Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I agree. I loved the camera but hated the lens mount. So I went over to Nikon and never regretted it. But I remember the AE-1 with fondness, it was a great camera. Jim On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> Mark, >> >> I think I actually shot the picture with a Canon AE-1. The FA wan't >> released until I think 1983. 'Al' foaled in 1982...I got rid of my >> Canon for the FA the following year. I never liked the breech-mount FD >> lenses. They were good lenses but I hated the mount...took too much >> time to change lenses. This was before Canon and Nikon started making >> decent zooms and 'most of us' used only primes, at least I did. I had >> the slide printed back then so it's no longer in it's cardboard mount >> (with date) but in a Pakon mount, which I hope is archival? >> >> Jim Laird >> >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >>>> Just fired up my 'new' Coolscan 4000ED last night and tried scanning >>>> some old Kodachromes for practice. I like this one. I'ts a picture of >>>> our quarter horse 'Al' who is now 28 years old. He was 1 or 2 days old >>>> when I snapped the shutter on my Nikon FA (I think). Cute, isn't he? >>>> That's my wife next to him who was also 1 or 2 days old;-) >>>> >>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Baby-Al-Scan.jpg.html> >>>> >>>> ?Comments and criticism welcome. >>>> >>>> Jim Laird> >>>> >>> >>> That's ?perfect on my monitor. Right on the money. Looks like Kodachrome. >>> Looks like you shot it with a LS-4000!:) >>> Wish there was some way the thing could be traced all the way back. >>> But I suspect if we looked real hard at the grain structure we'd never >>> find >>> which f stop and camera we used for all those shots. >>> >>> And nice shot! >>> I like horses. Especially small ones. Nice composition. >>> >>> [Rabs] >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> > The Canon AE-1 a landmark camrea. > It outsold all other cameras for years breaking records. > My assistant used one. And a good number of my friends. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >