> graywolf wrote:
> > I had recommended that little Kodak Pocket Photoguide here on the list quite
> > awhile back, and several folks had indicated they had gotten one. Tells you all
> > kinds of things about day to day photography we often have problems reme
Hi,
> So, he didn't follow any "Sunny. . ." anything. ASA 100, speed 200,
> aperture f/11.0. EV 15. A dead center exposure for hazy or bright sun,
> lotsa latitude.
if you do indeed buy the book, which I recommend highly, you'll read
that he gives all due credit to the boys in the backroom. He sa
I always carry my Kodak Master Photoguide. A 4x5" booklet of invaluable
information and nearly indestructible!
The one I'm looking at now was released in 1966. Shows Kodak Super-XX
Pan as being rated ASA 200.
However, based on your certainty, I hied back to my copy of The Retina
Way, published 1953
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> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:08:02 -0500
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> Subject: Re: Pentax and N***n
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Not even that Keith, as Super-XX was rated 100ASA back then. Those were the days
before they removed the "safety factor" from the rating back in 1959.
The removal of that safety factor is why I always recommend using Sunny F/11
nowadays. Interestingly, all the amateur films had the film indexs d
Hi,
> Anybody know what the real story is?
David Douglas Duncan has documented in "This is War!" how Nikon took over
from Leica during the Korean War. I copied it out and posted it once
or twice before. Luckily I kept it. Here it is again:
He throws some very interesting historical light on the
> I was reading an old Tom Clancey novel yesterday, "Without Remorse." I
> was surprised to find an excellent account of how N***n grabbed the lead
> in "professional" cameras from Pentax.
>
> The story takes place in the '70s. One of the minor characters is a pj
> who is trying out a new cam
Oh wow!
I was around back in those days and can tell you that Pentax never had the
professional market, at least in the US. Pentax was what you, or at least I,
bought if you could not afford 375 1961-dollars for the Nikon F.
A lot of would be freelancers used Pentax, or Minolta back then becaus
I was reading an old Tom Clancey novel yesterday, "Without Remorse." I
was surprised to find an excellent account of how N***n grabbed the lead
in "professional" cameras from Pentax.
The story takes place in the '70s. One of the minor characters is a pj
who is trying out a new camera. He has
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