Challenge New Old Digital Challenge #41 "Ships/Boats"

[lindsay]

Thanks to @John_L for the new theme. As always, shoehorns and crowbars permitted and even expected
Rules are, as before, almost the same as for the film version but slightly tweaked:

- Entries must be taken by you
- Must be taken on a digital camera of some sort (not a digital scan of a film neg)
- Must have been taken and post-processed prior to the start date of the challenge ie in this case before Monday 6th July 2026.
- Please include details of the camera, lens, and anything else of relevance if you can possibly remember that far back, and if linking to Flickr etc please leave exif available to view
- One Entry per person
- Discussion in the discussion thread rather than the Entries thread, please.
- Shoehorning and even Crowbars are positively encouraged!

Entries will close approximately three weeks after the challenge starts, at 23:59 on 27th July 2026 and voting will be open for 5 days after that. The winner gets to set the next challenge.

Entries only in this thread please

 

[lindsay]

20150704-Boats by Lindsay Pennell, on Flickr
Nikon D5100 in Whitby, 2015

 

[Topsy]

Fujifilm X-T2, 16-55mm set at 33mm, from April 2026.

 

[CharleyL]

Are trains allowed too?

This photo was taken in 2000 of the full scale train ride steam engine at our NC Transportation Museum. The museum is located in what had been the old former train shops and roundhouse for our Southern Railroad, which is now part of Norfolk & Southern. The photo is the recorded file as it came straight from the camera with no post processing at all. It was taken with a then recently purchased Sony Mavica MVC-FD98 camera with a full 2.1 megapixel capability, which I still have and still use occasionally. If I remember correctly, this camera cost me about $1,200 US when I bought it about a month before taking this photo. The camera settings were automatic, since this camera has no manual features, but it was one of the best digital cameras available in early 2000. I went "Totally Digital in 1998" and owned a couple of digital cameras before this one, but this was the first that I owned that produced great photos up to about 8 X 10" without any post processing. The camera recorded to 3 1/2" floppy disks, and at full resolution only 4 shots would fit on a floppy disk, so I used a fanny pack to hold my numbered floppy disks. Facing left, they were blank and ready to use. Facing right they had new photos on them. It was like back in the old flat pack film days again.




Charley