Analog Therapy/The Beautiful Brick: Hasselblad 501C – ZEISS Planar 80mm f/2.8 – Kodak Gold 200.

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The legend. And for good reason. There is a lot of hype flying around about many film cameras. This is the only camera that fully warrants it. A big claim. But:

  1. It is my opinion, not fact.
  2. Your mileage may vary.
  3. That is about it…
SIGMA dp2 Quattro
Hasselblad 501CZEISS Planar 80mm f/2.8

Why do I think this? I could go and have gone on about this, but it mainly boils down to two things.

  1. I have enjoyed using this camera every single time I have picked it up.
  2. I have enjoyed the images produced with this camera every single time.

As much as I like other cameras I cannot say this about any other camera. Simple.

This time out I decided to kill some time while waiting to pick up one of my kids by burning a roll of film while walking around an antique shop I have mentioned before.

SIGMA dp2 Quattro

The film for the occasion was Kodak Gold 200 which was developed at home with Cinestill CS41.

Admittedly I have been spoiled by the thrifty Pentax 645N giving me 16 exposures so 12 ran up on me rather quickly. Here are all 12 frames.

Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c
Hasselblad 501c

A fine bit of analog therapy.

Happy capturing.

-ELW

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