Analog film photography and cameras

The B&Ws ... awesome

I like this a lot.

I've been asked to shoot some editorial for a new magazine this weekend, which is a first for me. The creative direction is right up my street, natural light and some interesting locations, and I get on really well with the model and team.

BUT, I'm panicking over what to shoot on. They want film, obviously, and their references are mostly 120 colour so I'm taking Porta 400 (flexibility for the if the light drops) There's probably not a vast budget for film and devving so I've got to weigh up getting the most number of shots possible, with highest quality and flexibility of portrait and landscape framing.

Soooo, my choices are:

• Bronica 6x6 - more shots, can crop if needed, bit awkward to think about reframing whilst shooting
  
• GW690 - less shots, better quality, composition 'in-camera', but can't see what I'm really shooting
  
• 35mm back-up; OM4 or MJUii for the lolz and keep it fun
  
  

What would you do?

Whats the subject?

A model, it's a fashion mag. Sorry, missed that crucial bit of info

Take the one that has least focus distance IMO. And a digital.

There's very little close-up in their references, if there was I'd be fucked as I'd don't own anything that focuses under 0.8m
Fairly sure they've got a dude shooting digital too, but maybe I'll chuck my X100 in my bag just in case

Do you have selection of lenses for bronica? If not nothing 690 cant do that bronica can

Welcome to borrow one of mine if after 24th feb

Yeah, 150, 80 and a 40mm which is pretty wacky but might be fun. One reference in particular it'll work well for. Might err on the side of Bronica then

What’s the idea of the shoot? That might inform the look/format/lenses.

If it’s all 120 colour … might be nice to have the 35mm ‘b-roll’ in b&w, shot with fill flash on the Mju (for instance) for a mini series within a series yo dawg.

It’s a good idea to have some help: someone to be a reflector stand :)

Slightly surrealist, lots of mimicking the models surroundings. It'll be fun!
I have a few rolls of b&w and one Portra 35mm roll I could put in the MJU and just have fun with it. But I much prefer the look of MF so think I want to keep as much on that as poss

And yes, I'm planning on roping in someone on reflector duties. Keeping it simple as poss

should be fun!

Sounds great fun. Maybe you do want the bronica for longer lens / more isolation for abstract / simple shapes.

The surrealists loved props, crystal balls etc and artificial backgrounds (Man Ray – something to think about)

More darkroom

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that last one is killer

Mju 1/hp5
Couldn’t believe how it came out!

these are all brilliant

yea, also the shot itself. looks like a monster luring the people into its giant mouth ..
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Past two pages have been super strong

some holiday snaps of an abandoned minigolf place
l35af / c200

Abandoned mini golf needs to be a genre. Lovely stuff.

Cheers.
Yea it's a bit like those classic "abandoned amusement park" shots, but with less bells and whistles..
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roadtrip, also l35af / c200