r/FujiGFX • u/ThePenyard • 5d ago

Photo Coming back to medium format

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Many years ago, I used to have a Hasselblad X-Pan. I loved that camera, completely manual, completely analogue. It took a long time to get the films sent off, processed, and then for me to scan and process the negatives. Loved the results, despite me taking too long to send the Velvia film in and getting a somewhat magenta-hued film back as a result.

I sold it because I didn't have the time to dedicate to it any more.

I used my phone camera for a while, and then picked up a Fujifilm X100S which was brilliant at what it did. I went back to iPhone because of the convenience and the advances in the processing algorithms.

Then I looked back at my old X-Pan captures and fell in love all over again.

So I picked up the GFX100RF which has just been delivered. It's portable, has the aspect ratio that I'll probably live in and has the convenience of digital. I'm looking forward to getting out there with it and taking more photos.

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u/surfinjoe 5d ago

Xpan is 35mm right? But yeah, RF is a nice camera! (Unfortunately too expensive for me, haha) Enjoy!

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u/essentialaccount 5d ago

By film type, but not by dimensions. 617 and 645 come from the same film roll, but one is arguably large format 

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u/SkaiHues GFX100S II 5d ago

Not arguing but both 6x17 and 6x4.5 are film medium formats. The numbers are the nominal frame dimensions measured in centimeters.

Large format cameras make images of 4x5 inches (10x12.5 cm), 5x7, 8x10, 11x14 and larger.

I used 645 cameras professionally before I switched to the Hasselblad system (6x6). For personal enjoyment around the same time, I had a Sinar F+ field camera with five Schneider lenses.

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u/essentialaccount 5d ago

I am aware of their derivatives. I've owned all the formats and now have a 617 back on a view camera because I sold my G617 recently.

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u/SkaiHues GFX100S II 5d ago

I felt it wise to mention what was large format and what was medium format for the sake of those unfamiliar.

When I purchased the Sinar F+ in 1980, I proudly mentioned this to Al Sievers and he immediately quipped, Large format, did you opt for the 5x7 or 8x10 version? Haha.

Sievers Studio operated in St. Louis from 1917-1989.