We’re back, after a nasty hack/virus/malware thing we can now get back to business thanks to Paul Burgess And Jay Verslus who helped clean and relocate the blog to better hosting!
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It’s been nearly six months since an update on analoguemasters but our flickr group kept growing with over 500 members and nearly 8000 images!
To celebrate our return to Analogue spotting how about a fantastic shot of children looking into the future by nineteenseventy4 shot on a Hasselblad 500C
I stumbled on Sander Meisner, 30, in our Flickr Group and fell in love quickly with his 6X6 Mamiya C33 shots. I love many styles of photography and lately I’m really into quiet, well-framed simple shots with great depth and lines.
I get the feeling that Federico will also be into these shots.
In Saner’s words:
“I photograph the urban contemporary landscape around me at night. I like the empty, overlooked spaces in
the urban landscape. I try to find mundaine places and objects that speak to me somehow and photograph them. I want to capture the eerie, lonely atmosphere certain places in our cities have at night. The places that are full of live during the day, turn into melancholic, sad, empty and sometimes eerie places at night.”
Why shoot on film?
I shoot film for the look it gives my work. Film looks less plastic, has got more depth to it, looks
more alive and seems to generate more emotion and feeling in a shot compared to digital.
I also like the fact that (especially when shooting with my Mamiya C33) it makes me work for a shot, I don’t like to waste frames so I really think before setting up a shot and since I can’t check the result straight away I do this very patiently and precise, often moving my tripod around a certain part of a scene inch by inch after I have determined the area I want to take the shot in.
Three favourite analogue cameras?
Mamiya C33, Nikon FE and the Lubitel-2
Three favourite analogue films?
Fujifilm PRO 160s, Kodak 160NC and Fujifilm RTP T64.
What makes the Mamya C33 so good?
It is completely mechanical, so not many things can break (this also makes me think more about my shots.) It is build like a tank, made completely out of iron and is very heavy, which I like, it makes me more confident when setting up a shot and doing a long exposure when there is a lot of wind. I really like TLR’s and this is one of two (the other being the Koni-Omega 6×7) that has interchangable lenses. The interchangable lenses are a pretty unique feature amongst TLR’s and this makes this camera very nice to work with for
me. The lenses are very nice, sharp lenses with very close focussing when needed. I put my body in my backpack, my three lenses, some film and a cable release. Take my tripod and cycle around Amsterdam’s industry and office areas in the middle of the night looking for places to shoot. I love it.
Made in 1970, the Yashica Mat 124G is largely seen as a entry level medium format 6X6 camera. This Rolleiflex clone is a beauty to use, quick, light and with an inbuilt light meter. There’s something very special about shooting on a twin lens reflex, it’s less intrusive than a slr and people act differently in front of one. Hunt around for one and after a quick service you will not notice the difference in quality between this and a more expensive Rolleiflex.
I got mine precisely so I could explore medium format photography. Quite soon after I bought it I was given a Mamiya RB67 and that was then my camera of choice for 120 photography. In recent weeks however I have taken the Yashica out and fell in love with it! It’s lighter, prettier and the photos are great quality. If you can get your hands on one don’t hesitate to hand over the cash!
Analogue masters is a showcase corner on the web for all things analogue. Inspiration is from photography but we want to stretch the blog into the field of music and film-making while reviewing cameras, other analogue groups, photographic societies, shops, analogue thinkers and even camera repair people! We would love other people to contribute especially as we're based in London and don’t want the content to be too UK-driven. So if you have a shop, band, photographer or exhibition to showcase email us! All the best and we hope you enjoy!
