This lens renders 'dreamier' than most other ultra shallow depth of field lenses thanks in part to it's planar design and traditionally warm Zeiss optics rendering that the company is known for. At F2 on a medium format system, you can achieve surreal background separation. It's a dreamy lens, with a very large focusing element that creates beautiful 3D pop. It's a wonderful camera on it's own right, but the reason the camera became so popular is because of one lens - the Contax 80mm F2. The camera functions and operates like nearly every other 645 film system in existence with a few small exceptions that I will address below. The Contax 645 is a medium format film camera with interchangeable backs, lenses, screens and prism finders. The Contax 645 has become synonomous with wedding photography - so much so that the very branding of the camera is front and center in nearly every film wedding photographer's headshot. Hasselblad 202FA Film Camera Review For Portraits and WeddingsĬontax 645 Medium Format Film Camera System Overview.Hasselblad FE 110mm F2 Planar Medium Format Film Lens Review.Portrait and Lighting Tips for Shooting Film with Strobes in Studio.An Earth Toned Felt Hat and Boho Style in this Charleston SC Studio Fashion Editorial.Fashion Editorial in a Backyard Portrait Studio.

Creating Moody Editorial Fashion Photography in my Charleston SC Backyard.

Classic studio fashion editorial on black and white film with a tulle dress.

My First Attempts with Large Format Black and White Film Portraiture.

Charleston South Carolina Portraits in an Outdoor Studio.

Using Pushed and Expired 35mm Film for Grainy Black and White Studio Portraits.

A Month of Shooting and Developing Large Format Film Portraits.

Charleston SC Elopement at the Hotel Bennett and a Private Mount Pleasant Home.

Charleston SC Anniversary Session Portraits at Hampton Park on Film.

Fall Wedding on Film at Legare Waring House in Charleston SC.

A Preview of Katherine and Sam's Legare Waring House Wedding in Black and White.

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