The Battle River valley is a very picturesque area just west of Wainwright Alberta. This image was taken with my Hasselblad H3D, using a 50 mm lens. The 35 mm equivalent to the medium format 50 mm is about a 35 mm lens. Presently I own 2 lenses that are compatible with the H3D: the 50 mm and the 24 mm lens. I like both lenses for the wide angle perspective that these lenses provide. The majority of my photos are taken with wide angle lenses. I also own a Leica M9 rangefinder which is also a great camera, and I have begun to use the two cameras for different purposes. The Leica is a great camera for photojournalism. The Hasselblad is well known for professional photography in fashion, commercial, and architectural photography. Both cameras have a beautiful colour pallette, and I find the Hasselblad gives a warmer tone than the Leica. This scene has a painterly feel to it which I like very much. The H3D is a heavy camera, and usually requires a tripod. It weighs as much as a large format camera. It is a sophisticated digital camera with a 31 megapixel back, but quite often I will shoot in manual mode, after having taken a light reading with a hand held light meter. This way I rarely have to repeat the shot at a different setting.
