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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Wayback Pix - Three Sun Shots and H&W Control Film Test
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:39:08 -0500
References: <CANYyKx-mZLGsdPA9cTUCP9cta4d3S_kK7M=eQG7xSJ2Ux2aZQQ@mail.gmail.com>

I'm going to revisit my Super Takumar, I haven't considered its resolution
to be that good.  As to your images, I enjoy seeing what younger selves
photographed and now older versions choose.

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:17 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com>
wrote:

> I'm still working on my 50+ year photo archive, organizing and scanning.
>
> Here are three photos with the sun from 1968, the year I discovered the joy
> of Kodachrome.
>
> The industrial Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee.
> <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Sixties/19681012_MR_Rails_9.jpg.html
> >
>
> A Catholic shrine on the highest hill in SE Wisconsin.  I think it was
> hand-held, but for me the drama outweighs the softness.
> <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Sixties/19681022_MR_HolyHill_9.jpg.html
> >
>
> A frozen lagoon next to Lake Michigan and downtown Milwaukee.
> <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Sixties/19681205_MR_Sunrise_3.jpg.html
> >
>
> And from 1972, my first roll of H&W Control Film, a precursor to Kodak's
> Tech Pan emulsion.  I shot this with a Pentax 50mm f/4 Macro-Takumar (the
> pre-set version that went down to 1:1).  The instructions said it was
> suitable for enlarging purposes, and it's what I used until I got an
> El-Nikkor.  The pre-set diaphragm was very handy for printing - no
> counting clicks after composing on the easel.
> <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Seventies/19721001_MR_H_amp_W_2.jpg.html
> >
>
> Maybe it's spurious resolution, but the micrograph photo seems to show
> stripes on the student's sock.
> <
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/The+Seventies/19721005_MR_H_amp_W_Micro_11.jpg.html
> >
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> 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
>
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-- 
Don
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMGs: Wayback Pix - Three Sun Shots and H&W Control Film Test)
In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwmalumni.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] IMGs: Wayback Pix - Three Sun Shots and H&W Control Film Test)