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Oops! Forgot to mention what "indicator" can be used instead: the viewfinder image.
The viewfinder image will be blacked out, unless the camera is in the same state indicated previously by the little indicator window.

But make sure when checking the viewfinder image that the lens cap is off... ;-)
 
Hello everybody

Can anyone tell me if I can cock and fire the 501 CM body when not attached to a lens repeatedly ? or will I jam the body later when attaching the lens ? Thanx in advance
 
Kommini,

You can do that without having to fear any problem. After all, all you're doing is cycle the camera, putting it through the movements it is supposed to go through. No worries.
 
Congrats on your purchase. I'm in the same boat and have just processed my first 4 rolls shot with my new Hassy 501CM. I'm in Heaven/
 
Hello Jim,

Congratulations on your new purchase of 501CM. I am sure you will enjoy the experience. I have used it for about 2 months now and am thoroughly enjoying myself.

Kommini
 
Hello,

Nobody can doubt that you (we) are in heaven !
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My Hassy purchase is also new, and it's great
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http://www.monochromatique.com/portrait/
 
Hello,

I am quite new to Hasselblad and for a while now I am considering to buy a V-sytem based kit because of the wonderful and legendary format of 6x6. I am wondering if anyone can help me on choosing between a 503CW with a PME45 prism or a 205FCC. Except for the huge price difference between these two systems, what are the most important reasons to put one above the other?

I know that the 205FCC has an electronic controlled shutter that can reach from 35m to 1/2000s (the 503CW ‘just’ reaches from 1m to 1/500s and is mechanical). The most important thing that I will make my decision up on will be the light meter's reliability and capability. I have read that the 205FCC has a ‘Zonesytem’ build in, my question is whether such system also works with color slide film (like Velvia and Provia). Also, can the 205FCC be used with a digital back?

Thanks!
Vincent
 
duke: I have a 205FCC and love it. BUT!!!! The digital backs by Imacon, which I think are the best next gen ones available, are being made for only the 500 series and H1 cameras presently. Unfortunate for us with 200 series cameras, but then again, the shape and design of the chips on these backs are actually proportional to the 6x4.5 format of the H1 (and others), so if you really think you'll go digital (and why NOT? You should...) you should bypass all old generation cameras and go straight to the H1. I'm considering selling my whole Hasselblad and Linhof systems (about $125 G's worth or more) and going completely digital with the Imacon back and both the H1 and a great large format rail camera which accepts this back. I went to an intro of the new high meg back in Boston the other night and was made very aware that film is perhaps still kicking, but just barely. The photographer, furthermore, was able to shoot in his studio in Boston and download huge files instantly to his laptop where he could collaborate with his client in Seattle live. Then, the next step is the client chooses a shot or two, and downloads (instantly!) the photo(s) while at the same time emails by Paypal or other service, the payment for the job. The exposure range of digital is much greater than film and color correction, contrast, file format and so on can be nearly instantaneous as well. Plus, I don't know about you, but one feature I really love is... NO DUST OR SCRATCHES EVER!!!! It's a new world and we have just arrived. Think hard about buying anything that smells like a dying horse.
 
>Wick wrote:I'm considering selling my whole Hasselblad >and Linhof systems (about $125 G's worth or more) and going completely >digital with the Imacon back and both the H1 and a great large format >rail camera which accepts this back. I went to an intro of the new >high meg back in Boston the other night and was made very aware that >film is perhaps still kicking, but just barely. The photographer, >furthermore, was able to shoot in his studio in Boston and download >huge files instantly to his laptop where he could collaborate with his >client in Seattle live. Then, the next step is the client chooses a >shot or two, and downloads (instantly!) the photo(s) while at the same >time emails by Paypal or other service, the payment for the job. The >exposure range of digital is much greater than film and color >correction, contrast, file format and so on can be nearly >instantaneous as well. Plus, I don't know about you, but one feature I >really love is... NO DUST OR SCRATCHES EVER!!!! It's a new world and >we have just arrived. Think hard about buying anything that smells >like a dying horse.>> > >- well we must hope that some smuck will buy your $ 125 G's of dying horse for a lttle more then that it would bring you going to the soap factory :p
 
