Mea ulpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa... Leonardo, the last PTC camera did safelely land in my hands about mid-february. The film was processed successfully, only to show that out of 21 pictures 10 were OK, 3 were underexposed but usable and 8 were severely fogged, 6 of which beyond anything rescuable. The pattern of fogging is best described as being "systematic but random" (which is different from "randomly systematic"...) and despite the best efforts of the participants, nobody was able to make sense of what had happened to the film. A particularly puzling feature of this fogging is that it is exactly full-frame (i-e rectangular 24x36mm) but "off" by about 1-1.5mm from the underlying image. Thus a very tiny strip of what the underlying image might have been is visible. The fogging is not linked to border crossing of the camera but any plane travel would obviously put the film at risk. Interestingly, it extends (albeit at a diminishing rate) beyond the last participant's image through the unexposed portion of the film. I informed the Leonardo participants of these results as soon as I got them and we began a discussion began as to where to go next. But I got sidetracked by the preparation of two exhibitions and the discussion came to a halt. Hopefully we can get back to it when my exhibition folds down at the end of next week and things are a bit more quiet for me. In the meantime, please feel free to ask additional questions. Best regards to all and sincere apologies to Leonardo participants for the delay. Guy Glorieux P.S. In connection with the fogging issue, I should mention that, as Leonardo was doing her travels, I had launched a "Flying Pinhole" camera which also travelled around the world but did not experience any fogging...! The film was a 120-format Fuji Reala ISO 100 in a all-metal Kodak 616 camera turned into pinhole... The film and camera came back in excellent shape and there was not a trace of fogging (other than from the camera leaking light in the window counter area). More details if you are interested can be found at http://www3.sympatico.ca/guy.glorieux/flyingpinhole.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@cape.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 12:28 AM Subject: Pass The Camera project? > What happened to the final camera of the Pass The Camera project? > Anybody know? >
