I want A Hasselblad. Talk Me Out Of It!

[Arthurwg]

You can always buy a Holga, the poor man's Hasselblad.

 

[GregY]

You can always buy a Holga, the poor man's Hasselblad.

 

[John Wiegerink]

You can always buy a Holga, the poor man's Hasselblad.

I thought Andy had a Holga?? If he does he certainly doesn't need a Hasselblad. There, I just talked him out of the 500CM for sure. Plus, look at all the change he'll have left over for Tim Horton's. Oh, and he doesn't have to contend with those terrible trouble prone Hasselblad cameras either.

 

[k.hendrik]

Holga or the Hasslebold

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

You can always buy a Holga, the poor man's Hasselblad.

I have several, including the one with the remote electronic shutter... but they're still not an SLR

 

[Craig]

Holga or the Hasslebold

Sure looks like a Holga to me

 

[chuckroast]

You guys are supposed to be talking me out of this!!

Mwuhahaha

 

[outwest]

I was traveling in the Netherlands and at an open-air folk museum I was standing with two Roleiflexes around my neck. I noticed a young couple nearby and the girl pointed me out to her boyfriend. He looked over and I heard him turn to her and confidently say "Hasselblad". So you don't really need a Hasselblad, just a couple of Rolleis;-).

 

[BrianShaw]

“Hasselblad” is the Dutch word for Rollei. Look it up.

 

[Pieter12]

“Hasselblad” is the Dutch word for Rollei. Look it up.

Indeed...

 

[bdial]

You guys are supposed to be talking me out of this!!

Don’t do it!

Does that help?

 

[John Wiegerink]

Don’t do it!

Does that help?

I'm afraid there is no hope insight for the poor (soon to be poorer) lad.

 

[djdister]

Ansel Adams with a Hasselblad...

 

[GregY]

"Talk me out of"......
Andrew, clearly you've come to wrong place.....
A new camera desire for your Japanese journeys....

 

[chuckroast]

You guys are supposed to be talking me out of this!!

Hopefully, you'll not hold this against us. As they say, "Let Biogons be Biogons".

 

[mpirie]

At our most recent meeting......

Was this your local HA (Hasselblad Anonymous) meeting?

If it was, then, "Hi, my name is Mike and i'm an addict. This is my second day of not using my Hasselblad.....when i shot three rolls of Pan-F and one of FP4.".

Mike

 

[outwest]

By the way, I also have a Hasselblad I have traveled with and a Kowa (which has also been mistaken for a Hasselblad). Apparently, everyone wants to see a Hasselblad so you might as well get one so you don't have to explain another camera! My lenses are the 50, 60, 80, 100, 150, 250 and a doubler. I prefer the 60 and the 100.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I use ISO 400 films so I shoot the 250mm lens hand held, but I always us a tripod with the 500mm lens with or without the 2XE extender.

The 500mm C I can't handhold at all. It is absolutely a sturdy solid tripod lens. The 350 C T* works great handheld, I used to use mine a lot at outdoor Rock concerts. 400 B&W Fujiroid was very helpful, the instant prints freaked the youngsters out. Now I have the CFV16 Digital Back so no messy expensive 'roids. Now I am starting to use my single exposure back and holders/stuff, the 500C/M is so tiny when using it with 6x6 sheet film. It'll fit in a jacket pocket.

The biggest advantage to me is the sheer number of accessories available with Hasselblad, nobody else is even close. You can custom create your shooter to your personal specs and desires. And it's not that expensive if you are patient and persistent.

The swing weight of the 500mm lens is too high for me to hand hold.

 

[MattKing]

Was this your local HA (Hasselblad Anonymous) meeting?

If it was, then, "Hi, my name is Mike and i'm an addict. This is my second day of not using my Hasselblad.....when i shot three rolls of Pan-F and one of FP4.".

Mike

For me, that would only apply if it was an MA meeting - Mamiya Anonymous.

 

[Nokton48]

The swing weight of the 500mm lens is too high for me to hand hold.

Sirius Glass,
Thanks again for steering me to KEH for CLA on the Oberkochen. Twice before I had sent it to them, after which they said "can't repair it". Aargh. I guess they got the special tools David Odess told me on the phone, that you need to repair the 500mm. He didn't have them either. Now KEH is highly recommended by me, for this specific hard to get done repair.

