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Film Photography Shoot Your First Roll of 35mm Film
Published: February 11, 2026
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In this video, I'm out shooting with a very unique camera—a custom modified Pentax 645 that shoots half-frame medium-format film, exposing 33 images on a roll of 120. This was lent to me by a viewer of the channel, who figured out a way to modify the camera to essentially shoot the XPAN frame size.
I head out and shoot in my local area, as well as on the English coast, sharing the experience, and later wrap things up with some thoughts about frame size and how the camera was modified.
Big thanks to @pencine120, for letting me borrow this. You can find out more about the camera on his IG: https://www.instagram.com/pencine120/
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