Seagull – First Exposures

A while ago, I had been kicking around the idea of buying a Rolleiflex. My buddy Hui told me to save the $600 I was going to spend on Rollei and try out his Seagull first. The Seagull is a Chinese manufactured knockoff of the Rollei. Same fundamental concepts, and supposedly much cheaper. It uses 120 film, which produces perfectly square exposures, a different kind of composition approach than the typical 2:3 ratio of a 35mm exposure.

I bought two rolls of Ilford B&W and started reading up online about how to estimate exposure values, since the Seagull was lacking any type of exposure metering or whatever.

It was a odd feeling shooting film, having to manually set all exposures, compose the frame, take the shot, then wind the film. And that was it. No snazzy little LCD exposure to tell you whether you got the picture. It would all have to wait till the film was actually developed.

I’ve posted all the pictures up on my facebook album.