Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed. When I worked briefly in a darkroom in Prague, there were pre-World War 2 tanks still in use. But the lids had been replaced, probably several times. Do your Nikors have new lids? Marty On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>wrote: > >>... In both systems, the reels are almost immortal unless they are damaged. > ============================================================================================================================================================= > Sitting in our Photo Services darkroom right now are two 2-reel Nikor > tanks engraved M.S.T.C. Camera Club #1 (and #2), 1947. ?The initials stand > for Milwaukee State Teacher's College (our predecessor institution), and > our department inherited them from the camera club. ?They were well used > by many of us, and are still good after 65 years. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information