Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] trip report--gear, film, filter and airport experiences--long
From: Gary Elshaw <gary.elshaw@vuw.ac.nz>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:12:02 +1200 (NZST)
 
Dave wrote:

>Actually, it's atmosphere that does funny things to light. Could be said
>that those shots from the top of Mt Everest in the 50s -- taken with an M3
>- -- were made in the most natural light found on earth.

Hi Dave,

If you were thinking of Hillary's climb, he was using a Kodak Retina, from
addled memory. Marc Small had a discussion about this last year. It will be
in the archive if you're interested.

Take care,
Gary

who sees Edmund at least once a week. He's on our $5 bill :-)




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