Why the Hasselblad Xpan and the Panoramic Format?
Ive shot with a whole range of different cameras from Nikon 35mm equipment through to a Toyo 4×5 camera. Over the years I have also shot a wide variety of subjects. One day I was reviewing some slides, and looking at a few prints from other artists around the room I was sitting in. I thought about the photography that I really like and am inspired by, and I realized that landscape photography is really what excites me. In particular, I have always liked wide format panoramic landscape work. It just suits the way I see, and it very often suits Australias flatter landscape. So I decided that I would buy a camera system capable of making high quality panoramic prints, and concentrate my photographic efforts on this subject. I considered a 6×12 back on some large format camera (Ebony, Linhof Technika etc.), or perhaps a Pentax 6×7 or Mamiya 7. In the end the Xpan won because of its size, weight, price and robustness. I bit the bullet and swapped my wildlife lens (300mm F2.8) for an Xpan –
