Corrections

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Jim is correct.  Kodachrome of the day was rated at ASA 8 (it was later
improved to 10, either by a change in the calculation of the ASA standard or
a change in the emulsion, I don't recall which.  PRCo didn't experiment with
fonts.  There were cars later, in the '60s, that had simpler, sans-serif
dash numbers, but that was because they were stick-ons.

Suspect the appearance was due to motion or focus.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:35 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Corrections


Greetings!

Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:

> In my email last evening I tried to show the 1706 as slanted "speed"
> lettering.  It didn't come out that way.   You get the idea,  but am I off
> base?
> My question is that the car number just to the front of the rear doors
> appears to be like speed lettering, or 1706.  The photo is  fuzzy, but not
> enough to blur things to the extent it would put the number out of focus.

	PRCo was extremely consistent with its paint schemes.  Except for
wartime restrictions, the 17s were the first of the PCCs to show a
different paint scheme - and that is the hourglass front dash!  The
numbering remained the same but the gold-leaf numerals were difficult to
see on the cream dash so this was quickly replaced with simple black
numbers - but not the speedo type!
	I would think that it is a problem of focus plus the car moving.
Remember, the most common ASA on film in those days was 10, 25 at the
most.  The photographer had to be extremely still as did the subject.
If the car was moving as the photo was snapped, this would be enough to
blur the numbers.
	Ed will probably check in on this one as he is an accomplished
photographer, dark room professional!

James B. Holland
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