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  Classic Cars, in Colour, in Cuba This is a follow-up to the previous blog on developing colour film at home, and photos taken while on vacation on Cuba. I gathered all the automotive photos together for a discreet classic car blog post. Cuba is a living automotive museum. Due to trade restrictions since the revolution, there are no American cars in the country built after about 1960.  There are plenty of Ladas and some more recent European and Asian models in circulation, but it’s the pre-1960 American cars that are a tourist attraction, including some that have virtually disappeared from the radar here at home: I was surprised at the number of Studebakers still on the road.   All pictures were shot on a Nikon N-80 ( here is Ken Rockwell's review of the camera), 50mm f/1.8 autofocus lens, set to aperture priority most of the time, on Kodak Ektar 100 film. Home developed using Flic Film C-41 chemistry. Negatives scanned on an Epson Perfection V850 Pro scanner using Silverfast so

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