Chris Ross Leong
New Member
Greetings!
Chris Ross Leong here, returning to the 500 series fold after many decades away!
Started in old school fashion in London in the late 1970's when Rollei TLRs were kings and beauty headshots were mostly 500C/M or EL/Ms with 150 Sonnars and NC2s.
Moved on to film (still make my living with that) and sold my Hassys but but retained an old Rollei TLR and my Nikons throughout (still use my F3HP and, later, my DCS760 with the same lenses), but since I've started making my own feature films (not alone, of course, and for money, which makes a change) I'm back to shooting for poster-sized prints and recently bought a Hass set again (500 C/M, EL/M, 80 and 150).
I'll post as soon as the NDA's and other legalities have been finalized, but it really says something about the quality of the cameras that I've been away for over 30 years, and the cameras have been CLAd probably just a few times, and we've both been able to pick up more or less where we left off.
Using a local lab service for the processing and have an old Epson 2450 scanner at the moment, but will look around this forum pretty soon to up the ante as far as a scanner goes.
Just FYI, thanks to friends in the photo business I think I was able to kit up at between a third and half of the cost of 30 years ago. I know, digital, no 220, yadda yadda. But you should see the pictures - and you will!
Have a great day
Cheers
C
Chris Ross Leong here, returning to the 500 series fold after many decades away!
Started in old school fashion in London in the late 1970's when Rollei TLRs were kings and beauty headshots were mostly 500C/M or EL/Ms with 150 Sonnars and NC2s.
Moved on to film (still make my living with that) and sold my Hassys but but retained an old Rollei TLR and my Nikons throughout (still use my F3HP and, later, my DCS760 with the same lenses), but since I've started making my own feature films (not alone, of course, and for money, which makes a change) I'm back to shooting for poster-sized prints and recently bought a Hass set again (500 C/M, EL/M, 80 and 150).
I'll post as soon as the NDA's and other legalities have been finalized, but it really says something about the quality of the cameras that I've been away for over 30 years, and the cameras have been CLAd probably just a few times, and we've both been able to pick up more or less where we left off.
Using a local lab service for the processing and have an old Epson 2450 scanner at the moment, but will look around this forum pretty soon to up the ante as far as a scanner goes.
Just FYI, thanks to friends in the photo business I think I was able to kit up at between a third and half of the cost of 30 years ago. I know, digital, no 220, yadda yadda. But you should see the pictures - and you will!
Have a great day
Cheers
C
