July 24, 2006
Tug in Baltimore Harbor
I took this a couple of weeks ago during the World Cup matches. My team and I would occasionally adjourn to the Slainte Pub in Fells Point for lunch and watch the match there.
I had just bought a Perkeo II folder. It's a wonderful little camera - fits in my jeans and carries an 80mm f3.5 four-element Color-Skopar lens. It was pretty much the pinnacle of folding camera design, and it appears to be none the worse for wear fifty plus years after it was first sold.
From this photo, it looks to me like the registration to the film plane is right on - edge to edge sharpness. This was shot using T-Max 100 - a very old roll salvaged from a dumpster (believe it or not). Friend of mine grabbed about forty rolls of 120 film that a friend of his had just thrown out because it was out of date. Looks like the film is fine.
I would think that the shot is maybe 1/2 to 1 stop underexposed but I rather like the effect and think it will likely print well. I had to spend a good hour removing dust from the scan - a new and not so good pro lab here in Baltimore - but I think that the final result is pretty decent.
The big version is at my Flickr site.
Posted by artandscience at July 24, 2006 07:00 AM