On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:08 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I took my 1953Leica iiif RD and Summicron 50/2 out of the display case to > exercise the shutter, as I do from time to time. Then I thought, hell, I can > do better. Dug down to the bottom of the deep freeze in the basement and > found a roll of TMY 400. Tri-X would be more appropriate of course, but there > was none to be found. Lots of MF film and one roll of Ektagraphic 35mm, but > that's another story. Anyway, I trimmed the leader of that TMY roll back > about 6 inches, as required for Barnack Leicas. Had to study the take up > spool for a minute to remember how the film is inserted, but I figured it out > and loaded the camera. It wound fine, so I shot a pic of Grace sitting on the > fireplace. Exposure estimated of course. She asked to see it immediately:-). > Film predates her. > > Perhaps I'll finish the roll tomorrow. Or not.
You go, dude!! ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
