of the International Success sign and the > barbed wire. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kodachrome/SuccessAdApr67W.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/28rdn5g > > I wonder if we will be able to so easily access our digital images > in 43 years and whether they will have stood the test of time as > well as kodachrome. > > My Extachrome and especially the few Agfa slides I have have not > stood the test of time well at all. That makes them easier to throw > away. > > Talking about equipment used - I don't remember the camera - I think > it may have been a Yashica Electro 35 with a 45mm f1.7 lens. > Couldn't afford Leica then. > > Cheers > Howard (still on Pender) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE