After seeing so many awesome photos taken with Ektar 100 online, I just had to try it out for myself.Â
The results are amazing! The soft tones and wide dynamic range of Ektar 100 are really something else, not to mention its punchy saturation. It's no wonder why landscape photographers love using it so much!
Yes, you've read it right, I finally acquired my first medium-format camera, the legendary Mamiya RB67. Though it required some minor maintenance, it is now in perfect working condition, and the images it produces are simply stunning! All of the images were taken using the Mamiya 90mm f4.5 lens with Portra 800 film.
The first two pictures are my favorite because of the warm, golden colors.
My first roll of black and white film.
Yet again another new film stock. CineStill 400D has only recently been released and I've been lucky to be one of the first in Belgium to shoot it. It actually performs really similar to CineStill 800T and it also has the red bloom around the highlights.
My first roll of CineStill 800T. Some shots are really noisy because the film didn't get enough light.
There have been a lot of changes with this roll of film. This is the first time I shot Portra 400 on a professional camera, got it developed by a professional film lab, and scanned and edited it myself.
This roll was shot on my Nikon F3, one of the best film cameras ever made. The lenses for the F3 are also a lot better than the lenses I had for my Yashica FX-D. I have a Nikkor 50mm f1.2 (which gives amazing bokeh), a 24mm f2.8, and the razor-sharp 105mm f2.5.
I scanned the roll using the Plustek OpticFilm 8200i and converted the scans in Lightroom using Negative Lab Pro.
My third roll of film and the first one shot using my Yashica FX-D. I've used a 50mm f2.0, 28mm f2.8 and 135mm f2.8 for these shots. This was also my first roll developed at a professional lab in Brussels (Mori Film Lab). Their scans are just amazing quality!
This is my second roll of film. Also shot on my Praktica MTL3 with an 50mm f1.8.
These are the first pictures I've ever taken with an analog camera. Some of them are out of focus or have weird colors and artifacts.