Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 And I took the photo on a recently acquired Kodak Retina of 1936 vintage using Kodak Portra 400 film, 20 years out of date from the freezer.?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