I want A Hasselblad. Talk Me Out Of It!

Korbel

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Get some 16mm camera instead.

Bigger depth of field for the same apeture, so you dont need to use tripod when you want the photo to be sharp. Bokeh is lazy.

Also the setup will be much lighter, so your back will thank you every day.

The film will be cheaper, so your wife will thank you aswell.

The grain will be more prominent, so even an amateur will be able to say, that you have shot it on analog, which is the ultimate craft.

You can almost always adapt bigger lens to a smaller film, but you can never adapt a small lens to a big film.

Hasselblad sounds like some nut, like hazelnut, so other people will not confuse you with a squirrel if you go super 16 instead
 

mshchem

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These cameras are a thing of beauty. For me the WLF is perfect, occasionally i put a 45° finder on. Chimney finder is great too.
 

BrianShaw

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Actually, that's the 80mm that differs between the CF and CB - the 60mm CB and CF are optically identical and the 60CB incorporated the improvements that subsequently became part of the CFi updates.

My error; I misread that it was the 60 mentioned. Must get eyes checked, apparently. Thanks for the correction.
 

MARTIE

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You can't seriously be talked out of arguably the most iconic camera of all time, accountable for some of the most iconic images of all time.

With a Hasselblad and the same can be said of Leica and Rollei, you don't just buy a camera, you own a piece of history.

No other brands are as legendary with the legitimacy, legacy and loyalty.


(Reverse psychology... te-he!)