400mm

The Behemoth. Slightly ironically I just wrote about how I’ve come to appreciate really small cameras (link in bio). But here I am trying to photograph wildlife with a medium format film camera. Despite being a couple of decades old now, the 400mm f4 with 1.4x extender is the best medium format telephoto currently in existence - and it’s in perfect condition. The camera is… less so. But, to quote Han Solo, “She may not look like much, kid. But she’s got it where it counts.

While I’m going through some ancient pics, this is one I’ve always been fond of. Scanned a bit small. I used a clunky old Takumar 400mm lens and my old Pentax MX with Tri-X film. I’m still interested in making wildlife pics with B&W, though it’s not as original an idea as it was back in 2002 or whenever.