The Hasselblad Xpan is a tremendous camera and one that I had wanted for a long time, so when one came up for a ridiculously low price I jumped on it immediately. For those who don't know the Xpan shoots in a panoramic aspect ratio using two frames of 35mm film together. Sure, most phones can do panoramas these days but that involves the stitching together of multiple images which brings with it problems such as warping and distortion, not to mention it makes capturing a scene with movement impossible since each picture is being taken at a different time. That's the beauty of the Xpan, it shoots true panoramas all with the ease of use of a rangefinder camera so you can capture a panoramic scene exactly as it looked. Anyway, enough technical talk, here's some pictures I took on my first trip out with the Xpan when my friend Kelly and I went for a walk along the Musselburgh Lagoons.
Black and White
Mamiya 7ii
Naturally, due to the nature of film, you are always a little bit behind when it comes to the sharing of your images. Recently though, I've fallen way behind with my blog posts and as such I'll likely post quite a few in quick succession to catch up. These pictures are from when I went out a drive to test my newly acquired (well it was in March) Mamiya 7ii. It's a camera I'd always wanted and I managed to get it for an absolute steal. Anyway, here's a handful of the test shots that I took that day.
The Town On T-Max
Following our little jaunt up Calton Hill, my Mum, Dad, Auntie and I went a walk around the outskirts of the city centre. I felt this was a good opportunity to load my Contax T2 with Kodak's T-Max 100 and try to shoot some street photography/architectural stuff. T-Max is a black and white film that I was really looking forward to trying and I'm glad to say it delivered. Possibly my favourite black and white film I've used thus far.
