Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The Packards were great cars. My uncle and also one of my friends both
> had '54 Packards. I think that must have been close to the last year.
> Was it '56 for the end of the line?
>
The last Packard was made in July '58, and they were merged with
Studebaker since '54. Here's a snapshot of a prototype Packard that
never went into production (also from the Greenwich show):
http://mutley.hypermart.net/PackardProto.jpg
> You've got some great car shots there but the guy in the ivory jacket is
> some pretty good competition for best shot.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
Thanks, I'm glad I caught it.
Larry
> Larry wrote:
>
>> Thanks Chuck, I really appreciate the comments. Yes, there are 3 pages,
>> and if people don't know, the photos will expand to full width just by
>> clicking on each one.
>>
>> Continually changing lenses between the kit lens, Tamron 70-300mm, and
>> sometimes my "A 50mm" f1.4 MF lens that works in all auto modes - at
>> over 2500 images on the K10D I guess could have let a speck of dust in,
>> but I also have not seen any.
>>
>> The Packard shot was done with the 18-55mm $79 kit lens which has a
>> decent bokeh, so the lens was opened up to about f8 to let parts of the
>> photo get a bit soft. (here's another of the Packard):
>>
>> http://mutley.hypermart.net/GreenPackardLogo.jpg
>>
>> The guy with the ivory jacket was a quick grab shot that I almost missed
>> done with the Tamron 70-300mm at about 180mm where the shake reduction
>> made it passable.
>>
>> Larry
>>
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