After graduating from college in 2020 my parents gave me a Hasselblad 500CM as a graduation present. I had been wishing for a Hasselblad since learning about them. As a quick introduction, Hasselblad is legendary within analogue photography circles, from photos on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission (I can recommend the 2019 documentary […]
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5 Frames… Of Querétaro at dawn on Kodak VISION3 500T 5219 and a Hasselblad 503CX (120 Format / EI 500 / Distagon C 50mm f/4)
For a long time I wanted to use motion picture film, I found myself buying Cinestill 800T for the convenience of developing but after doing some research I found that it is not difficult to develop motion picture film with C-41 chemistry. So I bought some rolls of medium format Kodak VISION3 500T (5219) for […]
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5 frames… Or 5 woodland portraits, taken with a Hasselblad 500CM and Sonnar CF 180mm f/4 on expired Kodak T-MAX 100 at EI 50
For what am I not trying to capture if not the essence of the character of my motifs? That´s why I like to shoot the woodlands and other things I find interesting with a portrait lens or at least mostly with a shallow depth of field. I´m interested in details I see or the beauty […]
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5 Frames… Of Seri Menanti on ILFORD Delta 400 Professional (120 format / EI 400 / Hasselblad 500C + Planar C 80mm f/2.8)
I recently acquired the Hasselblad 500C and was itching to have a crack at ILFORD Delta 400 Professional (recently expired) at box speed after having tried Bergger Pancro 400 in my search of an ISO 400 film to be part of my kit. Armed with the Hasselblad, light meter and tripod, I headed south, out […]
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Zenza Bronica ETRS: Not exactly the poor man’s Hasselblad
The Bronica has been described as the poor man’s Hasselblad. That is just wrong, as I hope to demonstrate through this article. When I began my journey back to film photography, I looked at Rolleiflex cameras first, but finally settled on the Hasselblad 500C/M — of which I have two now. I recently decided to […]
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5 Frames… Of Nordic summer bliss (and Heathrow) on Lomography 800 and a Hasselblad 500CM with Carl Zeiss Planar CF 80mm f/2.8
My family and I recently moved to Sweden. I had owned the Hasselblad for a few months prior to moving, but documenting our first few months in the country of its origin seemed poignant! The first few film stocks I had tried were Ektar 100, then Lomography Color Negative 800 (which I had unsuccessfully tried […]
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5 Frames… In Central Park on Rollei Ortho 25 Plus (120 Format / EI 25 / Hasselblad 500CM + Zeiss Planar C 80mm f/2.8)
Rollei Ortho 25 Plus is easily my favorite film, and it’s probably the one I use least often. It’s obviously a lot easier, and less conspicuous, to load my Nikon F2 with a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400, push it to EI 1600 for a long walk and call it a day. But, when I […]
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5 Frames… Of the Circo Atayde Hermanos on Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 400 / 120 Format / Hasselblad 503CX + Planar CF 80mm f/2.8)
Do you remember the first camera that made you fall in love or impress you? By this, I mean a time when you knew nothing or very little about photography. In my case, it happened when I was a teenager and I saw a Hasselblad 500C/M for the first time, a Hasselblad, an expensive Hasselblad! […]
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Another Hasselblad XPan alternative: Introducing the PressPan
Before we begin, I just wanted to mention a couple of things. In the interest of the flow of the article, links to websites, Instagram pages, and YouTube videos will all be found at the end of the review (but I do hope you’ll read the whole thing, and not just skip to the end!). […]
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5 Frames… Around lakes Como and Lugano on expired ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional (120 Format / EI 1000 / Hasselblad 500 C/M + Hasselblad Distagon C T* 50mm f/4)
When you rummage inside your old camera bag and find an unexposed roll of ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional, the urge to try to expose and develop it despite the fact that the expiration date says something like ’12 years before today’, well it comes to you, and how. …and if in the cellar you also […]
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Getting a 6×6 kick on Portugal’s Route 66 with a Rolleicord, Yashica and Hasselblad 500C
Bobby Troup and his wife Cynthia Hare sang the feeling of crossing one of America’s longest roads, way-way back in 1946 with the line, “Get your kicks, on Route 66.” Later that year Nat King Cole would record the song and contribute to making this dusty road — running more than 2000 miles all the […]
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5 Frames… From a Hasselblad XPan on Fujifilm Velvia 100
There are so many articles extolling the virtues of the Hasselblad XPan that when I was recently offered the chance to borrow one for a few days I leapt at the opportunity. There were plenty of 35mm panoramic cameras made, some mask part of the frame, like Ricoh R1 (I’ve got one, bought it new […]
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5 Frames… Of lightning on Fuji Provia 100F (120 Format / EI 100 / Hasselblad 500CM + Carl Zeiss Distagon CF 50mm f/4
It was around 9 o’clock in the evening when I was walking the coast of Thessaloniki in order to capture some long exposures of the ships with one of my friends. I was had my Hasselblad 500CM loaded with a Fuji Provia 100F and was searching for the ideal place to set our tripods. My […]
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Photography: Pecan pie – Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC at EI 320 (120 Format)
Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC at EI 320 (120 Format). Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6. Hasselblad 2000FCW + Hasselblad Planar F 80mm f/2.8
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Photography: Be careful out back – Shot on Lomography Color Negative 800 at EI 800 (120 Format)
Shot on Lomography Color Negative 800 at EI 800.Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6.Hasselblad 2000FCW + Hasselblad Planar F 80mm f/2.8. Check out my Lomography CN 800 vs Kodak Portra 800 vs Fuji Natura 1600 (day and night) blind film test.
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Photography: Light and shadow – Shot on Lomography Color Negative 800 at EI 800 (120 Format)
Both shot on Lomography Color Negative 800 (EI 800, meter readings differ by 2-stops).Color negative film in 120 format shot at 6×6.Hasselblad 2000FCW + Hasselblad Planar F 80mm f/2.8. Check out Lomography CN 800 vs Kodak Portra 800 vs Fuji Natura 1600 (day and night) in my blind film test.
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Photography: Second choice – Shot on Kodak EKTACHROME E100VS at EI 100 (120 format)
Shot on Kodak EKTACHROME E100VS at EI 100Color reversal (slide) film in 120 format shot as 6×6Cross processed Read the EKTACHROME 100VS reviewRead the EKTACHROME 100VS experimentation guide (push and cross-processing) Hasselblad 2000FCW + Carl Zeiss Planar F 80mm f/2.8
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5 Frames… By Seattle’s Pike Place Market on a Hasselblad 500CM and Ilford HP5 PLUS (120 Format / EI 400 / Carl Zeiss Distagon CF 60mm f/3.5)
5 Frames… Near Seattle’s Pike Place Market on a Hasselblad 500CM and ILFORD HP5 PLUS (120 Format / EI 400 / Carl Zeiss Distagon CF 60mm f/3.5) When talk turns to street photography cameras, first thoughts might be 35mm rangefinders or small SLRs, though many iconic shots have been done with larger medium format cameras. […]
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Photography: Lei Day – Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC at EI 320 (120 Format)
Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC at EI 320 (120 Format). Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6. Hasselblad 2000FCW + Hasselblad Planar F 80mm f/2.8
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Photography: Water damage #04 – Shot on Kodak Plus-X at E125 (120 Format)
Shot on Kodak Plus-X at E125 (120 Format)Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6Hasselblad 2000FCW + Hasselblad Planar F 80mm f/2.8
