Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My family, and my wife's family have experiences that match Nathan's and not yours Greg. The negatives that I have been able to find mostly date from earlier than the 50s. My mom did the photography and she took slides not color negative film. Adam On 1/13/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Nathan Wajsman writes in part: > > > > > If you are talking about casual snapshooters (and that is implied by the > > mention of the proverbial shoebox) then they usually did not keep the > > negatives, just the prints. So that should be the standard for > > comparison. > > I disagree. > > My parents, their relatives and friends certainly fit the bill as being > casual shooters and they have all kept their negatives, prints and slides > (circa 1950 - 1990+). > > I do not believe this to be at variance with the norm. > > Regards, > > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >