Kodak Retina 117, results

I spent a dayon the paddle steamer "Waverley". As it seemed like good subject material for various cameras. Pushing my luck somewhat here, hand held with the Compur set at 1sec, and the aperture wide open. This shows one of the three push rods thrashing around in the engine room. The crankshaft is connected directly to the paddles, the torque is quite awesome.

This was taken at the other end of the Compur's speed range, ie, 300th sec, but again at the widest aperture of f/3.5. This is also a heavily cropped image representing approximately 15% of the negative area.

"Waverley" drawing into Swanage pier late in the evening of 3rd September 2000. Again a heavily cropped image.

Steam locomotive main driving wheel, at the steam railway that runs between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The Retina was clearly pointing the way forwards, excellent enlargements could be made from the negatives, courtesy of the Schneider Kreuznach lens. The camera was compact and carried enough film for 36 pictures.  back to Retina.