I want A Hasselblad. Talk Me Out Of It!

[Pieter12]

Just what you put the viewfinder in.

You would have to have a rig like the one Lee Friedlander used for his strobe.

 

[flavio81]

The largest strike against the Bronica is that the last systems (SQ) uses electronic shutter. This is great, as they are likely consistent and time-accurate, but the electronic shutter is unrepairable so a problem will yield purchasing a new lens.

This is a myth. I service those cameras and lenses.

The lens has an electric (not electronic) shutter. A shutter that is 99% mechanical except for a solenoid, a couple of simple passive components, wiring, and contacts. The actual electronics are on the body.

Everytime i've found issues in a shutter, the cause has been mechanical, specifically lack of cleaning and lubrication.

The body is electronic, yes, but the electronics are extremely simple and reliable.

Oh I see... I already have a tank. The RB67. Thanks!

Or consider a Rolleiflex! They're beautiful cameras that are very fast to use and shoot.

You already have a RB67, just crop the negs if you want 6x6.

"Talk My Out Of It" ? oh that's easy; just buy a Rolleiflex SL66SE and you never look back.....

Andrew, your Mamiya RB67 camera is already a better, more versatile, and more productive camera than any Hasselblad.

+1

All true.

 

[retina_restoration]

And the fervent fascination with Hasselblad is...what particularly??

People either love it or hate it. Nobody is ever indifferent about one. Andy clearly knows how he feels about a Hasselblad. Let him have this.

 

[Kino]

I don’t know if there is a way to use a lens flag with the SWC. I don’t think it has an accessory shoe. Plus it would probably block the viewfinder.

I remember in the distant past there once was one with a thin plate that went between the tripod and the camera and had a long, flexible shaft for the flag. However, that was cinema related...