Digital BW, The Print

Hi Sanders,

> although I
> do agree
> with his assessment of Hasselblads, which I too find heavy and
> loud and clunky.

Hum.  My 205 w/ 80 FE lense and back weights less than a Leica M-6, or a
Canon F-1 with any fast lense.  As far as loud...well, compared to the Canon
F-1, they are about the same.  The M-6 is certainly quieter.  Clunky, well,
I think now...especially if you use what cameras you refer to below.


> Half the time I use a Rolleiflex
> TLR, which is
> small and light and quiet and elegant -- it feels right in my
> hands.

I also have a GX, and my biggest complaint is poor close focus, which the
Hasselblad FE lenses do superbly.  But, with most any TLR, you have to do
the hand swap game, in order to focus and wind...and with a Hasselblad (held
properly that is), there is not this need.

> and
> allows me to focus more closely than the Rolleiflex.

;-)

I'd suggest if you feel like you do about Hasselblads (at least as far as
heavy and clunky...nothing I can do about loud), perhaps you may not have
much experience with them?  If they were that heavy and clunky, they
wouldn't be THE most popular MF camera, as well as one of the (if not the)
most popular (at least up until decent 35mm digicams came about) "event"
camera (weddings) and professional studio cameras.

Regards,

Austin