Yes Wick, if there is room at the "soap factory" dump which is now over flowing with last years' " got to have it at any outragious price" computer and digital cameras.
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HI Pin Hole classicist: You want to move chairs on the Titanic, go ahead. Donkeys and Horses are OK at a birthday party, a fox hunt or Churchill Downs. Ask the Light Brigade to vouch for the horse in the face of advancing technology and see what they'll say in the face of long range artillery, gattling guns and howitzers. While you're on the way to the dump, make sure you take your favorite CD for your walkman, rent a DVD for tonight, and download some cool photographs on your digital PC connected to the digital universe from www.photophiles.com. You might even set aside some time for scanning your old film so it doesn't decompose. You're missing the point of this thread- a guy is wondering what to buy TODAY. I assume this is the 200 series forum? A fairly quirky and electronic bunch, we are already. If I had it to jump into again right now, there's no question I'd go with the H1 -if I had the money. Relative to any other new Hassy camera, they're a steal. Plus they're presently being sold often bundled with cool digital stuff. And they're equal in quality to our old stuff, and they are = "pr=EAt-a-porter" for digital, which you may not subscribe to, but open your eyes and look around and think about it. Music, video, text, GUI, Windows, computers, even this little forum. All digital. Photography is still in the age of the horse, hence the glue factory analogy. If you don't want to buy in, don't. I like antiques, too. But if you want to make the best pictures possible, you might open your eyes and start considering this new medium. Anybody want to buy a really nice set-up of 205 series stuff? Or trade for H1 and digital back? Good luck to the young lad!
 
Check out "Crossing the Chasm". Business-wise, early adopters rule. Check out "Origin of Species". Evolution-wise, Darwin states early adopters survive. The fittest are often the early adopters. Digital is no dead end mutant gene. No geographically isolated pool. Look around. It's all bits, bytes, I's and 0's and processed as such even in our own dual memory systems. Chomsky stated a long time ago that rules-based AI would never simulate human intelligence or yield innate logic in a machine. No rules, innate logic and Natural Intelligence Technology will change that. Analogue is old and in the way in almost every artistic medium. And digital image making equipment is the only thing to buy NOW! Collaborate, edit and publish in the blink of an on/off synapsing eyeball. Shoot on! Oh, I strayed off subject... the more there are of us, the faster the prices will drop. NO!!! I don't want to go alone. Join me!!! Let's go for a group discount!!!!! Later, gotta go find out what's happening NOW...
 
> Go digital IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK for clients, yourself, etc. > Pictures that can not be "redone" for reasons of expense, once in a > lifetime, "special effects" prohibitively expensive/troublesome in > film media, etc are all excellent reasons for going digital.

> Otherwise, film still has significant advantages, not the least of > which is short term expense, archivalness ( they are already talking > about the "death" of the CD & a looming terminal illness for DVDs- > technology marches on), ease of storage ( ever figure out what 30,000 > hi res images and their intermediates will cost in storage, and how to > convert to new media formats over the next 20 yrs?), etc

> Oh, and just to make sure I am not labelled as a "digital basher", I > use both.
 
Nice balance on your post! 30,000- 100 meg photos would take almost exactly 652 DVD's to store indefinitely (presumptuous, perhaps, but let's agree they will last at least as long as film, if both are stored with care). A DVD which contains 4.6 gigs or 46 hi rez 100 megabyte photos weighs 10 grams. 46 medium format 6x6 cm transparencies weigh 15 grams. That's a storage weight savings of 33%- DVD vs. film- or in this case, 6520 grams for digital archival storage versus 9780 grams for film- 14.38 pounds of DVD's versus 21.6 pounds of film- a bigger weight saving as well. And what are you going to do with that film? A light box is truly a poor substitute for a thumbnail followed by a full screen view. Further, the film, if stored in archival books, can scratch/be affected by dust and mold/ deteriorate in color composition and is subject to temperature/humidity variables much more so than effects like these will harm DVD's (you can freeze the things and nearly cook an egg on them without screwing up the reposted data). Finally, it is a whole lot easier to back up/copy and archive your life's work in digital format rather than film in case of an event of a serious unexpected tragedy. As a matter of fact, those that have archived their work digitally most often complain about the time and effort it takes them to be "organized" so they can find a specific file- an organizational matter- as opposed to those in film who simply buckle under the weight of the actual archiving process, who, it may be implied, never even reach this organizational stage. I hope the kid that asked the opener question is now sure about which camera he wants to buy;-)...
 
Wick:

After all of your insight, I don't know if he would even accept your 205FCC Hasselblad as a gift.

But, I guess you could ask him.

Regards

Gilbert
 
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