Pentax/Mamiya 645 with Hasselblad lenses?

[GarageBoy]

Anyone else run hasselblad v lenses on a Pentax/Mamiya 645?
Great for when you don't want square photos, and need the fast handling

Stop down metering is not a big deal to me

 

[Sirius Glass]

Why?? Why would one want to use 645 when they have 6x6, to get a 35mm look?

 

[wiltw]

I discovered on my Canon dSLR that its stopped-down metering with lenses from film cameras was flawed in its accuracy! Proven via multiple tests with multiple lenses.

 

[ac12]

What do you mean by fast handling?
With a 500 ELM (motor drive), all you need to do is aim and focus. To shoot and advance the film, you just press the release button. Seems pretty fast to me.
Use the Sunny 16 method and you don't even have to meter the scene.

 

[Dan Fromm]

grungeband, get a 'blad with an A-16 magazine.

 

[itsdoable]

I've done it with a Pentax 645.

The Pentax 645 lenses are not that expensive (mostly) and work much better with the body than adapter Hasselblad lenses, so there is not a lot of impetus to do this unless you already have some lenses. But I did find it useful for lenses that I did not have for the Pentax - a 30mm fisheye, and an Imagon.

 

[GarageBoy]

Faster handling as in - the grip is on the side, built in low profile prism, with built in coupled metering

I had the same issue with Canon, but doesn't seem to be a problem with a 645N - even with slide film

 

[jspillane]

I can already work as fast as I need to with a Hasselblad... Especially with an EL series.

I've toyed with trying out Hasselblad lenses on a Pentax D*****l 645 but don't own one, so...