Tag: #mediumformat
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La Trinité-sur-mer
This is one of our favourite places. We occasionally holiday in this part of France (see previous post of the Alignments near Carnac). We always drop in to La Trinité for a coffee and a stroll along the harbour. I never really make enough time to spend time with my Pentax 645N as it’s usually…
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Time to try Black and White film?
This is one of several thousand stones (menhirs) in the alignments near Carnac in France. It was a beautiful evening and the Kodak Gold really adds to the warmth of the shot. I think this might be one for the garden room wall. There’s a lot of structure and contrast in this shot and I…
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French Market, Saumur
I think I like street photography. The Pentax 645N is an unwieldy thing for such photography but these two shots seem to have captured a brief moment in time and the subjects are seemingly unaware of my focus on them. The light is good and the film has given the shots a timeless quality that…
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It’s been a while…
You have to make room in your finances for film photography. Sadly, things have been a bit tight recently, for obvious reasons, which is why I haven’t posted for a while. Despite the impending doom of a likely increased mortgage, petrol has dropped and the energy companies keep giving me money back so I bit…
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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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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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Time versus Money
So this tradeoff is a universal concern, right? And it affects the art of film photography in a big way. I had a look through the prints of my first two rolls from my 35mm expeiment the other day and they are just not publishable. My fault really. I had them processed at a well-known…
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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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