{"id":66715,"date":"2017-10-03T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=66715"},"modified":"2017-10-03T15:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:32:07","slug":"my-experience-shooting-my-friends-wedding-on-digital-medium-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/my-experience-shooting-my-friends-wedding-on-digital-medium-format\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experience Shooting my Friend’s Wedding on Digital Medium Format"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mark<\/p>\n

I just heard the good news– my two very good friends: Mark and Isi (Isi played violin at me and Cindy’s wedding) just got engaged.<\/p>\n

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Because they are both graduate students and on a limited budget– I wanted to offer my services, and offered to shoot their wedding for free (with Cindy shooting video).<\/p>\n

1. Why I bought a Pentax 645Z<\/h2>\n
\"Cindy
Picture by Cindy Nguyen. Shot on Pentax 645Z.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was excited. I knew that I could do a good job, and of course– you can’t beat the price (free). At first I was going to shoot the wedding on my Ricoh GR II<\/a> — but I thought, why not use this time and opportunity to experiment shooting more digital medium-format<\/a>? I also wanted the best possible image quality for Mark and Isi.<\/p>\n

I talked with Cindy about it– and I bought a used Pentax 645Z<\/a> and Pentax 55mm f\/2.8 lens<\/a> on BHPHOTO. I tested the camera for a few days at Cindy’s family’s home– familiarizing myself with the controls, menus, and the system.<\/p>\n

2. The Pentax 645Z is a BEAST!<\/h2>\n