Adam,
He’s 100! Where do I sign up for that? God bless him, ad multos annos!
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex digest users <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, May 31, 2023 9:08 pm
Subject: leicareflex Digest V20 #146
Leica Reflex Forum Digest
+------------------------+------------------------------------
leicareflex Digest Wed, 31 May 2023 Volume: 20 Issue: 146
In This Issue:
[LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers - Aram
[LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers - Aram
----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Peter J Stevens <fritzj9@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers - Aram
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 15:31:30 -0400
Wow! That’s pretty interesting, Aram. Good on you!
Looking at the photo I had the stray thought that maybe the 1849 Gold Rush
wasn’t the only event that gave the state its nickname of "The Golden State”.
If rain patterns were significantly more generous for the region back then I
can just image the native flora was heavy to yellow maybe year round… :)
Best regards,
Peter S
On May 26, 2023, at 6:39 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not my typical flower shot. This is my 100 year old father-in-law taking a
photo of a flower field by his house. And I took the photo on a recently
acquired Kodak Retina of 1936 vintage using Kodak Portra 400 film, 20 years
out of date from the freezer. The camera is almost as old as he is and was
fun to shoot, though I messed up quite a few times with the shutter and film
advance. They are not coupled and separate movements are required to do each
of these things so you need to get a routine going to be sure you advanced
the film before you take the next shot. Fun. Lens not too bad for a 87 year
old design. The first few shots were out of focus until I figured out the
lens markings were in meters and not feet. Then I was able to guess pretty
well as the viewfinder is essentially a tube to line things up rather than
focus.
Kodak Retina Portra 400 4-23to5-23011 (leica-users.org)
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Kodak+Retina+Portra+400+4-23to5-23011.jpg.html>
Comments welcome.
Aram
--
Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
“The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson
On May 26, 2023, at 6:39 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
