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A Story of Two Digital Backs

A Story of Two Digital Backs

People have been asking me how photographing with my Hasselblad 500C/M & Phase One P30 digital medium format back has been going.

The answer to that is a bit complicated: It turned into a Mamiya 645DF with DM33 digital back.

Wait, wut?

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James Vara • NH Governor's Advisor on Addiction and Behavioral Health (Drug Czar) for The Hippo

James Vara • NH Governor's Advisor on Addiction and Behavioral Health (Drug Czar) for The Hippo

I had the opportunity to meet and take some portraits of James Vara;  who is New Hampshires Governor's Advisor on Addiction and Behavioral Health, also known as the "Drug Czar" (just don't mention that phrase around him) for the Hippo.  James came to the studio and we spent a little time getting some portraits that would be used with an extensive article on him.

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The PhaseOne P30 Medium Format Digital Back. Or: New Gear - Moving Backwards Instead Of Forwards, And How Good It Makes Me Feel.

The PhaseOne P30 Medium Format Digital Back.  Or: New Gear - Moving Backwards Instead Of Forwards, And How Good It Makes Me Feel.

What you are looking at is my Hasselblad 500C/M.  I’ve shared my awesome story about how I came to own this camera in the past, but if you look on the back of the camera, usually where there is a 120 film holder, it might look a little different.

That is because instead of a film holder, it now has a PhaseOne medium format digital back.  It’s an old back, and it’s clunky, and I’ve been told it’s “horribly out of date” by photographers, but I am so happy with it.  I’m happy that I can now shoot digitally with my Hasselblad.

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