Author: Mark Messerly

Mark Messerly

Following three decades in media engineering, I returned to school for degrees in elementary education, language arts. My photography interests include using unusual, homemade, and modified cameras – as well as using Liquid Light or other photosensitive materials.

5 Frames… With ILFORD FP4 PLUS (EI 25 / 120 format / Hasselblad 501CM)

Nov 4, 2019

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Mark Messerly

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When photographers first started to abandon film en masse, there were fantastic opportunities to buy equipment that otherwise would be out of my price range. This Hasselblad 501CM, and 80mm Planar CB lens was my first medium format camera. It remains my favorite. I particularly like its modular design, for a quick lens, finder, and…