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

papagene

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Walking around Lilly Lake in the Rocky Mtn National Park in Colorado a guy came up to me and asked if I was shooting with a "Real Camera" (a Fuji GSW690 III)and not one of those digital things. Not quite a ITAH moment, but close enough.
 
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Cha-Ching. I scored another ITAH today while shooting with a Century Graphic.

I need to crawl through this thread and see what that brings the count up to.
 

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I was out shooting with my 5x12 inch view camera and was asked whether it was a Hasselblad yesterday.
 

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I was asked that today, and it was a Hasselblad. The asker had never seen a Hasselblad before and was happy that I was shooting film. He allowed that he had two F3s sitting a home and that they took better photographs than his digital camera he was holding. He said that since he used to develop film, he was feeling guilty about not using his Nikons.

Steve
 

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I was shooting with a Linhof Technika V and got a "Are you making a movie?" question. The people walked right in front of my shot and stood around before asking if I was taking a movie. When I stated that it was a still camera, they asked "Who are you doing this for?" and seemed pretty surprised when I said "Myself".
 

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People are generally pretty stupid, I guess. Hard to make that realization, after all these years, but I guess it's really true. Read some of these comments and you'll know its true. Most are unread and not aware of their world. They live strange lives in front of TVs and live the ads. Woe unto us.
Logan
 

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I spent a couple of days at Little Qualicum River Park, and got out with my Crown Graphic. I got asked 3 times in one day "Is that a Hasselblad?" The weather was rainy off and on, and the park was fairly quiet, so that's a pretty good number. Had a few short conversations about the big negatives and why I like them.

I crossed paths a couple of times with a guy who was carrying a good-size Lowepro bag with a decent tripod strapped to the side and serious hiking gear on. Didn't see his camera out of the bag, and he appeared to be avoiding catching my eye, so no conversations with him. I'll assume he was bent on getting his shots and didn't want to waste time on chit-chat.... I can understand the feeling.....
 

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Maybe he was embarrassed about his D***..
 

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Well, maybe, but I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
 

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And that wasn't wrong.

You understand the feeling, and i too hate people coming up to me to talk cameras when i'm about to use one.
So i, like that fellow, keep everything out of sight as good and for as long as possible. Get the thing out of the bag when needed, and put it back again a.s.a.p.
 

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I was out to take some pictures yesterday and met an acquaintance from school whom I hadn´t seen for several years. He instantly responded: "Oh it´s you! And you´re using a Hasselblad!"
I was using my SL66 of course, but he wasn´t able to see the nameplate at first sight. I told him that his guess was quite close and admittedly, the Rollei and a Hasselblad would look quite similar. We had a little chat afterwards and it was not before he was gone that I realised that this had been in fact my very first "Is that a Hasselblad" moment...
 

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Truly, you have achieved great enlightenment Grasshopper...
 

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I was out in Big Cypress National Preserve this past weekend with The Beast (500 C/M) on a tripod, when a family with young kids came down the trail. The mother told her kids "Shhhhh... she's making a movie!!!". I didn't have the heart to tell her it was only one frame of a movie.
 

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I was using my Maimya RB67 and a security guard at the local communtiy college wanted know if I was using a Hassy, I said no so I got chase of the campus!

Jeff
 

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That'll teach ya!!
 

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If Jeff keeps this up he will be deleted!

 

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It gets everywhere, like that grass...
 

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I recently went to a locally-famous waterfall to photograph it in its winter coat of ice using my 1895 whole-plate camera. On my way back to my car, tripod with camera attached carried soldier-style, a couple of very cute college-aged girls snapped away at me with their little pocket digicam. I just smiled at them, and one said "your camera is way cooler than mine." Made my day.

Peter Gomena
 

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Wow, I love my little '45 Mini Speed Graphic with '23' 6x9 film backs, but I didn't know that Jackie Kennedy used one!?! Cool factor is right 'cuz this camera is a head turner... but the Mini SG is still completely practical & functional (did I mention affordable?). Plus, you can still use Ilford 120 XP2 Super B&W roll film and get it processed in C41 chem. 'develop only' for just a few bucks in about 15 minutes at a local 1-hour lab! Scan it and have some inexpensive 'film fun'... yet it will still perform the 'real' task with finer grain films, as the need arises. Graflex is a great learning tool if you're willing to do the work, but as history has proved, it's still so much more, as well!
 

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As I focused on a stack of plastic chairs in the January wet, a voiced boomed "That's a Hasselblad!!"
He's a professional photographer - makes his living photographing fishing retreats, ski lodges, and other high-end tourist destinations (tough life, eh?).
He sold his MF Pentax because he never used it. He doesn't do any photography for fun, but seemed glad that somebody was.
He recognized the Hasselblad from a good distance away....
 
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