Playing around with a Hasselblad XPAN panoramic camera. It’s a 35mm negative size times two in full frame terms. So that’s bigger than full frame by twice as much. Yeah, that’s right. Twice as much. Suck on that you full-frame D-SLR worshippers. LOL! Anyway, I recently bought one with a 45mm lens to try out. I love it. I love cinematic panorama shots. I bought a variety of film to use as well. It’s going to be my main camera for a while. I am trying to shoot more film, though it can be a bit expensive. Still, you can buy a cheap 35mm Nikon or Canon film camera for cheap and use film in it for a few years before you hit that D-SLR full frame camera body purchase price. So, it’s a good 2-3K of cash you can burn before even worrying about price. Also, don’t forget, computers and the photo programs to run them cost cash as well. The Hasselblad is an expensive beast because no other camera shoots panorama shots as one shot without panning which makes it great for street photography if done right. I remember when the camera first came out and I almost bought one, but being so expensive back then it was out of my reach. I thought about buying one again about 15 years ago but dropped the notion. Then my health tanked and I came to the realization that it’s now or never in life. I’m happy I made this decision. It will be a long while before I have many rolls to develop, but I developed a test roll using Fuji Superia Reala (a now-defunct Fuji film sadly). I had about 4 rolls of this particular film left in my fridge. Here is the result of my first test roll. No fancy shots, just a test. I still like the results a lot and plan on using this as my daily film camera.
All shots below are Fuji Superia Reala ISO 100 color negative film. Some shots were converted to black and white via Photoshop. My favorite shot from this roll is the horse in the sun.
