One roll 120

So here is what I got from one roll of 120 film on a Pentax 67II. 10 shots per roll. Every shot is in this post, even the ones that I don’t like or where the focus isn’t perfect (to my taste).

I’ve cropped a few to make the post a little more interesting, but most are the full frame. Some are just cropped a little to be slightly narrower.

These are using the D800 scan technique, so are between 25 and 30 megapixel, roughly the same as what you’d get from a $30,000 Noritsu commercial level scanner. It took around the same amount of time to scan this roll of ten shots as it would if I used the Epson V700 flatbed scanner, yet I believe the resolution was far better, and the dynamic range was wider and more flexible.

I’m quite happy with the result. I shot digital for the rest of this wedding, but just enjoy film so much that I like to take a roll if time permits. It isn’t just the fact that it’s fun to act like a chemist and develop the negatives in the kitchen sink. The 6x7cm format is just so much larger than 35mm ‘full frame’ cameras that the finder is huge, and the presence of the image is more substantial. If you ever get the chance to look in a large format camera, ideally an 8×10 or bigger, you’ll understand what I mean.

I hope you enjoy what I was able to capture. I’ve posted this to illustrate just how much higher the keeper rate is with film. If I posted 100% of the shots I took with the digital camera as well, this same day, you would have grey hair and be very frustrated by the time you’d finished with the post.

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