Shooting Film – Shared Fun is Doubled Fun
Shared fun is doubled fun, so I’m really happy that my friend Pieter also got himself a medium format film camera. I’m sure that if an experienced film shooter would overhear our conversations, he would shake his head but it’s a lot of fun sharing the little knowledge and the bags of bullshit we think we know about film. Pieter got himself a Mamiya C3 which makes my Hassy look like a very modern camera. The Mamiya is even more counter intuitive than the Hassy but at the same time it’s such a nice piece of machinery. Pieter’s first two test rolls didn’t came out so well (ok they weren’t exposed at all) but then he discovered a small dial that solved the problem. So when I visited him for recording the LIME podcast, we went outside and shot another test roll in five minutes.
This is one I made of Pieter:
And this is one he made of me:
Next time we got together, Pieter showed up with a roll of Ilford Delta 3200 (iso) film. Underexposed shots showed a lot of grain after pulling the exposure up during scanning.
But when metered correctly (yes, this is the way to do it), the grain is really fine and actually pleasing:
Here are some more Hassy scans from the kids:
And here’s a pic of my fantastic grandmother who’s still going strong:
I’m really happy (actually I’m jealous) to see what Pieter is squeezing out of his Mamiya. He just started a personal website where he’s posting his non-wedding work like snowboard photography and amazing pictures of puddles.
Grats Pieter!
How did you develop the Delta 3200? Tested it last year (used T-max before) and was far from happy, even with properly exposed frames. Used 135 film with an EOS3. Well I just dropped it in for a big lab – developed the T-max always myself – to spare me all the hassle.
Nice to hear you recorded a new podcast
Cheers, Fini
Ha, the X/M dial for the flash synch? I went into Campion (Ixelles) with my C220 because I thought I’d broken the damn thing. Was fixed in 2 seconds and I felt like the biggest loser in the larger Brussels area!
The Sekor lenses for these cameras are just amazing though… even after 40 years.
That looks like some excellent fun!! Time to start a club ( which is a good excuse to meet up).
Small tip on Ilford 3200…expose it @ 1600iso and develop it as normal. The film is infact a 1250-1600 iso and is pushed when exposed at 3200.
Cheers
Wil
did you add the vignette digitally?
I just recently got to shoot with a Mamiya, I have to say i loved it. It’s always a cool trip to return to film once in a while. I like your serie of photos, especialy the first ones with the kids.
Really nice portraits, I especially like the Hasselblad shots of your family. The background blur is excellent.
Will
Hi Bert,
I like you work very much, I’ve discovered your 50/50 at youtube, good ideas on it.
I’ll follow your sites to get inspired.
Ciao!
Serge
Nice shots. Love the look you can only get with film.