Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, some nice stuff there. From gazing at the 'net, it appears you're a hero to afficianados of 60s motor racing! Have you raced yourself? Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Old photos from 1965 > ====On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Henning Wulff > <hjwulff at gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >> Start of Belgian Grand Prix, 1965 in Spa-Francorchamps. I sat on the >> slope >> above Eau Rouge, a famous corner. All pictures on this trip were taken >> with >> a Leica IIIg or Ig. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/old/Europe+1965/A1306330.jpg.html >> >> >> > A wonderful shot of a long gone era. > > I was at the old Nurburgring for F1 in 1966; I've posted this before: > > http://www.bobbaron.com/EuropeanGP1966/index.html > > Lots of cropping from scans of the old color slides; all I had was an M3 > and a 50mm. That was a summer away from law school with a tight budget > similar to yours. $5 USD/day was doable then but no longer, for > age-related physical as well as inflationary reasons. > > See also http://bobbaron.tumblr.com/post/14687062155/old-tracks-old-races > > I have always wanted to go to Spa but I think the tv is likely to be as > close as I get now. > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >