Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's one lovely looking plane - the DC3 - and it's nice to see what a 35/3.5 Summaron can do with it. I have one of those here - the Summaron not the DC3... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 10:06 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit >I looked at the scheduled flights for today and realized one of the prime >restored DC-3s in the country was coming in. In keeping with its age, I >put a Leica Summaron 35/3.5 on the Fuji X-E1, a lens dating from 1956, >purchased from a former LUG contributor. Here are three images: > > Parking the DC-3 > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html > > A front, quarter view > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html > > And a full side view of the American Airlines Flagship Detroit > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html > > And, as an afterthought, life is not always rosy, even when you have > money. The owner of this very expensive touring bus turned too closely > around a post this morning when departing from Bonnaroo. The aluminum > wheel must be replaced before it can make the seven hour drive home. Body > work will follow. :-( > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bonnaroo+Boo+Boo.tif.html > > Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >