Author: Woody

WARREN CONNECTICUT – The Hasselblad CFV 100C experiment continues. Today I’ve mounted the back on my Hasselblad Superwide C (SWC) camera. Because the sensor on the digital back is substantially smaller that the SWC’s 6x6cm film format, the camera isn’t really superwide, just pretty wide.

Here’s a landscape cropped to square.  The rendering is classic SWC and lovely.  This is the reason that I’ve undertaken this experiment.  The problem is that focusing is critical with the digital back because it has much higher resolution that legacy film, but the SWC has no focusing aid.  Using liveview on the digital to focus is difficult from an ergonomic point of view.  Only about a third of my captures with this setup were acceptable from a technical standpoint.  I might be able to improve that with practice but not by a lot.

Day of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 15 years to Tanzania. Day 317 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WARREN CONNECTICUT – This is the beginning of a week of camera experiments. I’ve rented a Hasselblad CFV 100C digital back, which has a largish sensor (twice the size of 35mm), 100 megs of resolution, and is compatible with legacy Hasselblad film cameras. The question I’m asking is should I buy one of these things to use with my 50+ years old Hasselblad cameras.

First off is an experiment with a 30mm XPan lens. With an XPan lens mounted the CFV 100 automatically reverts to the long skinny XPan format. What I learned in shooting with this for a day is that I don’t have much to say shooting in XPan format.

Day 5795 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back 13 years to Salt Lake City. Day 1047 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – Visiting a friend here – she has a firewood shed – actually a shed made out of firewood.

Day 5794 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back 13 years to a high school reunion. Day 1046 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WARREN CONNECTICUT – A party here dancing with the Temptations.

Day 5793 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 11 years to Bilbao Spain. Day 1775 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

LITCHFIELD CONNECTICUT – Iron Bank loan office. During Revolutionary times this area had many small iron mines and smelters.

Day 5793 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 15 years to Kenya. Day 314 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

MANHATTAN – The far extreme from the new JPM building: one of the very few wood framed houses in Manhattan.

Day 5791 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back eight years to the sun, again. This in South Carolina. Day of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

MANHATTAN – Looking up at the new JP Morgan Chase building (still under construction). What was Norman Foster thinking?

Day 5790 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 8 years to the sun (through my Questar telescope). Day 2868 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.