Category: Medium Format Film
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Monochrome in the Gower
I’ve just paid for some film to be developed at Exposure Film Lab – three colour Kodak Gold 120 film rolls with my Pentax 645N and one Kentmere PAN 400 taken with my Canon EOS 300. I am excited to get these back and I am trying to piece together in my mind which moments…
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Some photos take a while…
I had another look through my recent photos taken with my Pentax 645N and decided that I like this photo more than my first impression. It has grown on me. I can imagine it enlarged and printed out as a poster with a frame. I have been tidying up our garden room today and decided…
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Family time
As I find my way with film photography, particularly of the medium format variety, it seems it will suit me to use my Pentax 645 to capture those special moments. For me, it will be recording family time in the special way that a digital camera cannot compete. I am delighted with these lockdown and…
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#SheldonianTheatre viewed from the #BridgeofSighs
I grabbed this on a recent visit to Hertford College, Oxford University. In tricky lighting conditions, noise is virtually non-existent, thanks to the large exposure area of the 645 Medium Format Camera and the wonderful Kodak Porta 400 film. I like this shot – it has given me an idea for a study of my…
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Old Oak Tree
I’m almost certain that old Oak trees are not going to become my subject of choice. They don’t move much and they don’t smile back but I converted this to monochrome in Lightroom and thought it came out okay as an abstract, structural piece. While you are here, check out: www.bridgeneglin.com . All images © Daniel Eglin.…
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Medium format film has so much depth
My friend doesn’t like this shot but I love it. I am normally really self-critical of the photos I take but my Pentax 645 is beginning to change all that. The digital scans are so much more natural and flattering than anything that I have seen digital do. While you are here, check out: www.bridgeneglin.com . All…
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9 Reasons to buy a Pentax 645N
I have been experimenting with my Pentax for a few weeks now and as I have written in a previous post, I am hooked. Here are my current arguments for taking the plunge into medium format film with a Pentax 645. I hope I am convincing. As I continue to use and enjoy my Pentax…
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It used to be a numbers game…
This new Pentax of mine has made me think about my craft. Now I see light, I pose a shot in my own mind, I set it up, point the camera, look at the scene through the viewfinder, check there is nothing ugly in the background, focus and take the shot. Simples. Two poses. Two…
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My first 120 film returns
I don’t know what to say. In comparison to my Canon 35mm film camera, the quality is, well, gobsmacking! And the files are smaller by a few megabytes too – more on that in another post. But for now, I am drinking in that bokeh and adoring the lack of noise and artifacts in this…
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Pentax 645N on its way…
So here it is: my Pentax 645N with SMC Pentax FA 75mm f2.8 lens. Well it’s not in my hands in the UK yet but it has been dispatched this morning and I am like a kid waiting for Christmas all over again! I paid $1034 including postage so about £790. (I’ll have to pay…
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