I need to take it out for a spin! Got to get these other projects out of the way first. The crappy Winter (
I will be interested in your verdict of the 645 system you just had given ?
So Matt bought it? Scoundrel!
I've said this before about Hasselblad and the "square" format negative and I'll say it again, if Hasselblad had been 6X7 instead of 6X6 it would be the only camera I own. When I shot weddings I used a Koni-Omega system for a while and working with that 6X7 format was a breeze since the lab was always setup for 8x10 prints or equivalent dimensions. That meant no "in camera" cropping with the Koni-Omega. When I got my Hasselblad it took me a while and a few mistakes to get the "in camera cropping right for the 8X10 print type dimensions. I finally took four square pieces of electrical tape and stuck them onto my focusing screens corners to let me know exactly what's cropped proportionately right. For my wedding work I thought of the Hasselblad as nothing more than a glorified 645 camera with excellent lenses. By the time you got done cropping to 8x10 proportions you could have just used a 645 camera.I have been using Hasselblads for many years but left it when digital snatched my soul some 13 years ago. After recovering I went with a Bronica GS mainly because I wanted a rectangular negative, the square never really worked for me. As Andrew's point in considering Hasselblad actually IS the square I see little reason not to get into it besides money.
But given my experience with the Bronica GS I would now also consider the SQ as I found the system (two bodies, five lenses, three backs, zero problems within the one and a half year I own it by now) and lenses to be less troubled with problems than what I used from Hasselblad (two bodies, four lenses, three backs, six went to the shop within the first year) but still that may be anecdotal evidence. The quality of the bronica-lenses for the GS is nothing to worry about - and I mean at all, I can concentrate on other things - and the same is true I was told for the newer SQ-lenses. With Hasselblad I would also prefer to have the newer lenses in particular cases. The FLE-wideangles being one example, as some of the older ones need to be stopped down very far (4/50 Distagon needed f 11 2/3 in my sample) to get the corners into focus.
I'm having a hard time believing there's anything left to say on this subject. Seriously.
Now when you develop photos from your Hasselblad, do you use stop bath?On Photrio, I believe that means the thread is just beginning.
Now when you develop photos from your Hasselblad, do you use stop bath?
I need to take it out for a spin! Got to get these other projects out of the way first. The crappy Winter () weather (every) doesn't (stinkin') help (day) either!
No 645 camera will shoot vertical and horizontal without turning the camera or the back. 6x6 can.I've said this before about Hasselblad and the "square" format negative and I'll say it again, if Hasselblad had been 6X7 instead of 6X6 it would be the only camera I own. When I shot weddings I used a Koni-Omega system for a while and working with that 6X7 format was a breeze since the lab was always setup for 8x10 prints or equivalent dimensions. That meant no "in camera" cropping with the Koni-Omega. When I got my Hasselblad it took me a while and a few mistakes to get the "in camera cropping right for the 8X10 print type dimensions. I finally took four square pieces of electrical tape and stuck them onto my focusing screens corners to let me know exactly what's cropped proportionately right. For my wedding work I thought of the Hasselblad as nothing more than a glorified 645 camera with excellent lenses. By the time you got done cropping to 8x10 proportions you could have just used a 645 camera.
I bought into the Bronica GS1 system a little more than a year ago and really like it, and its lenses. The camera has a few quirks, but works perfect. Is it better than my Hasselblad? No, it's just different. Is it better than the Pentax 67 system I have? No, it's just different. Different strokes, for different folks!
You can easily shoot 645 with the Hasselblad 645 back. Frame lines are found on the grid focusing screen.
You can - but it's not practical to shoot portrait 645 with a Hasselblad, which is what you'd want for making 8x10s of the "happy" couple at a wedding.
You can - but it's not practical to shoot portrait 645 with a Hasselblad, which is what you'd want for making 8x10s of the "happy" couple at a wedding.
Back in the day it was done all the time.
Afair, the outer gridlines of the grid-screen also indicate a crop to the 8x10 ratio vertically as well as horizontally. The system was conceived with and used for decades with cropping being an option.Yes, masking viewfinder, whether with the provided mask or tape or grease pencil, if so desired…
Afair, the outer gridlines of the grid-screen also indicate a crop to the 8x10 ratio vertically as well as horizontally. The system was conceived with and used for decades with cropping being an option.
Maybe I can talk Andrew out of it when I offer him mine for a reasonable price. I own the 500 C/M and it's a lot of ado compared to a Rolleiflex like the 75/3.5 Planar.I love my 500 C/M so I'm probably not the one to talk you out of it.
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