I've been thinking. And what I think is a setup you would really enjoy is the Pentax 67 system. I hope you one day get your hands on one that has the 105mm f/2.4 lens on it (and a fully working light meter). That camera and lens combo is very hard to beat for a portrait photographer such as you! Do not give up on film please! :D
I owned the Pentax 67 and the 105 2.4 for around a year, I ended up selling it back in December as the camera felt like an oversized SLR and I like my medium format cameras to feel special. There is a part of me that regrets selling the Pentax, although I kept complaining about it, once it was gone, I started to miss it.
Hehehe... I've been trying to convince myself of selling mine for many years now. But then I take it our for a spin (every three months or so) and always find myself having a blast both using it and looking at the images I can get out of that thing. These days I mainly shoot my Rolleiflex when in need of a medium format camera. It is light and gives you a look few other lenses and cameras can provide you with these days. Otherwise I haul my 4x5 or 8x10 with me for all my more "serious" work. And I tell you. Once you've been carrying an 8x10 around for a couple of times that Pentax starts feeling more like a pocket camera! :D I have never used, or seen, a perfect camera for my needs as of yet. So I try to find a few that I really feel comfortable with and then I chose between those for every photo idea that I get. I hope you will find "your camera" soon man. I really like seeing your progress so far!
I used to own a Rolleiflex 2.8f and while it was an amazing camera, it felt too fancy to bring out anywhere. I think if there was a film camera that I would truly fall in love with it would be the Mamiya 645 system. I used to own a Mamiya 645 but I ended up reluctantly selling it to fund buying another camera, as soon as it was up on eBay I was regretting it, I loved that camera and would love to have another some day
@@taranspictures I've used that one too! The "super" version. The 80mm f/1.9 is really nice to take portraits with! I hope you can get your hands on one at some point.
Wow, some of those images look great. Terrific subject separation from the background. Love the shots with the hair right across the face, looked like something out of a horror movie.
I did like the low shot of her sneakers. I’ve been shooting a lot of GFX vs film as well, especially since I went backwards to the 50R with its manual dials. I get the intentional feeling of shooting film but without the cost of dev and hassle of scanning.
If you buy a vintage camera you should send it in for a CLA service along with its lenses. Properly working gear is important to user satisfaction. Shouldn’t expect a 50 yr old anything to work as if new.
I've been thinking.
And what I think is a setup you would really enjoy is the Pentax 67 system.
I hope you one day get your hands on one that has the 105mm f/2.4 lens on it (and a fully working light meter).
That camera and lens combo is very hard to beat for a portrait photographer such as you!
Do not give up on film please!
:D
I owned the Pentax 67 and the 105 2.4 for around a year, I ended up selling it back in December as the camera felt like an oversized SLR and I like my medium format cameras to feel special. There is a part of me that regrets selling the Pentax, although I kept complaining about it, once it was gone, I started to miss it.
Hehehe... I've been trying to convince myself of selling mine for many years now.
But then I take it our for a spin (every three months or so) and always find myself having a blast both using it and looking at the images I can get out of that thing.
These days I mainly shoot my Rolleiflex when in need of a medium format camera.
It is light and gives you a look few other lenses and cameras can provide you with these days.
Otherwise I haul my 4x5 or 8x10 with me for all my more "serious" work.
And I tell you. Once you've been carrying an 8x10 around for a couple of times that Pentax starts feeling more like a pocket camera!
:D
I have never used, or seen, a perfect camera for my needs as of yet.
So I try to find a few that I really feel comfortable with and then I chose between those for every photo idea that I get.
I hope you will find "your camera" soon man.
I really like seeing your progress so far!
I used to own a Rolleiflex 2.8f and while it was an amazing camera, it felt too fancy to bring out anywhere. I think if there was a film camera that I would truly fall in love with it would be the Mamiya 645 system. I used to own a Mamiya 645 but I ended up reluctantly selling it to fund buying another camera, as soon as it was up on eBay I was regretting it, I loved that camera and would love to have another some day
@@taranspictures I've used that one too!
The "super" version.
The 80mm f/1.9 is really nice to take portraits with!
I hope you can get your hands on one at some point.
4:21 is gorgeous
Cheers!
Wow, some of those images look great. Terrific subject separation from the background. Love the shots with the hair right across the face, looked like something out of a horror movie.
Haha cheers! Yeah the seperation was lovely!
I did like the low shot of her sneakers. I’ve been shooting a lot of GFX vs film as well, especially since I went backwards to the 50R with its manual dials. I get the intentional feeling of shooting film but without the cost of dev and hassle of scanning.
That's exactly why I use the GFX as well, it's everything I need to feel like I'm shooting film all in one but without the cost
Lovely portraits mate, well done!
Thank you!
If you buy a vintage camera you should send it in for a CLA service along with its lenses. Properly working gear is important to user satisfaction.
Shouldn’t expect a 50 yr old anything to work as if new.
It wasn't my camera, it was from my university and they get serviced once a year