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"But he was into much more than advertising, one other job was the Dutch Royal Family photographer."

Yes, Wilko.
Would that perhaps be why i wrote "and portrait photographer"?

Or are you just joking again...?
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He may have used Leicas, yes.
But he first and foremost was a Hasselblad user. How could he not be?
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Hi Q, no I was not joking. I just added a bit more background on what level Paul Huf operated.

Wilko
 
I wondered why Paul Huf was still using a silver barrel 150 mm Carl Zeiss lens at the end of the nineties.

It turned out his equipment was stolen from his studio a few years before that.
Amongst the stolen goods was his longtime used 150 silver Sonnar.

He was not interested in anything newer and went through a lot of trouble to get a perfect silver 150 again.
A lens that was at least 25 years old at the time.
 
I guess it was "use what you know" that made Paul Huf return to the lenses he knew (& loved presumably).

Makes perfect sense to me.

Wilko
 
Q.G.

"two suns will make ugly pictures"

In studio photography it is widely accepted to use more than one light source.
Do you think all these photographers make ugly pictures?
 
Paul

Yes.
More, for instance to light different parts of the set.

But the main subject should be lit by one, single, main light source, and all the others that shed light on the main subject should only play a supporting role, like providing a fill for shadows.

That's what Huf meant. And unless you want to achieve a special effect, i think he's right.
If you let two sources vie for the role of main light, ugly pictures will indeed be the result.

Huf also used an ancient chrome f/4 60 mm lens.
Not quite the best measured by today's standards. But i guess it worked anyway. And why not?
 
Q.G.

Take a look at the work of George Hurrell one of many people whose style Paul Huf studied and copied.

There you see what good lighting with multiple units can achieve.

And thank you for explaining professional lighting to me in two sentences.
I was afraid I got it all wrong after forty years.
 
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