Investing in one vs. trying them all

John Koehrer said:

Well, I don't have one of those Hassenblatts but the idea that mirror slap affect sharpness is pretty much hogwash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkKcbyh2CrA

Washed your hog lately?

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Oh that old hog. A table is, wait for it, just like putting a camera on a tripod. Which then means you can use whatever shutter speed you want because mirror slap is irrelevant when the tripod (or table) is keeping the camera steady, especially when using a cable release. On the other hand pushing that hard shutter release button by hand, that same hand that is also trying to stabilise the camera and counteract the mirror slap....yeah let's see that penny trick like that. I suppose rangefinder and TLRs have no shutter speed advantage either...

Anyway...I know what I shutter speeds I can use with each camera, others can do better or worse.

To the OP, are you sure Hassleblad is a good system to include in "Trying them all"?
I'm on Bronica SQ-a at the moment, the gear is a fraction of the price.

It's funny to see the ever appearing "won't look back". I did try a Hassy, and it wasn't for me. I did look back to the Mamiya TLR. I've tried so many systems, it's still the one I consider the best one for me.

scapevision said:

It's funny to see the ever appearing "won't look back". I did try a Hassy, and it wasn't for me. I did look back to the Mamiya TLR. I've tried so many systems, it's still the one I consider the best one for me.

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I started with a Mamiya C330 and I did not like the fiddleliness [all lenses self cock except the 350mm, drove me nuts and so did flipping on the left and right side to make settings changes], so I traded it in for the Hasselblad and never looked back.