A few hours before departure, I had the spontaneous idea to take my rarely used Hasselblad with me on the trip to Oman. I still had Ilford Pan F+ films lying around and used analogue photography when traveling recently in Oslo had very good experiences. The low ISO number should not be an obstacle in a sun-drenched travel destination and the resolution of the medium format camera should be beneficial for the expected landscape images. With the Planar 110mm f/2 I was hoping for different image effects. After all, Planar stands for great drawing. If you take the crop factor of the 6×6 Hasselblad into account, the 60mm f/1.1 lens has fascinating values. It is the fastest lens built for medium format.
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Ultimately, I didn't use the camera enough to get many nice pictures. And then some mishap happened with the film. Either the device was too harsh on the film when scanning hand luggage or the developer was too old. Maybe one of my readers has more experience and can see the type of error based on the pictures.
I'll show the pictures anyway. On the one hand, I like these original landscape photos too much to hide them. On the other hand, the error deprives the pictures of the actually expected cleanness of the Ilford film. Also: why shouldn't I show errors?
The series of pictures reflects the diversity of Oman very well. We froze at an altitude of 2000m, we were overwhelmed by the views into the deep gorges of Jebel Shams, we hid from the heat of the desert and enjoyed the water on the coast. Also the beginning of the Football series that I already showed, finds space in this series.
Ultimately, it's always a good idea to take an analog camera with you. And a robust Hasselblad is particularly suitable for this. The photography itself is different and the results can be worth seeing even if one of the many possible errors occurs.
I really like the pictures, just because they are what they are.
Thanks Jörg, me too 🙂
Hi Stefan.
My envy be with you. And my sadness.
Dream camera and an amazing lens. Splendid.
With the image errors, I suspect a problem with developing or fixing.
X-ray controls are only a problem with highly sensitive films. And if so, the image error would be partial overexposure of the seat lights. Depending on how the X-rays hit the film cartridge, it can be straight or crescent-shaped. Then the construction of the cartridge case acts like a shadow. How should I explain this now 🙂 If the rays come from diagonally above, the axis of the film cartridge is still in the way and causes crescent-shaped overexposure. If the rays fall fairly straight parallel on the cartridges, the parts that are on the side plane are affected.
By the way, I wrote an article about using orange filters to soften contrasts on exactly this film. Maybe you're interested.
Greetings to the south to Hamburg
Kai
Hello Kai,
Thank you for your detailed assessment and description. Since the film isn't stored in a film cartridge, I'm guessing that the errors might look different on X-rays. Up until now, everyone else has pointed to this very X-ray as the source of the error.
Either way: next time I will try to switch off both sources :)