Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, Thanks for sharing this, lovely pictures of the past, great to keep and collect Saludos Lluis El 08/04/2011, a las 9:15, Peter Klein escribi?: > LUG: If you're interested, you can partake of more of my family > history here: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/family/messen20s-40s1/> > > These are from my late mother Emilie's cache of black and white > snapshots, scanned with VueScan on an HP consumer flatbed. Some were > in pretty bad shape. I've done some curve adjusting and removed the > worst spots on people's faces where possible but nothing really > drastic. Black and white really lasts, and even if faded, a > judiciously applied curve can bring it back to life. > > I remember my grandfather had a folding camera with black leather > bellows, brand unknown. It had some kind of little right angle > viewfinder that he looked down into. The shutter was triggered with > a cable release. The photos from the 1940s are probably taken with > this camera. Most were taken in New York City, with summer photos > in White Lake, NY (in the Catskills). > > Enjoy! > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information