500mm Oberkochen 500ELM CFV16 EI 200 EV 14.5 by Nokton48, on Flickr


This is the first test of the 500mm F8 Oberkochen Opton Hasselblad lens. EL/M Body with Olde Hasselblad CDS Meter Prism indicated EV14.5. Set that on the lens, this is the result. Hasselblad CFV16 Digital Back set to Ei 200, camera/lens mounted on a Plaubel Peco 2 Way Head, attached to sturdy Manfrotto legs. The pretty new Magnolia tree is our yard was blowing visibly, the 500mm shutter seems to have frozen it, there was a lot of leaf movment in the breeze. It is fun to play with the new digital back and I am loving the saturated colors I'm getting. Hasselblad says it's the fat pixels, but also how much space is around each pixel. Anyways I'm loving the color right out of the camera. Shooting distance was 28 feet, the absolute minimum focus distance on the lens. So I will add extension tubes if needed, I did add a short tube to get this. And no way could I shoot this precisely without a heavy duty tripod.

 

[Arthurwg]

Ansel Adams with a Hasselblad...
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I do think it's funny that Ansel's film backs had as many light leaks as mine. He obviously hadn't discovered black masking tape.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sirius Glass,
Thanks again for steering me to KEH for CLA on the Oberkochen. Twice before I had sent it to them, after which they said "can't repair it". Aargh. I guess they got the special tools David Odess told me on the phone, that you need to repair the 500mm. He didn't have them either. Now KEH is highly recommended by me, for this specific hard to get done repair.

500mm Oberkochen 500ELM CFV16 EI 200 EV 14.5 by Nokton48, on Flickr


This is the first test of the 500mm F8 Oberkochen Opton Hasselblad lens. EL/M Body with Olde Hasselblad CDS Meter Prism indicated EV14.5. Set that on the lens, this is the result. Hasselblad CFV16 Digital Back set to Ei 200, camera/lens mounted on a Plaubel Peco 2 Way Head, attached to sturdy Manfrotto legs. The pretty new Magnolia tree is our yard was blowing visibly, the 500mm shutter seems to have frozen it, there was a lot of leaf movment in the breeze. It is fun to play with the new digital back and I am loving the saturated colors I'm getting. Hasselblad says it's the fat pixels, but also how much space is around each pixel. Anyways I'm loving the color right out of the camera. Shooting distance was 28 feet, the absolute minimum focus distance on the lens. So I will add extension tubes if needed, I did add a short tube to get this. And no way could I shoot this precisely without a heavy duty tripod.

I am happy that I could help you.

 

[djdister]

I am happy that I could help you.

I've got a 350mm Hasselblad TeleTessar with some fungus on internal lens elements - do you think KEH be able to handle that?

 

[cliveh]

Andrew, do you really want to tie your photography to a square format, when a 3 : 2 ratio gives a much more open scope for compositional framing. Does that help.

 

[djdister]

Sirius Glass,
Thanks again for steering me to KEH for CLA on the Oberkochen. Twice before I had sent it to them, after which they said "can't repair it". Aargh. I guess they got the special tools David Odess told me on the phone, that you need to repair the 500mm. He didn't have them either. Now KEH is highly recommended by me, for this specific hard to get done repair.

500mm Oberkochen 500ELM CFV16 EI 200 EV 14.5 by Nokton48, on Flickr


This is the first test of the 500mm F8 Oberkochen Opton Hasselblad lens. EL/M Body with Olde Hasselblad CDS Meter Prism indicated EV14.5. Set that on the lens, this is the result. Hasselblad CFV16 Digital Back set to Ei 200, camera/lens mounted on a Plaubel Peco 2 Way Head, attached to sturdy Manfrotto legs. The pretty new Magnolia tree is our yard was blowing visibly, the 500mm shutter seems to have frozen it, there was a lot of leaf movment in the breeze. It is fun to play with the new digital back and I am loving the saturated colors I'm getting. Hasselblad says it's the fat pixels, but also how much space is around each pixel. Anyways I'm loving the color right out of the camera. Shooting distance was 28 feet, the absolute minimum focus distance on the lens. So I will add extension tubes if needed, I did add a short tube to get this. And no way could I shoot this precisely without a heavy duty tripod.

In that same spirit, here's a tripod shot with the Hasselblad 350mm Tele Tessar mounted on a Fuji GFX 50R. Probably shot wide open, f5.6.