For various reason I could only take part two days, i'll do something more next time!
It was a surprise to discover one of my submission (this one) was on Explore!
Thanks for the notice Godfrey, I'm not in this edition, too busy with something else, not enough time for serious photography!
Love your half full photo!
I took the SWC/M with NONS InstaxSQ back out for a walk yesterday... The tricky part about using the SWC/M with the NONS InstaxSQ back is getting the exposure right. InstaxSQ B&W is contrasty and presents a challenge. The InstaxSQ Color is a bit less demanding. But mechanically and feel wise, it works beautifully and gives you full control of exposure and focus. I have a couple from my walk that I'll render and post.
But late in the evening, I returned from dinner and saw the light in the bedroom ... Just had to pull out the camera and tripod.
Bears On The Bed - Santa Clara 2025
Hasselblad SWC/M plus NONS InstaxSQ back
Fujifilm InstaxSQ B&W
ISO 640 @ f/8 @ 8 seconds
In this low-light situation, you're well into the reciprocity curve of Fujifilm Instax SQ B&W ... I found a long time ago that the ISO 800 rating was simply too high and have used ISO 640 as my standard with good results overall, but reciprocity starts to become a problem at about 1/4 second. The incident meter reading for this shot was 1 second @ f/8, and I extended that to 4 seconds on my first try. That was close, but not enough ... Next try was 7-8 seconds, and that hit the exposure right, but a third exposure was made with a slight reframing to get it exactly the way I wanted.
Hopefully, I won't spend four frames for every "good" exposure in the future. That gets pricey! 😉
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