So, I got a voicemail from Renaissance Imaging today. They didn't beat around the bush. "Your film is ruined. It got stuck in the machine." I was looking forward to displaying some of the 21mm wide shots I got from my little trip up to the lobster boats of Saugus, MA and the Saugus Iron works national historical site.

On Saturday I had hopped up to Mass. and had lunch with the family. Went out with Bill to Saugus and we discussed some of the rules of thumb behind judging expsoure, meter reading from your hand, and the paralax effect of shooting wide. I only shot one roll of Kodak Elite Chrome 35mm out of my Nikon f using the funky looking 21mm lense for the Nikon that essentially turns the Nikon into a rangefinder. This image is a hot link to http://www.cameraquest.com/jpg4/nf2141.jpg . I'll get my own picture when I go back up to shoot hopefully. The 21mm f4 set Nikon apart at the time as having the widest lens for a Japanese SLR in '59 by a longshot. It is an odd looking lens that sticks so far back in the body that you have to lock the lens up. The mini television looking device mounted on the right is the special viewfinder to see the 21mm wide frame correctly.