[PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!!

> Bob Rathke wrote:

> When I snap extra B&W shots, for each "extra" view I always take a step
> right or left by a about a foot.  Later, this trick makes it easy to match
> each negative with the appropriate print.  It's surprising how such a slight
> lateral movement of the camera will produce great differences in the
> apparent position of background objects (e.g., telephone poles) near the
> main subject.

	Interesting system, Bob  --  but even looking at such a small negative
for these details can be baffling to the  Old--Eyes!   I try to number
the photos as soon as they return to match the negative numbers, using 
*both*  numbers in the correct sequence, i.e.::::

	1)--  4, 4A  or.......
	2)--  4A, 5
	3)--  0, 1  etc.,  etc.,  etc!!

	Depends on how well the film is wound to begin with.

	When purchasing the prepaid mailers from Kodak, I would wind the film
tight in a dark place, immediately close the camera, advance once and
shoot with lense cap on and then try to rewind the film without
releasing the take--up spool  --  this way I could tell if the film was
tight on the take--up spool.   (I once thought I had completed a roll of
film and rewound it to find that it had never caught on the take-up
spool  --  rewound within 1-2 turns!   Lessons in the  School--of--Life 
are easily remembered!)   AND  I would get 2- or 3-extra 
slides//photos  per roll for the price of the prepaid 36!!

	Rarely take photos these days!

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
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    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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