This is my third post about this camera which has proved so interesting and intriguing as to its history. And, after a familiarisation process and acceptance of its quirks, it has proved a very capable carry around camera. These are some of the better results from my latest film with the camera. The fix for the corner fogging only seems to be marginally successful, still appearing on many frames taken with the camera in full sun.
The brown marks appear to be a one off, something to do with my post work. I have tried to repeat it but unsuccessfully.
The camera in question.
The fogging seems to be most apparent when the camera was being carried, switched on, in bright sunshine.
In shaded areas or indoors the fogging doesn’t happen. Some of the examples have been cropped to varying degrees to avoid the blemishes while full frame images have left them visible.
Examples
Film was Kodak Colorplus 200, trade processed, and it was shot during a walkabout in central Dunedin and at a family Christmas get-together.
The feature image is a flash shot at 70mm zoom and exactly as it came out of the camera with only colour inversion in post and no sharpening or other adjustment. I have sharpened and applied curves and colour corrections to some of the others below but there has been nothing extreme carried out beyond my normal processing. This is a seriously good lens.
The main shopping street in Dunedin, recently upgraded with landscaping and play features.
Time for reflection after graduation.
What is so interesting…?
The statue of Robbie Burns of course.
A stop for the phone?
The Regent Theatre sign and period lamp standard.
Lower Stuart Street, Central Dunedin with the historic Law Courts and Railway Station in the distance.
Waiting for the bus.
Happy cats.
The glass was exactly centre frame before cropping and under the viewfinder focus patch.
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A comment from Mats on my first article said he had experienced similar fogging. That had been dealt with by wrapping some thin black tape around the inner lens barrel to shut out the light leak.
Despite all that it will get used, by my grandson as well I gather. The fixed focus P&S is now his mono camera, this one is for colour now.
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