Street Scene, Croydon

Nice photograph, Svenedin. I like this alot. I guess i never saw this when it popped up, just looked it up from your thread post about the S-I IV. I rather like the buildings on the right of the image - puts a nice "framed" context to the image. Glad it made it to film. I especially like the results of this Ikonta compared to what i capture my Rolleicord IV. It is either not focusing right or there is fungus or other lens crud messing up my pics. I posted a couple to critique gallery but your rationale for technical would have been a much better assignment.

@michaelorr . Thanks. I am deeply dissatisfied by scans. Please reserve judgement on your camera. I scanned a film today that looked frankly dreadful. I aborted the scan as it looked so bad.my darkroom is not ready for printing (too much stray light) but I put the negative in the enlarger and examined in fine detail the so-called defects on the scan. There were no such problems when the negative was projected.

The Tessar is a fabulous old lens but as you know it distorts horrendously with architectural shots.

This picture somehow works but shows the perspective. If the camera had been angled at all we would have those bizarre crazy angles

My Grandfather was an optometrist and during WW2 he put that to good use in the Royal Navy (in optical rangefinders).

Anyway. The Tessar is a fine lens but it cannot correct well for the equivalent of my astigmatism.

Glad to know i am not the only one that is dissatisfied with scans. I just put another roll in film in the 'cord to give it another go. Tessar, i have two Jena that almost seem like magic to me on 4x5. And the glass has such a unique sparkle to them like no other of that era - just so pure. But haven't put it to them to the test on significant structure photos.

I know that APUG is not really the right place to discuss this but scanning has not worked well for me. Negatives that are good for a scanner are not necessarily good for traditional printing. I bought a flatbed film scanner to scan slides for my elderly mother and it has brought joy to her seeing my deceased father again as a man younger than me. I can also share these images with my friends and relatives in the USA, NZ, Oz etc. I could not do that otherwise. However, for B&W film it is rubbish. Every microscopic particle is detected, I hate computers anyway and the slightest deviation from a parallel plane of the negative is out of focus. It was worth it for my mother, such things are beyond price, but a waste of money for my ongoing hobby. I despair at photographs I have thought out, carefully exposed, conscientiously developed that look like they were taken in a snow storm when scanned. Irritating beyond belief.