Shot on Film: Ann

I was recently shooting a group photo, and overheard someone walking past my camera bag say “I haven’t seen one of those in a while”.  I am sure that he was being genuine and I just smiled.

I am pretty certain that he was referring to my Sony A850, which is my ‘go-to-camera’.  The shoot went well and I actually ended up using my Sony A7RII instead.

I later learned that the gentlemen making the comment was a photographer, and was wondering why so many photographers feel that ‘only the latest gear’ will do.  Just think about all the amazing photographs taken through the years, all with what is now outdated technology and equipment.  This of course has inspired me to post something I shot years ago on film.  Even at the end of the film days, I was primarily using a manual focus camera with absolutely no automation.  It’s what I was comfortable using, and what gave me the best results which is all I am ever concerned with.  I also preferred using color reversal slide film as opposed to shooting color negative film.

The images here are shot using my well-worn Minolta XE-7 and a Minolta Rokkor 50mm 1.4 prime lens on Fuji Astia 100 color reversal film.

Lighting used was a Vivitar 285 on a Vivitar flash bracket as a main light, and a Carl C. Buff White lighting CPS 10,000 mono light, attached to a Larson 22” Softbox firing into a single 48” gold reflector as a kick.  The images were scanned full frame using a Minolta DiMage 5400 dedicated film scanner with no adjustments applied. 

For those interested, this is still my all-time favorite camera and lens combo.  I still use them, and they still give me amazing results.