I got both of my "Holy Grail" cameras in one week.

[Kyle M.]

I've been looking for a nice Mamiya RZ67 with the 110mm 2.8 and a Hasselblad 500C with the Zeiss Planar 80mm 2.8 for several years, as of today I now have both. Thursday I decided to stop by a local camera shop and see what they had that was interesting, I brought along two Canon EOS crop sensor lenses, a 10-18 f4.5-5.6, and a 55-250 f4-5.6 for trading material. Low and behold I'm not in the shop 5 minutes and I spy a very nice RZ with the 110mm 2.8 and one 120 back for $360, after checking it out I managed to trade my lenses even up for it. I took it out yesterday and shot a roll of Acros through it ran home and developed it and everything looks exccellant, score #1. Today I was bored so I went back to have a look see and spied a near mint Hasselblad 500C with an A12 back and Zeiss Planar 80mm 2.8 with no price on it. I had picked up a Canon 60D kit with the 18-135 3.5-5.6 several months ago to see how I'd like going digital, and it just didn't work out for me, so I took it along for trading material today. I looked the Hasselblad over and checked it out and everything seemed A-Ok. Even the commonly whacked self timer works, and it actually sounds healthy. So I brought in my 60D for them to look over, and 10 minutes later I walked out the door after trading it even for the Hasselblad and a pro-pack of Fuji Acros, score #2. I will be taking the Hasselblad out to test it tomorrow. Now that I've gotten both of my grail cameras in 1 week and both are in excellant shape I'm thinking that maybe I should be out buying a lottery ticket. I checked the codes a little bit ago the 'Blad body was made in 1968, the lens is from July of 1969, and the back from 1987.

 

[Paul in Arizona]

Well done.
I do chuckle at your trades because I did something similar with my digital SLR gear a while ago.
A year or two from now that 60D will be a doorstop while the Mamiya and 'blad will still be worth something.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Congratulations. You've got two of the best. Given regular exercise, they should last a long time.

 

[480sparky]

 

[heespharm]

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[Ghostman]

I have those two cameras, well done, you are going to love using them. Different beasts, but both of them are wonderful. Well done.

 

[Jager]

Congrats! I've had my Hasselblad 500C/M for about two months now and find it utterly intoxicating to shoot. It's a lovely rabbit hole to fall down into...

 

[CropDusterMan]

My Canon 5D MKII sits in its bag a lot these days. I've thought of trading it for a Leica M6...unfortunately, I do
need to shoot digital now and then for color. It's become a boat anchor for me. Glad you're happy with your
acquisitions and trade...have fun!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Enjoy!

 

[Kyle M.]

Test roll from the Hasselblad came out excellent, no light leaks, focus is dead on, shutter speeds are great. I've always heard that theres a certain undescribable look to the photos taken with a Zeiss lens, and I've gotta say that that is definitely true.

 

[bluez]

I've always heard that theres a certain undescribable look to the photos taken with a Zeiss lens, and I've gotta say that that is definitely true.

It is true, many zeiss lenses have a distinct saturated colors look to it. It was the same with my Contax and the Zeiss lenses i had for it. However you will soon discover that some of the Mamiya lenses also have a Zeiss like quality to them, that includes the lovely 110mm you have. Of course both lenses will benefit from a compendium.

 

[Kyle M.]

It is true, many zeiss lenses have a distinct saturated colors look to it. It was the same with my Contax and the Zeiss lenses i had for it. However you will soon discover that some of the Mamiya lenses also have a Zeiss like quality to them, that includes the lovely 110mm you have. Of course both lenses will benefit from a compendium.

I did notice when I had my RB67 that the 90mm C lens was the sharpest lens I had ever used at the time. I think the Planar has a slight edge on it though, and the 110mm on the RZ is pretty amazing as well. I don't think that I'll end up investing in a compendium shade though as 90%+ of the shooting I do is hand held in available light.

 

[gzhuang]

Hi Kyle, congrats on your acquisitions. You could trade in your 60D for the latest M3 mirrorless cam for panoramas and light metering.

 

[DCB12]

Great trades! I too have always wanted a Hasselblad.

Peace

 

[bluez]

I did notice when I had my RB67 that the 90mm C lens was the sharpest lens I had ever used at the time. I think the Planar has a slight edge on it though, and the 110mm on the RZ is pretty amazing as well. I don't think that I'll end up investing in a compendium shade though as 90%+ of the shooting I do is hand held in available light.

Compendium are cumbersome, i use collapsible rubber shade my self. I had a 500CM with the 80mm T* lens in the early 90's. When i bought the camera (used) i also got a few hasselblad books, and one of them said that the Chrome (non t* coting) would benefit extra from using a proper shade.

I think that I at one point have to buy another Hasselblad just to have one. It's also a bit embarrassing having a lots of Mamiya gear when i live a 2 hours drive away from the Hasselblad factory.