I want A Hasselblad. Talk Me Out Of It!

[mshchem]

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[chuckroast]

Back to basics, talk me out of a Hasselblad!
I have owned and still own some highly regarded glass .
That said , within my collection of negatives the "best" photos are not always produced by the best of the best equipment but by myself when my mind was focused!
I appreciate the lure of buying into the most advertised or discussed camera systems but it will not improve your photographic output.
Having seen the original posters (Andrew) work /input , I feel he has nothing to gain by a move to the 'elite side' other than self esteem!?

For the same reason Ansel got one - portability.

If your subject doesn't require view camera movements, with modern emulsions, you can't tell the difference between a Hasselblad image and 4x5 at any usual level of magnification when making prints.

The more portable the camera, the more likely you are to take a picture.


I still shoot 4x5, just not as much.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Yup. Portability. I'm thinking of when the times comes and I can no longer hump LF/ULF around.

 

[Arthurwg]

When was that?

Trying to remember. 76, 77?

 

[mshchem]

Hasselblad has a sale right now on their 100 mp back that fits the 500cm . That would be fun to play with. Not sure what I would do with it. Still 7 grand USD.

 

[Arthurwg]

Hasselblad has a sale right now on their 100 mp back that fits the 500cm . That would be fun to play with. Not sure what I would do with it. Still 7 grand USD.

I don't like the idea that it's not a square format.

 

[Dan Daniel]

I don't like the idea that it's not a square format.

Maybe you have a need for the full 100mp, but as someone using a Fuji GFX 100mp, believe me, the resolution allows for some serious cropping. 75mp is still getting close to view camera resolution (I think, having not seen a real analysis).

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Well, I can tell you that I am not ever going to get a digital back, even if I could afford one.
I'll be heading to our photography/darkroom club meeting this morning... I'm hoping the camera in question will make an appearance, so I can drool over it one more time...Hope he takes a cheque!