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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From My Kodak APS Days
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 23:36:00 +0100
References: <7374cec9-208d-89d7-191e-3eb295476e66@lighttube.net>

Some surprisingly good shots of some lovely aircraft from a film type I 
never got on with, Jim.

Douglas


On 03/05/2018 19:08, Jim Nichols wrote:
> There was a period when I was very busy at work, and sought a simple 
> solution to snapshots.? I picked up a Kodak APS camera at a pawn shop, 
> and tried that system.? When the original camera failed, I contacted 
> Kodak and they sent me a brand new one, free!
>
> Here are a few images from that period, that might be of interest to 
> aircraft fanatics.
>
> The local Beechcraft Museum has some one-of-a-kind airplanes. This is 
> a replica of the Travel Air R.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Travel+Air+R+Replica.JPG.html
>  
>
>
> This is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.? As I recall, it crash-landed while 
> returning to Texas.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Lockheed+P-38+Lightning.JPG.html
>  
>
>
> This is Grumman TBF Avenger.? My uncle was a gunner on one of these, 
> and was killed during a Kamakazi attack on the carrier Franklin in the 
> South Pacific.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-Grumman+TBM-3E+Avenger+01.JPG.html
>  
>
>
> Nose Art was widely used to personalize aircraft during WWII. This 
> B-25 Mitchell was no exception.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20071024-USAF+B-25+Mitchell.JPG.html
>  
>
>
> The Kodak APS system worked well, as long as there were labs to handle 
> the cartridges.? I gather that the APS sensor size is a descendant of 
> this design.
>



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