How I’m Doing with the Hasselblad?
So how am I doing with my new/old Hasselblad 500cm? Well, I’m still in love with that camera but I haven’t been able to give it as much action as I would like to. I’ve been so busy that I shot only 8 rolls of film so far (including the 3 test rolls before I bought it).
Here’s one more of the session with my lovely wife:
I also shot some pics with my 5D mkII and the 50mm lens during that shoot, mainly as a digital polaroid to check if the exposure I got from my handheld light meter were correct. Here are some of the digital pics:
I really want to do some posed testshoots soon. But because I just don’t seem to find the time, I played around with a roll of expired film to see how I’m doing with the Sunny 16 rule.
I also tried doing reportage style stuff indoors with a roll of 400 iso black and white film. Just to see how I would do when getting some meter readings every now and then, and then just guess for the rest.
I really enjoy the challenge the Hasselblad throws at me. It makes me think so much more about my images. For the first time in quite a while I feel like a kid in the candy store when I think of all the possibilities and things that I still can learn about photography like:
- discover what films I like best
- start developing my own film again and find out the results of different chemicals with different films
- learn to make decent scans (these scans are all done with my crappy old scanner, but a new one is on it’s way)
- try out flash with film photography
- …
For now on, I’ll try to learn this camera inside out but I’m pretty sure it will find it’s way in my work for some assignments (something I didn’t consider at all when I bought it).
beautiful works !!!
love them
antonio
Since I borrowed an old Leicaflex several weeks ago, I have the same feeling as you do: it really makes you consider more about the composition, it makes me a slower photographer but a photographer that is more aware of the content of the image.
Your doing great. And welcome back.
Stop by apug.org the analog site and introduce yourself.
I think you’ll find that your 6×6 will blow away that MkII.
Have fun.
I still have a lot of development equipment, if you want to use it let me know.
(Patterson tanks, etc.)
Nondedekke, great stuff, it even makes me -as a die hard digital tog- wanna experiment. Nice!
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Thx people
@Serge: I agree completely
@Tom: Thanks, I’m going to check that site out later
@Ake: If you want to show me how it works, I’d love to (It’s too long ago to remember anything about developing). Maybe we can do a film shooting & developing day.
@Jef: Just do it!
your first pic is really amazing.
Thx Glen