NOT "Is that a Hasselblad"

BrianShaw · Mar 28, 2009

This is the first time I heard this one.

Hasselblad was set up on a tripod to photograph kiddie baseball when one of the coaches comments, "I haven't seen a camera like that in many years; do they still take good pictures?"

I was speechless and at a loss for words.

jasonhall · Mar 28, 2009

I guess he thinks they have an experation date or something.

Jason

Zathras · Mar 28, 2009

2F/2F · Mar 28, 2009

I would have just said, "No".

archphoto · Mar 28, 2009

That is the trouble these day's: digi rules and most people think it is a lot better than before.....
At times I feel sorry for them, but at least we know better.

Peter

arigram · Mar 28, 2009

I actually read it as "I haven't seen a camera like that in many years; I remember that they took good pictures, am I wrong?". It didn't seem to me as a derogatory remark about an "old camera still being able to take good pictures" but the knowledge of a good camera that one hasn't seen in a while and a needed reaffirmation of that memory. So, in that sense, he wasn't being insulting to the good name of Hasselblad, he was actually praising it (and showing off his knowledge of cameras), just did it a bit awkwardly.

BrianShaw · Mar 28, 2009

I didn't take it as derogatory or insulting, Ari. The coach who said that is a really nice guy. It did amuse me, though, because the words seem a bit awkward.

Christopher Walrath · Mar 28, 2009

2F/2F said:
I would have just said, "No".

Maybe with a wink and a nod.

rpsawin · Mar 28, 2009

Throw your head back and laugh insanely.

Bob

36cm2 · Mar 28, 2009

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You might have asked if he'd still want Babe Ruth on his team.

Slixtiesix · Mar 29, 2009

I also understood it as a kind of compliment when I read it. Really nice indeed. Somehow strange how different people can conceive the same situation in such different manner...
Greetz, Benjamin

BobNewYork · Mar 29, 2009

My take was that he assumed camera performance deteriorated with age - like a refrigerator or something. If he'd been talking about the roll of HP-3 that came with the 'blad, he'd have a point

Bob H

digiconvert · Mar 29, 2009

If you were picky you could have said "No -- but I do"

benjiboy · Mar 29, 2009

36cm2 said:
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You might have asked if he'd still want Babe Ruth on his team.

I like that, Leo, LMAO,very appropriate .

Mark Fisher · Mar 29, 2009

The first time I used my brand new Tachihara, I was asked whether my antique camera could take good pictures. I replied better than any digital and proceded to show him how it worked, the image on the ground glass, etc. He thought it was pretty cool......and it is!

Terrence Brennan · Mar 30, 2009

BrianShaw said:
I was speechless and at a loss for words.

I've never had that question, but I did get a comment recently from a busybody who wanted to know, "...why are you using a camera that causes pollution?", with the camera in question being my trusty 1952 Rolleicord.

I took ten minutes and educated this young person in the truth about photo pollution (90% from the printed circuit-board industry), and about how the average life of an electronic device these days is three years, and do you know where an expired computer ends up?, with a hearty recommendation to see the film about Ed Burtynsky's photography, "Manufactured Landscapes."

I closed by telling the bb that my camera would NEVER end up in a landfill, and that the puny digital job she had in her hand, like all current electronic devices, causes an average of 24 tonnes of greenhouse gas, each.

(BTW, if that figure is inaccurate, would a kindly APUGer please correct me? That's what I recall having read about a year ago...)

jasonhall · Mar 30, 2009

Terrence Brennan said:
I've never had that question, but I did get a comment recently from a busybody who wanted to know, "...why are you using a camera that causes pollution?", with the camera in question being my trusty 1952 Rolleicord.

Causes Pollution!??? I really would like to know what her comment is based on! Maybe you should paint your Rolleicord green.

Jason

jasonhall · Mar 30, 2009

I get it...she must mean the production of film and development chemicals.

Jason

BobNewYork · Mar 30, 2009

jasonhall said:
I get it...she must mean the production of film and development chemicals.

Jason

I'm sure that was her point. But who dies that??:confused: It's just a shame that people don't get the full facts before they open their pie-holes. Of course, a pompous ass like that would never be prone to let facts influence her sense of superiority.

A quick belt 'round the back of the head with a Rollei would also be sooo much more satisfying than one with a digital elph. Maybe there are cases where violence solves everything.

Bob H

mudman · Mar 30, 2009

For the poster about Babe Ruth... No way man, he'd be a 114. If he got hit with the ball, I'd feel responsible for the broken bones.

For the original poster: Yeah I've gotten that from digiheads before too.

Changeling1 · Mar 30, 2009

Really BobNewYork- This is APUG. Referring to a person's mouth as a "pie-hole" is so very crass. "Cake-hole" is far more dignified.

BobNewYork · Mar 30, 2009

Changeling1 said:
Really BobNewYork- This is APUG. Referring to a person's mouth as a "pie-hole" is so very crass. "Cake-hole" is far more dignified.

My apologies - you're absolutely right !! It's just that I'd originally thought to discuss exactly what this pompous lady was talking through........and "pie-hole" seemed a little more appropriate for the sensibilities of APUG members.

Bob H

TheFlyingCamera · Mar 30, 2009

Oh, I think in this case we can just dispense with sensitivities and cut straight to the truth - it wasn't a pie-hole she was speaking out of, it was an asshole.

David Brown · Mar 30, 2009

Terrence Brennan said:
"...why are you using a camera that causes pollution" ...

Was this person driving a Suburban? :rolleyes:

Terrence Brennan · Mar 30, 2009

David Brown said:
Was this person driving a Suburban? :rolleyes:

Nope, she was on foot.

NOT "Is that a Hasselblad"

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