In the second instalment of our ‘Phlog’ video series, Jake filmed me shooting a roll of medium format film. I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to get any of our film developed (and then scanned) whilst on the road, but we managed to drop a few rolls in to a Berlin based shop called Pixel Grain.
Unfortunately, they had a lot of orders on the go and weren’t able to scan them, but advised us of where we might be able to. I opted for the lowest quality scans and selected just 7 as the prices were ridiculously steep. These 7 were from a roll of 16 shots, which is the amount I get out of one roll of 120mm film when using my Mamiya 645 film camera. Here are those shots..
I wasn’t impressed with the scan quality, but I also wasn’t surprised. As for the shots themselves, I was pretty pleased! These were shot on my favourite colour film, Fuji Pro 400h. I think these particular shots really suit the natural look of Fuji Pro and they’ve helped me realise I’d like to take a lot more shots like this whilst road tripping in Europe.
You can watch me capturing the shots in the video below, and I’m hoping that we’ll be creating a few more videos that capture my film photography process (fingers crossed for film shops). Thanks for reading!