A recent addition to my collection of work horses. A 1958 Leica M2 and Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4. Check out the weight! It’s a featherweight compared to a DSLR. Compared to the Canon 5D I had a long time ago it’s about 1/4 of the weight. Shooting rangefinder and medium format cameras has been the...
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The Beast
I don’t think I’ve written anything about cameras for a while so I thought I’d post some of my thoughts from recently changing from shooting mostly digital to film. As some of you may know I have a Leica M8 also and recently tried my hand at shooting film. I started out with Canons, L...
Hasselblad 500 CM
So, a couple of weeks ago I finally got my own Hasselblad. I ended up getting a Hasselblad 500 CM in black, Zeiss 80mm Planar T* f/2.8, 120 and 220 film backs, and polaroid 100 back. So far it has been a lot of fun using it, and a lot different to the medium format...
Mamiya C330
Been having fun with my Mamiya C330 Professional f twin lens reflex recently. It has the Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lens and so far has been so much fun to use. I’ve shot a couple of rolls so they will be getting developed this weekend and I’ll post some of photos next week. I’m really...
David and Goliath
Here’s a few shots of our new but old Contax 645 medium format camera. We are really looking forward to shooting this in our weddings and portrait sessions. Some people believe that film is dead and that digital is the only way to go. I personally am looking forward to combining medium format film with...
Guilty as charged
Ok, so here she is… It’s a digital rangefinder made by Cosina Voigtlander and Epson. It has a flippable LCD screen on the back and takes Leica/CV M-mount lenses. I have only had it for one day but I love it already. It’s so nice to have a smaller camera to carry around rather than...