Despite my love for my RICOH GR II I still shoot film, recently even more. This blogpost shows two images of the Cima di Fojorina (Southern Swiss Alps), made with the Hasselblad 500 C, Carl Zeiss Planar f=80 mm 1:2.8, Kodak Portra 400 (120) and the RICOH GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8.
Hasselblad 500 C, Carl Zeiss Planar f=80 mm 1:2.8, Kodak Portra 400.
An unfair comparison?
My Hasselblad 500 C was produced in 1961 – it is 58 years old! (see here: How to find out when your Hasselblad camera body and your Carl Zeiss Lens were produced) – and of course my RICOH GR II is quite new, it was anounced first in June 2015. The Hasselblad’s Carl Zeiss Planar 80 mm focal length is equivalent approximately to 50 mm in Fullframe, while the 18.3 mm lens on the RICOH GR II APS-C is equivalent to 28 mm in Fullframe. Do you think it is an unfair comparison?
RICOH GR II, f=18.3 mm 1:2.8.
After scanning the Kodak Portra 400 (120) negative film both the Hasselblad 500 C film ‘negative’ files and the RICOH GR II ‘digital’ files were edited in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Which is your favourite?
Photographs: RICOH GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8. .DNG RAW format.
Edited in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
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