Pelicans (Kodak Portra 160)

• Where: Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich
• Camera: Mamiya Press Super 23
• Lens: Mamiya Sekor 100mm f/2.8
• Film: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 160
• Scan: Nikon Super Coolscan 9000

These are images from one roll of Kodak Ektar 100 and two rolls of Kodak Portra 160, taken on a trip to Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. With the 6 cm by 9 cm image size that I get out of the Mamiya Press Super 23, the 100mm lens is far from a zoom lens, roughly around a 43mm lens on 35mm film cameras. It’s not ideal for subjects a bit further away, as they usually tend to be in a zoo. The relatively slow f/2.8 with 100 to 160 ISO film made it hard to get a decent picture of a tiger that paced along the edge of his little island. All I got was a tiger-shaped orange blob.

Penguins (Kodak Portra 160)

Young artic wolf (I think). (Kodak Ektar 100)

Snow Owl (Kodak Ektar 100)

Meerkats (Kodak Portra 160)

Giraffs (Kodak Portra 160)

Emu (Kodak Potra 160)