[Leica] Re: Hasselblad

[ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben)]

Mr. Rabiner

I do not think that one can seriuosly say that the Hasselbad Digital is crap 
and if your succes as a photographer is dependant on that you are able to 
deliver digitale files on the fly and not 5 hours after film has been 
processed you could probably get far with a H1D.

I will continue to by more Hasselblad V equipment - love to work with it - 
on the other hand I often miss the info I get on my Fuji GX cameras filmback 
and the Tilt/shift etc functions. I ddo not have to panic into digital as I 
am my own largets customer being a publisher - but many ad agencys etc have 
discovered the advantage in skipping repro work by demanding digital files.

I find very little amusement or user-enjoyment in digital equipment and love 
the built qulity of well done mechanical cameras regardless of brand and 
would love to think that the V system carries on for ever - but I fear that 
as it is written in the article " All film based equipment is soon history"

Besides that - to make a perfect digital soloution would it not be better to 
design lenses for digital purpose rather then do workarounds to make old 
film-lenses work wit digital backs?

all the best

Ruben


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Hasselblad


> On 10/20/04 12:01 AM, "Ruben" <ruben@rhodos.dk> typed:
>
>> I do not think it is pesimistic to asume that they will be fased out 
>> pretty
>> soon - as said the electronics are being asempled in Asia the digital 
>> back
>> at Imacon in Copenhagen and the optics for the H1 are Fujis - the market 
>> is
>> owerflown with cheap second hand Hasselblads so there are very few 
>> customers
>> left that are willing to pay for a full priced Hasselblad especially as 
>> the
>> prices on the H1 with a digitalback is getting closer to SEK 100.000 //
>> 13000 USD -
>> When I work with non digital photographers for book projects they are 
>> very
>> relieved that I do not demand them to deliver digital files as they are 
>> all
>> under very heavy presure from ad agencys etc to go digital - I think a 
>> lot
>> of them actually choose to retire and sell of all the equipment as they 
>> do
>> not have the courage to invest say 50000 USD in new tech.
>> On the other hand - any new photographer fresh setting up his own studio
>> would probably start out leasing of full digital equipment and never give
>> Hasselblads old film cameras a thougt.
>>
> Well I've bought new Hasselblad stuff lately. A 100 mm lens for one.
> And I'm the HUG the  Hasselblad list in which plenty of people but as much
> new as used.
>
> The Hasselblad V system is a classic system very much in use in the 
> present.
>
> This same thing gets said about the Leica M system but is un arguable 
> market
> and reality wise with Hasselblad.
>
>
> I think the Hassy H digital system is obvious crap which Hassy only in 
> name
> and this is not just obvious to me but people starting out.
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
>
>
>
>
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