During summer 2006, my wife and I visited our relatives in NM and tried to take in some great scenery along the way. I picked a Kodak Model 3 with a Tessar lens and cut film back as my large format classic for the road, and loaded several lantern slide cut film holders with Fomapan 100. I should have checked the viewfinder more closely before loading up--although the lens and shutter were in top shape, I had neglected to repair the mirror in the viewfinder, and I had real trouble sighting my compositions with it.

These are the few shots I ventured to try with with this camera:






Here, the partially unsilvered viewfinder could not show me that I had aimed too far to the left and missed the main trunk of the tree entirely. Imagine if I could have pointed more to the right of the road marker. Sigh...


I had to crop this shot to make up for bad tilt from trusting the foggy viewfinder. But still, I was very pleased with the acuity of the lens. Can you spot a vise in the yard? In the 1200 dpi scan, it is sharply recognizable.