I kinda got obsessed with the idea of medium format film. It started with wanting an anamorphic lens for my mirrorless camera. I wanted to jam more compression into my videos while retaining a wider field of view.
Somewhere along the way I was sucked into the magic and retro of analog film photography and found out that you could buy cameras with gigantic “sensors” much larger than full-frame. Initially my heart was set on a Mamiya RB67. Fully mechanical, big 6×7 negative, all the retro.
After a lot of consideration I started looking around for it’s smaller sibling, the Mamiya 645. Handily there was an absolute mint one for sale in Hobart.
Very soon after I loaded up my first roll of 120 film, Kodak Gold 200, and went for a drive. Here is my first roll of analog film ever:
When I got my scans back it was a rollercoaster of emotions. I almost nailed every exposure! I have light leaks! I have a lazy film counter that caused 2 photos to be taken off the roll! I really, really like the compression and sense of scale that medium format gives.
I had this roll developed and scanned with my local camera store. They did a great job. But I wanted to do it myself…
