As many of you know my primary camera for the past 4 years has been a Fujifilm GFX medium format camera, however this year I have commited to diving into a vintage Pentacon Six medium format film camera. It’s a beautiful camera, which feels in some regards like a sized up version of my pentax film cameras. One of the best things about this system is without a doubt the lenses. I got up on the good foot here, purchasing this camera as a set with 3 Carl Zeiss lenses with plans to add a wide angle very soon for my landscape and cityscape works. The Camera currently lacks light metering, but the initial results testing this camera at an Okinawa dance festival have been promising. Will I commit to a whole summer of film? That is a question I cannot honestly answer. Fujifilm digital files from GFX cameras are just so stunning, and with the modern optics, weather sealing and image stabilization, it’s a massive shift in workflow. I do truly enjoy shooting film though and as I have said before it is a sorta of therapy, and a bit of digital detox all in one. As some of you undoubtedly know though, film prices are through the roof these days particularly for my favorites like Fujifilm Acros, and Kodak Ektar. Whatever happens I excpect to continue shooting film with this great camera, and exploring other film cameras for a very long time and offering new film prints in the very near future! This is the entire first row, please feel free to click the images to enlarge them. It may not look as polished as most my works, but considering the lack of light metering, and limited amount of frames I am allowed vs digital, I am very happy with this first roll! Btw, frame 13 is a sorta of bonus. A 120 film roll is technically 12 6x6cm frames, but 13 is just barely possible as you can see from the end of roll marks.
