![]() From the Hasselblad H3D-39 which I still own and occasionally use, sometimes even with the film HM16-32 back attached, to the current workhorse for almost all the photographs you see on this site – made with the Fujifilm GFX 50S II. And I covered some of the journey, and its progress and the rationale for selection through a series of articles. I have been shooting with medium format digital cameras for most of our photography needs of this website for a long while. Shown here with the Sekor-C 140mm lens attached. Even the newest are pushing 20 years old. But for the most part, shooting film means having to deal with old cameras. Pentax has recognised this trend, and recently announced that they are working on new film cameras. The only mainstream camera manufacturer who still offer a film camera is Leica, who recently released the new M6, which joins the family of two other film offerings: the M-A and the MP. Sure there are independents who make home-made like devices which use film, but the giants like Canon, Nikon, Fuji are all not in the game. And even with this revival of interest, no new film cameras are being produced today by mainstream producers. ![]() Many Gen X-ers are keen on shooting with film, even though it would be unthinkable for any of them…or the rest of us for that matter, not to have a camera at almost all times with us in our smart phones.įilm, and other analog forms of art like vinyl music, have been received well as it provides a physical connection to what we are doing, and allows us to remove ourselves from the daily world which is increasingly becoming digital. I think it is likely due to the rejection of the digital universe that we are increasingly being involved in, and the appeal of the physical. The resurgence of film as a viable format is a rather interesting phenomena. ![]() We started with the large format Sinar X a few weeks ago, and today, we continue into the medium format arena, with my Mamiya RB67 ProSD. ![]() With the resurgence of the film photography community, we take a look at some of the film cameras that I own. TGIFridays: Review of the vintage Mamiya RB67 Pro SD TGIFRidays take a look at shooting with film cameras, and we start with one of the mainstays of the professional studio photography scene for many years – the Mamiya RB67 Pro SD. ![]()
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