Chris Barker wrote:
>
> Arnab
>
> I lived in Alipore, on Alipore Road, as I remember - about 1970-71.
> I used to race around on a little Honda 65 motorbike during the day,
> and in my father's Ambassador car at night up and down the Red Road.
> I am a responsible chap now... ;-).
Chris ... didn't you park your Hawker Hunter jet round the back of the
BOAC hangers and take it out whenever the adrenaline got pumped up :-)
j
>
> On the photographic front, I used my Mother's Minox B, the film of
> which I developed myself and which I still have somewhere.
>
> For scanners, you should be able to get hold of secondhand film
> scanners at a reasonable price; I am sure that people are selling
> their Nikon LS3s cheaply to buy LSIVs. Similarly with Minolta Dimage
> Scan Duals (2400 dpi, SCSI interface): I sold mine for a pittance to
> buy a Scan Elite (2820, SCSI). But I am not sure what the import or
> currency controls are like these days, so it might be too difficult
> for you to get one into the country.
>
> ... your scanned pics are pretty good then for the hybrid system you
> seem to have been using...
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> At 14:02 +0530 13/6/02, AB wrote:
> >Hi Chris
> >
> >Thanks for your reply.
> >
> >Small world it seems. Where did you live in Calcutta? You should visit the
> >Himalayas some time.
> >
> >Thank you for your advise on the photoes. My self photo was taken with a
> >Yashica Range finder that was balancing on a rock on timer :-)). I normally
> >don't crop after scanning. Numerous scanners were used and that is the
> >probable reason for the difference in colour saturation(although some were a
> >bit dull to start with). Some day I will get my own scanner :-)) Some are
> >very grainy due to low scanning quality. They were all scanned from 6X4
> >prints.
> >I wish to start on transparency soon with high hopes.
> >
> snip
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>
> C M I Barker
> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
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