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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 11:34:41 -0500
References: <7374cec9-208d-89d7-191e-3eb295476e66@lighttube.net> <9A6FFD13-D388-4901-B7DC-7ED71D07D93B@mac.com>

Thanks, Barney.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/5/2018 11:15 AM, Bernard Quinn via LUG wrote:
> Great Planes! Great Shots!
>
> Barney Quinn, WK3Z
> C: (301) 775-1386
> H: (301) 654-0938
>
>> 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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