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Rollei RPX 400 - 120

Rollei RPX 400 is the high speed member of the RPX family, which also includes RPX 25 and RPX 100. It is a classic, cubic grain film known for its wide tonal range, excellent latitude, and a very traditional black and white look. It is an excellent film for a wide variety of lighting conditions and is well suited when a lower contrast image is desired.

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Hasselblad 1000F with Kodak Ektar Lens

There were a number of ways that the early Hasselblad 1000F cameras differed from the later 500C models. Today we are focusing on the early cameras' use of Kodak Ektar lenses. From the beginning of the Hasselblad system, it was Kodak optics that graced the cameras, which may come as a surprise to some photographers who have only ever known these cameras paired with Carl Zeiss lenses. While Carl Zeiss has a very long reputation for superb optics, in the 1940s and 50s, Kodak was making some pretty incredible lenses of their own. The early lenses on the Hasselblad system were some of the best optics for their time. When Hasselblad did eventually switch over to using Carl Zeiss lenses, our research indicates that it wasn't for better quality, but rather for lower costs. Of course, Carl Zeiss lenses went on to become better and better (as well as more expensive).

Anyhow, when this Hasselblad 1000f passed through our shop in good working condition, with a Kodak Ektar lens on it, we were really curious to see how different this lens looked. So we took it out with a roll of Rollei RPX 400 film and gave it a test. The Ektar definitely renders bokeh in a very different fashion from the later Planars, and it also has quite a glow to it. But hey, why describe it when we could simply show you!

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