Root Detour, Winslow Park
Photo taken with an Argus C3 and Sandmar 35mm f/4.5 wide angle lens, using Kodak Ultramax 400 color print film.
Well, this is my first roll through this Argus - first through this particular one that is, as I've had others in the past. I got this one, along with the less common Sandmar wide angle 35/4.5 lens, from a friend - it used to belong to his father. I was very curious as to the performance of this 35mm lens, and it far exceeded my expectations! It's quite sharp, and there was zero Chromatic Aberration. This type of backlit scene would be notorious for displaying some CA, but not with this lens. And the camera performed very well too, though the rangefinder window in these Argus C3 cameras sure is tiny. But, despite being tiny and hard to look through to focus, it certainly got the job done.
As for the photo, Winslow Park is a great local park along the coast of Maine in Freeport. I thought this tree was very clever. Living on the edge as it is, and discovering no soil to work with on the coastal side, it appears to have sent its root back around the base of its trunk to find some solid ground on the other side. At least that's my take on what's going on here.
Root Detour, Winslow Park
Photo taken with an Argus C3 and Sandmar 35mm f/4.5 wide angle lens, using Kodak Ultramax 400 color print film.
Well, this is my first roll through this Argus - first through this particular one that is, as I've had others in the past. I got this one, along with the less common Sandmar wide angle 35/4.5 lens, from a friend - it used to belong to his father. I was very curious as to the performance of this 35mm lens, and it far exceeded my expectations! It's quite sharp, and there was zero Chromatic Aberration. This type of backlit scene would be notorious for displaying some CA, but not with this lens. And the camera performed very well too, though the rangefinder window in these Argus C3 cameras sure is tiny. But, despite being tiny and hard to look through to focus, it certainly got the job done.
As for the photo, Winslow Park is a great local park along the coast of Maine in Freeport. I thought this tree was very clever. Living on the edge as it is, and discovering no soil to work with on the coastal side, it appears to have sent its root back around the base of its trunk to find some solid ground on the other side. At least that's my take on what's going on here.