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I couldn’t find my preferred film in 35mm before a recent trip to Europe, so I brought my hasselblad 500cm with an 80mm lens. I found so many instances where I
by MarkMarine 4y ago
I couldn’t find my preferred film in 35mm before a recent trip to Europe, so I brought my hasselblad 500cm with an 80mm lens. I found so many instances where I wished I had this camera, but I reserved myself to shooting 6x6 and cropping to 4x5 ratio.
I probably would fall into the trap of buying this camera for landscapes, taking a few photos with it that were amazing, not using it enough and selling it, then regretting that as well.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y agoI always need to remind myself not to have this lens too wide open otherwise I can get the focus - it looks more or less fine on the screen, then when I develop the film it is on the nose instead of the eyes. Also I hate it that I can't come closer than 90 cm to the subject. My Mamiya RB is so much better in this respect, but completely unpractical for traveling.
- MarkMarine 4y agoMy typical travel camera is a Leica with a DR summicron 50mm from the early 60s, but the film shortage messed up my plans. I get nailed by the super shallow depth of field on the hasselblad all the time, if you’re at 2.8 or 4 it’s so much more shallow than 2 on the 35mm. So I just take any low light photos with my iPhone and don’t waste the film, I’ve missed too many times. The downside to travelling with 120 is now I have 18 rolls of film to dev and scan, instead of 6 rolls.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoGave my Mamiya RB to my daughter. We travelled with it — in a van one summer (driving up the California and Oregon coast). Fun times. I prefer the smaller TLR's like the Yashica these days.