Is that a Hasselblad?

Ever been asked "Is that a Hasselbad?"

  • No.

    Votes: 294 37.0%

  • Yes, while shooting 35mm or smaller.

    Votes: 25 3.1%

  • Yes, while shooting Medium Format

    Votes: 219 27.6%

  • Yes, while shooting Large Format

    Votes: 97 12.2%

  • Yes, and it was a Hasselblad!

    Votes: 227 28.6%
  • Total voters
    794

DanielStone

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Sirius Glass said:
I was at a National Park photographing with my Hasselblad and a man proudly told his girl friend that I was using a "Hasslehoff"! I choose not to correct him.

Steve
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very wise steve . never make a fool of a man, especially in front of his g/f .
 

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Bosaiya said:
I do get asked about the digital part when using older cameras.
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I've actually been asked if my 1947 Voigtländer Bessa is digital.

Also, big problem with is that people seem to think that it isn't available anymore. I've been buying most of my stuff at our only camera shop.
 

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Darkroom317 said:
I've actually been asked if my 1947 Voigtländer Bessa is digital.

Also, big problem with is that people seem to think that it isn't available anymore. I've been buying most of my stuff at our only camera shop.
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I teach middle school. I bring my cameras in from time to time to prove a point. I always get asked if the "TV" on the back of my LF cameras shows the digital pictures as a slide slide show. Then I ask them what they mean by slide show and they say "you know when the pictures change on a computer."

of course when I brought a vinyl record in this year one kid walked in and exclaimed "That's a big ass CD, man!"
 

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Digital?


Recently, I was on the way to get some money from an ATM at my local bank, in the company of my 15-year old granddaughter. I told her that she was lucky, because when I was her age, you could only go to the bank between 10:00AM and 3:00PM, Monday to Friday. Her reply was, "You mean that the bank machines were only open at those times?"
 

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Darkroom317 said:
I've actually been asked if my 1947 Voigtländer Bessa is digital.

Also, big problem with is that people seem to think that it isn't available anymore. I've been buying most of my stuff at our only camera shop.
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I missed a word.

I meant that people don't seem to think film is available anymore.
 

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mark said:
I teach middle school.
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of course when I brought a vinyl record in this year one kid walked in and exclaimed "That's a big ass CD, man!"
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I have posted this before but thought it was appropriate again because of recent discussions.

gene
 

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I figure this one is close enough to share here. I had my 124G out tonight and stopped in at a bar. The patron next to me looked at it and asked "Is that one of those..ugh..Rolexes?"

Close enough I thought Mine just keeps time in much smaller increments.
 

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Sjixxxy said:
Yes! I just got asked if my Yashica Mat 124g was a Hasselblad by a Polish guy in a bar!
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Why did you have to say "Polish guy" and not just guy.
 
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He brought up his ethnicity immediately, and made it pretty clear that he was proud of his heritage and it was a big part about who he was. Fits him more accurately then saying "A man with a mustache.." He then went on about his days back in the old country 30-40 years ago using Soviet Jena lenses, and appreciating the quality of the Zeiss lenses. Then we bonded over our mutual Polish heritage.
 

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I was shooting with my Mamiya RZ yesterday and a person commented that he liked my video camera. He's got a good excuse, he was with a group of painters capturing the scene with oil paints. I shot back if he was painting with acrylics. We talked artist talk for a while. ITAH could be an ice breaker for an invitation for creative talk. Take advantage of it!
 

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Two girls asked me the question in the street yesterday when I was shooting with my Mamiya C330F, I told them " Sort of, It's a poor man's Hasselblad"
 

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papagene said:
I have posted this before but thought it was appropriate again because of recent discussions.

gene
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Thank you, Gene.

I had not seen that "Shoe" cartoon before. It took a moment to recover.

And, even when I am working with the digital monster with its rotating bracket and the coupled electronic flash all mounted together which makes an impressive and imposing piece of all black hardware, it is a bit humbling and embarrassing to admit that, no, I cannot make a telephone call on it.
 

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I often get the "Is that a Hasselblad" question when strolling around with a Rollei TLR. I'm used to it, because I live in Sweden and Hasselblad is a swedish camera. But some people do actually recognize them as Rolleis, and those guys often have grey beards. The follows a discussion about Rolleis and often "Leica, Tri-X and D-76".

I will have to wait 20-25 years before I can grow a grey beard, but I'm not in a hurry.
 

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Sjixxxy said:
I figure this one is close enough to share here. I had my 124G out tonight and stopped in at a bar. The patron next to me looked at it and asked "Is that one of those..ugh..Rolexes?"
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I forgot the lens cover for my Rolleiflex 2,8F at a friend. He called me the day after and said that he had the "...thing... for your... Rolex?"
 

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The other day in a bookstore, I got asked if the camera on my business card was a Hasselblad. It's the same Yashica TLR that's in my avatar.
 

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I have finally lost my ITAHity
A few weeks ago, I was shamelessly showing off my 'new' Zeiss super ikonta C to another film photographer I had run in to. We both heard someone nearby say "oh look, it's a Hasselblad." I was so excited by my first ITAH, I told my acquaintance all about the phenomenon. I'm not sure if I offended the source of the remark, I'm pretty sure he did hear me.
 

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I never got the "ITAH?"... I even bought a Kiev88 and still nobody is asking me. Ignorant people these days. Maybe I need a bigger lens or something...

The Kiev got me a few "ITAC"s, though (is that a camera?)
 

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TTAH, That thar's a Hasselblad. (Good camera.)

Shooting a Minolta Autocord on a tripod. Meh. I have to say though, in the non "ITAH" category, more people talked to me shooting the Autocord than any other time (one group was annoying because I was running a time exposure at that point and they kept getting in frame) and while nearly nobody *said* anything to me when I took out the Speed Graphic, everyone was ooh-ahhing and staying out of the way, even when I was walking it to the next spot on the tripod.
 

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Gotta love it!
 

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I got ITAH'd a couple of weekend's ago and am pleased to report that it was actually a Hasselblad I had sitting on my tripod. The ITAH-er was a nice old chap who had, apparently, owned one many years ago but had fallen out of love with photography and sold all his gear.

I'm actually quite surprised that people still know the name "Hasselblad" in these days of digital domination.
 

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The funny thing is, I constantly bump into people who used to use a Mamiya 330 ...Paul there are obviously more of us out there
 
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