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The Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 for Landscapes

Ken — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:01:35 +0000

Shot with the SMC Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 on the Fujifilm GFX 100s — Wachusett Reservoir, Boylston, MA The Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 has a reputation that precedes it. Mention it in any serious medium format photography circle and the conversation almost always gravitates toward its legendary rendering of faces — the buttery compression, the...

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Revere Beach, Massachusetts – GFX 50s

Ken — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:54:04 +0000

I shot this image with the GFX 50s and Fujifilm GF 23mm f4 Below is a crop of the image above. Even the older 50s has an impressive level of resolution. Purchasing gear from the above link helps me keep the site going!

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Moore State Park in Winter

Ken — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:50:06 +0000

Moore State Park in Winter — Hasselblad 500cm / Ilford HP5 I took this image on Ilford HP5 120 film with the Hasselblad 500cm and the 80mm f/2.8 C lens. The negative was developed in Rodinal, and the enlargement was developed in EcoPro Paper Developer. What drew me to this scene was the scale —...

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Pentax 6×7 and Kodak Gold 200

Ken — Tue, 27 May 2025 23:12:15 +0000

Wachusett Mountain, shot with the Pentax 6×7 and 55mm f4, @f4 and 1/500s. Kodak Gold 200. Shot on Memorial day on the way to the summit. Larger image below. The image below is resized for the web. The original image scan is 400mb. There’s something about this image which is so much more pleasing than...

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GFX Resolution

Ken — Mon, 26 May 2025 18:26:13 +0000

Search Fujifilm GFX Cameras at KEH.com The above shot was taken with the Fujifilm GFX 100s. The lake was entirely frozen, even waves froze before they could crash. Looking at the cropped overlay I added, you really get a sense of the amount of detail you get from 102mp. My wife and I took a...

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Lake with the Hasselblad 500cm

Ken — Mon, 12 May 2025 00:32:04 +0000

Here is a lake shot I took today with the Hasselblad 500cm. Film was Kodak Portra 400. This scan was wet mounted on the Epson V850 and scanned at 1600 ppi. I missed a small bubble in the top right-hand corner of the photo. This was taken at Wachusett’s Reservoir. Link to larger image below:...

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A Rainy Saturday with the Hasselblad 500cm

Ken — Sat, 10 May 2025 16:59:06 +0000

Today’s not a great day for photography as it’s raining and my Hasselblad has no weather sealing of any sort. I really enjoy photographing in the rain but need to find ways of keeping the camera dry. I also have some b&w developer trying to expire so I need to get out and shoot regardless....

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