I feel your pain. I built up a system myself in the last couple of years - I'm headed in the other direction! Helps to have a CFV for color, film for B&W.
Just sold all my Blad gear :(
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You will have to search back quite a few years. It is not a sight for sore eyes, rather a sight that makes eyes sore.
He is standing in a cold Canadian stream with a camera and tripod composing a photograph while he is sans pants.
His wife took that photograph and he posted it on APUG. The wise ones shall seek no further; the stones will boldly roll through the archives and will find the photograph that will cause cookies to be tossed by people of all ages.
You will have to search back quite a few years. It is not a sight for sore eyes, rather a sight that makes eyes sore.
He is standing in a cold Canadian stream with a camera and tripod composing a photograph while he is sans pants.
Found it yesterday haha, it's not so bad, gave me ideas for a Photoshoot actually hah!
Found it yesterday haha, it's not so bad, gave me ideas for a Photoshoot actually hah!
So are you going to repost it for old time sake? :munch:
No, it's not mine to re-post. If the OP of the image wants to share that's fine but that's their choice, it would be disrespectful for me to just "out" them on something that's in the past.
But I didn't mind it, it was funny, my thought was... 'Hey! That water is not that high! He didn't REALLY have to take his undies off, he was just showing off for the woman' LOL
Hey if anyone wants to see it, it's not all that hard to find. I took it all off cuz if I slipped and dumped myself in the water, which would not be unusual for me, then I would have to spend the rest of the day hiking in wet undies. Yuk!
The careful planner just in case, especially for someone who might fall often, good idea! Love the pic by the way, it's great!
Hasselblad isnot justa camera; it's a way of life and a serious love affair. I hug mine every night;nothing loves you like your blad.
with that camera, you're never alone;seriously,there is something special about it; just hold one in your hand and you'll know what I'm talking about.Hasselblad isnot justa camera; it's a way of life and a serious love affair. I hug mine every night;nothing loves you like your blad.
Yes, there is, RL. It is special. But then the shutter trips and that big jump in my hands makes my heart sink. So I'm working on cultivating a relationship with my ELM. It's big and heavy, but it holds still. And in my better senses, I realize that's ALL that is important. That's why my C/M is on the way out the door. I'll not have a camera that jumps like a bullfrog when I trip it. (yes, all new foam)
Try a Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, I've hand held it at 1/60th (tightly) without any camera shake, sure it's heavy and bulkier, but it won't jump on you, and the glass is really good.
I had an RB, but got rid of it pretty quick. It hesitates between the trip and the action, and expressions on people can change in that long instant. Had it happen a couple times. Weird expressions on people's faces in the picture that weren't there when I first pushed the button.
Strange, no delay for me on the RZ
The Hasselblad C C/M vibration situation has been a subject of much discussion on this site, among others, and was even noted by Adams. It IS a definite problem. I've sidestepped the problem by switching over to my ELM. The weight of the motor/battery dampens these vibrations down to practically nothing. Besides, I'm familiar with the mechanism. There's a little pin on the interior gear that pushed the mirror up to its final position AFTER the initial slap-and-bounce, and BEFORE the shutter actually trips. What happens is that the mirror does the customary slap, then bounces back a wee bit, then the pin comes around a tad, forcing the mirror back up, then the shutter trips. No vibration. Along with the dampening of its weight, it's just about as good as a Rolleiflex.
Cheaper, too. EL's and ELM's can be bought with pocket change nearly.
Cheaper, too. EL's and ELM's can be bought with pocket change nearly.
I shot my CM last weekend loaded with 400 speed b&w and with the 150 Sonnar mounted. Handheld with a grip. Mostly photos of my family at a picnic in a local botanical gardens. Almost everything shot at f/5.6 and 1/250th. If there was vibration issues I certainly cannot see any effect. Negs are tack sharp.
I don't see any evidence of it in my pictures, compared to for example Rolleiflex. What is it in your prints that you attribute to the mirror?
The vibration is documented at 1/125 and below. 1/250 is fine. Usage depends on owner. I tend to do a lot at 1/30 with flash-fill on people. Besides that, using 100 speed film doesn't always allow fast shutter speeds even in daylight. No 2 ways about it--a C, C/M is not a smooth camera. A Rollei can run circles around it. I've posted this photo before. I see a cool and collected Reinhold Heidecke leaning there looking self-assured, while VH is trying to convince him his new toy can compare. But we know it cannot.
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At 250th of a second you shouldn't have any vibration issues, it's the 1/60 or 1/125 that people are worried about, sometimes people want more of the shot in focus, can't always go to f/5.6...
I repeat my question. What in your prints is not satisfying, attributable to the mirror?
Call it confidence and security. Add my natural shake to the camera's, and I can't be at ease till the film comes back. My ELM is like a rock, and my C/M is like a bullfrog.
So you can't show in a print that the mirror vibration actually affects the outcome? Yet you're here professing to everybody that it vibrates out of your hand. What the hell?
I have found with my 503CX that the vibration situation exists only in the internet ethernet or in the minds of those who insist that the only real camera is a range finder camera. The Hasselblad vibration situation does not exist in the real world. I have used the 250mm hand held for a 1/250 second exposure and I cannot find any blur from the vibration on the negative when greatly enlarged.
Why would anyone want to hand hold a 250mm lens of any camera for a 1/60 exposure?
The guys who engineered the Hasselblad cameras were no dummies.
However the same cannot be said for those who claim the the Hasselblad vibration situation exists.
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