Hasselblad 500C + Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 @ Heping East Road Sec. 2 和平東路二段

2009.11.19

I live on Heping East Road Sec. 2, and it is also a place where I often test cameras. This time, I photographed road signs and traffic lights, which are facilities that we take for granted but are quite important. Road signs and traffic lights are usually made with bright RGB primary colors, but when photographed with black-and-white film, they are almost all the same gray tone, making it difficult to distinguish between RGB. I thought of photographing road signs and traffic lights one morning when I saw students from Longmen Junior High School led by their teacher explaining the functions of various traffic lights around the school. I found it very interesting and decided to create a photo album for these easily overlooked signs.

和平東路二段是我住的地方，也常是我測試相機的地方，這次拍攝的主題是路標與交通號誌，一種大家習以為常，卻相當重要的設施。路標和號誌通常採用色彩鮮豔的RGB三原色，但是以黑白底片來拍攝的結果，幾乎是相同色調的灰色，分不清RGB。會想到要拍攝路標與交通號誌，剛好有個早上看到龍門國中的學生由老師帶隊，在校園外圍逐一的解說各種交通號誌的功能，讓我覺得很有趣，覺得要一定要為這些容易被忽略的標誌完成一次拍攝專輯。

 

The king of 120-format film SLR cameras is undoubtedly Hasselblad. In the era of digital camera popularity, the cost of owning a Hasselblad camera is about half of what it was 10 years ago (not considering inflation). This combination includes: Body: 500c, Waist-level viewfinder, 120 back, Carl Zeiss Planar 80/2.8 white lens. The camera was manufactured by Victor Hasselblad of Sweden between 1965 and 1975, and the lens was manufactured by Carl Zeiss of West Germany. It is almost 50 years old now. The price is higher on auction sites in Taiwan, while the price on eBay is relatively more affordable. The downside is that you cannot arrange to see the camera in person. If you are interested, you can compare the two.

120底片單眼相機的王者無非是哈蘇(Hasselblad)，而在數位相機普及的年代，想要擁有一台哈蘇相機，其負擔大約是10年前的一半(尚未考慮通膨因素)。這裡所談到的組合包含：機身 500c、腰平觀景窗、120機背和 Carl Zeiss Planar 80/2.8 白鏡。相機約是在1965~1975年之間由瑞典Victor Hasselblad製造，鏡頭則由西德蔡司Carl Zeiss製造，距今近50年了。在台灣拍賣網站上價格較高，eBay的價格相對較為平易近人，缺點是無法安排賞機面交，網友如果有興趣可以比較看看。


Photo 1: Road sign 路標,  Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 C


Photo 2: 腳踏車 Bicycle, Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 + Close Up No.2

More photos can be found in the Heping East Road 76 Lane album.

更多照片請參閱 和平東路76巷 相簿。