Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I owned a Polaroid SX-70, purchased as a gift for my wife. Photos that were good to start with are good today. I also took a lot that were forgettable, as well. The shorescape below was captured in 1978, and scanned today. With a slight cleanup in Elements 6.0, it is still presentable as a web image. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Shores+AL+1978.jpg.html Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:04 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace > Few people really ever owned a Polaroid. > > I'd like to see the stats on how much Polaroid photography was done by > amateurs vs. Leica. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:50:32 -0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace >> >> Larry and Rei, >> >> No! They would not prepare the same sort of EULOGY, because Polaroid >> had far more influence on >> the hoi-poloi than did Leica. Most people have never heard of >> Leitz/Leica. >> >> They will die "not with a bang, but a whimper". >> >> Jerry >> >> >> Rei Shinozuka wrote: >>> another one of the nifty fifty bites the dust: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nifty_Fifty >>> >>> >>> On Dec28 10:44, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >>> >>>> Read the lyrical and nostalgic account of the passing of Polaroid in >>>> today's New York Times. >>>> >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/weekinreview/28kimmelman.html?hp >>>> >>>> I wonder if some editorial writer is preparing the same sort of elegy >>>> for Leica? >>>> >>>> Larry Z >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >