A Hasselblad, more than 40 years after first looking.

Another one of my weird lenses. 12cm f/4.5 Rodenstock Imagon. I finally received the custom-made adapter so that I could use it on the 907x. Somewhere out in the world there are versions of the 12cm f/4.5 that fit a 1000f but this is the best I could find. It uses these 'strainers' that act as apertures that you mount to the front of the lens. You can also control the level of haziness/soft focus by adjusting how much you want the surrounding holes in the strainer to be open/closed (with the holes completely open, you can see how it imparts these odd specular highlights). Definitely takes some getting used to - it was really meant as a portrait lens, but I'm trying it on other things for now.

The lens kit came with a hood with a built-in yellow filter. That's fine for black and white film but since the 907x only shoots in colour, I have to make adjustment for that. Ah why can't I make things easy and just take pictures with my phone :)


Hazy Backyard Morning by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
 
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