The Hasselblad Xpan is a camera I’ve always wanted since I first saw Mary Ellen Mark use one on the set of Steven Soderbergh’s Che films – she had come over Spain to shoot some promotional photographs for it. I didn’t know what it was, so I asked her… and that’s what started my journey with this mighty camera.
I could go on about this machine, but if you’re receiving these posts then you probably already know plenty about it, and if you don’t, there’s a great review here from Cal Stuart. The following images were all shot with the 45mm, and they’re all HP5, if I remember correctly.
These first two fellas were amazing and a lot of fun! This was taken in Mexico during the filming of Gringo. We were shooting in Veracruz on this particular day at an outdoor market. Wherever you looked at this market there was a photograph.
This next shot was taken in Havana, Cuba, where I was born. That one fella didn’t seem too happy that I was photographing him. I was driving by in a car when I shot the image.
This one was shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Again, I was driving and saw this on the sidewalk. Luckily I had my camera with me…
This is Peter Mensah walking the back lot at Q Studios in ABQ while we were shooting Midnight Texas. It was a cold night, the camera was in my bag right by me when I looked and saw that photo appear; I had to work fast!!!
Finally, also shot in ABQ at an airline training facility. It was very desolate which, of course, made me want to love it more
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Huss Hardan on Frames with the Mighty Hasselblad XPAN – By Yul Vazquez
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It looks like you do not use the center spot gradient filter on the 45mm? Have you tried to remove vignetting via software (if you care..)? I'm going to experiment with mine as I like the idea of not losing all that light.
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Huss
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