I had read many reviews on how to load film correctly so watched a YouTube video to remind myself as I did so. Test roll! I had planned to lab develop my film and C41 processing was the cheapest so bought 10 rolls of Ilford XP2 Super C41 B&W film. The lens it came with was a standard Carl Zeiss Biometer 80mm/f2.8 which equates to around 50mm on a 35mm sensor. It is both quite weighty and large but feels solid to hold. I loved the lack of electronics and the waist level finder. I knew enough that there would be a lot of rubbish on eBay and some Pentacon Six overlap issues and the like so I bought a ‘mint’ condition one and hoped it worked OK.Īrrival! When it arrived it felt and looked like a ‘proper’ film camera and not like the DSLR-like Contax. It was about the same price as a spare film back for the Contax 645! I had to get one to try. So cheap compared to the Contax 645 I had just bought and the Digital D800/D700 I was used too. I could not get over the Pentacon Six eBay prices. Back to the forums, Flickr, YouTube and then of course finally…eBay! The long late nights of research commenced once again.

The Contax had not even arrived I was starting to develop a love for the 6×6 square format of Hasselblads (and other brands).

After looking at more and more film photos on Flickr I decided within about 2 weeks of ordering the Contax that I already wanted more. I realised that the film look is more to my taste than the sterile digital look and it would save me adding aging textures to my photos to get the looked I desired. The original plan was to purchase a digital back until I saw the cost. I decided to buy a Contax 645 medium format 6×4.5 film camera to obtain super shallow DOF using the Carl Zeiss 80mm f2 T lens. I started to get into film properly in the autumn of 2012. Model (Katie) trying my Pentacon Six TL camera! My Film Photography First – Contax 645 Here is a short Pentacon Six Review after getting myself a Pentacon Six TL on eBay! Soon after the purchase I was buying P6 lenses and that lead to the next camera, the P6 lens mount ARAX-CM (a modified Kiev 88 camera)

Pentacon 6 to contax 645 adapter