Shoot 120 Roll film and save money!
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2023
- Shooting larger negatives can both save you money and be a whole lot of fun. I run through great cheaper 120 roll films and my picks in budget medium format gear.
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Wonderfully pragmatic reviews of equipment that encourage the photographically inclined to explore the medium without spending thousands of dollars. I look forward to each episode with relish!
Thank you 🙂
Used C330's for wedding photography, 1985-95. Solid, reliable and never let me down. Produced great images and still do. Other 120's I'm still using are the Bronica ETRSI and a Mamiya Press for those 6x9 moments.
Bronicas are great - I've used the SQA and GS1 - though I have to say the Mamiya RB67 is a lot easier to use for portrait than the non-rotating back GS1. I think I always want to have a C330 about the place ... it's a sentimental thing now too. the C33 was the first real pro camera I bought when I was fifteen or sixteen 🙂
I have the C220 and RB67. Stellar cameras :). And I agree, 120 makes you go a little slower to make sure you get what you want.
I shot over 100 weddings professionally and always used a C33. during that time I never once had an issue with the camera - churning through hundreds of rolls of Fuji negative film. I remember one instance where I put the bride and groom under a white umbrella and stood out in a thunder storm to get the bride and groom portrait - I had to take the focus hood off as water was pooling on the ground glass screen! Tough is a word that's too mild for the C series. The RB67 is one of a kind too.
@@ashsphotolounge The old pro stuff was built to last. It's amazing how many of the old pro bodies are still usable given many had the unholy hell beat out of them. To me the classic example is the Nikon F and F2.
@@f2john absolutely - I doubt much modern gear could take the beating an Nikon F or F2 could take
Completely agree on the film use. I almost never bracket 120 shots, mostly because I'm cheap, but also because I also feel like I can get away with more in the developing tank! The C3/33/330 series are absolutely amazing. I'm on my third right now, because I get silly and give them away to people who I think need them, and then miss them! A 55mm and 135 is usually what I would carry. That said, the RB is my favorite of all time, even compared to my Hasselblad 500C!
I was raised with Hasselblads. My Dad worked in rocket research and used to bring the 'Blads' they used in the instrument test department home to take family pictures! I used to take snaps on a Hasselblad 1000F as a wee kid. I felt very much at home when I first handled an RB when I worked for a portrait studio in my teens. Then when I first pushed my bosses to let me shoot a wedding I was sent out with the studio RB kit to see what I was made of! I nearly broke my back!
@@ashsphotolounge As someone who bought a RB67 a couple months ago I think instead of the RB standing for rotating back it stands for ruined back.
I also recently took stock of which cameras, lenses, and formats I was getting the largest number of keeper images with. It was quite a revelation, and well worth looking at for anyone with several cameras or formats. You may find a large percentage of your best work comes from a very small list of equipment. My hindsight now has a strong bearing on what I decide to take on outings. Thanks for the video. Chris
You are most welcome for the video 🙂
What a fantastic video! Keep making great content💯
Thank you! 🙂
A hint on the Kentmere Pan 400. At first I was disappointed shooting it in 35mm. The grain was just too pronounced compared to HP5+ using the same ISO, developer and times. I decided to slow it down to ISO 250 and use a short 4 minute development time in HC110 mixed at 1/31. What a difference giving me a much finer grain. For 120 I will stick to HP5 and Pan F because as this video points out I am much slower and deliberate when shooting larger formats.
Excellent advice -
I may give a go at developing Kentmere 400 in a tanning developer like Pyrocat HD for the benefit of the channel 🙂
Less is more, I am shooting less 35mm film and more medium format. I am finding on shooting most of my 35mm color as digital full frame. I get more quality out of my medium format film scans or dark room prints.
Thanks for the comment. I find the gradation so much more satisfying on medium format - look at my Bergger Pancro/RB67 video for examples 🙂