Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been trying to withhold opinion on going back to film until i get the digital back. So far, I'm REALLY looking forward to the M8 getting home. I'll share conclusions when I get back to digital. Southern colors: I've always guessed it was through their relationship with Norfolk Western which hauled one hell of a lot of coal. The dust would not show as badly on black. I wish for yellow also. They used green and yellow at some point in their history. Craig Zeni could enlighten us. ric On Jul 13, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > Don't you find it harder to shoot on film? I keep looking at the film > counter,and seeing how frugal I am being. I guess I don't want to slave at > the scanner. I think I pretty much cured myself of chimping on the M5 and > M6. Anyhow this is a really diverse set. I'll never understand why they > painted the NS engines all black when they have to stand in the southern > sun > so much. They should have gone with the Southern/Union Colors. I like > Yellow! > > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> PAW 26 posted. >> >> Still playing in film land -- M7& M4 this week. >> >> < >> http://cartersxrd.net/Site/First_Draft/Entries/2011/7/12_PAW_twenty-six.html >>> >> http://tinyurl.com/6j4qhej >> >> Ric Carter >> http://cartersxrd.net >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ >> http://www.youtube.com/user/cartersxrd >> www.facebook.com/ric.carter >> http://twitter.com/cartersxrd >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information