Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I though it was so cool( I was only 9, sorry old folks!) that I was going to photograph the first Space Shuttle Columbia liftoff with a "real" camera. A Canon FTb. No Leicas yet back then. We waited hrs after hrs of delays. I climbed up this pine tree(had to get high up, like it mattered!) so I could get a clear shot of the shuttle across the water. Finally, the ground shook, though I was going to fall out of the tree, and the shuttle was off. Images were not the greatest with a 105mm lens, but they were my "first". Used the same camera when the Challenger exploded too. Back then you could just get free passes to watch the shuttle from a close distance. Times have changed. Woke up this morning to see her land, for the last time. Chris New Orleans - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html