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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Bernard Quinn)
Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 12:15:48 -0400
References: <7374cec9-208d-89d7-191e-3eb295476e66@lighttube.net>

Great Planes! Great Shots!

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On May 3, 2018, at 2:08 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> There was a period when I was very busy at work, and sought a simple 
> solution to snapshots.  I picked up a Kodak APS camera at a pawn shop, and 
> tried that system.  When the original camera failed, I contacted Kodak and 
> they sent me a brand new one, free!
> 
> Here are a few images from that period, that might be of interest to 
> aircraft fanatics.
> 
> The local Beechcraft Museum has some one-of-a-kind airplanes. This is a 
> replica of the Travel Air R.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Travel+Air+R+Replica.JPG.html
> 
> This is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.  As I recall, it crash-landed while 
> returning to Texas.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Lockheed+P-38+Lightning.JPG.html
> 
> This is Grumman TBF Avenger.  My uncle was a gunner on one of these, and 
> was killed during a Kamakazi attack on the carrier Franklin in the South 
> Pacific.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Grumman+TBM-3E+Avenger+01.JPG.html
> 
> Nose Art was widely used to personalize aircraft during WWII. This B-25 
> Mitchell was no exception.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-USAF+B-25+Mitchell.JPG.html
> 
> The Kodak APS system worked well, as long as there were labs to handle the 
> cartridges.  I gather that the APS sensor size is a descendant of this 
> design.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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