Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> GEEEEZ! Do you work for Hasselblad? You'd think someone insulted your kid or > something! No, I just don't like absurd statements that have no basis in reality. > I don't think the original poster was trashing Hasselblad, he was pointing > out the problems shooting handheld out of a Helicopter. He was "using" a > Hasselblad, so he must think it has value. > Out of those "tens of thousands" of negatives how many were hand held out of > a helicopter? 1,284. I would have had 24 more, but one camera ended up on the tarmac....it wasn't worth saving. > Mark Rutledge > > > With the Hasselblad, at least one > > >out of every three shots at 1/500th shows some signs of vibration, even > > > with > > >the 80mm lens. > > > > That's absurd. Why not bring this up on the Hasselblad users list and see > > how many people there see this 'problem'. You either have a bad camera, > > or > > something is amiss in your technique. > > > > Hasselblads didn't become one of the top, if not the top, camera for > > professional use because it produces fuzzy pictures. I have shot tens of > > thousands of negatives with my Hasselblads over the years, and never once > > has a shot shown anything that can be attributed to 'vibration' in my > > images. I have taken some very critical shots, some blown up the size of > > Kentucky....and they are sharp as a tack.