Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Didn't they take all the reflex stuff out of those cameras and use a > wire finder? > Anyway, not likely to be at any shutter speed used by me in England > most of the year... > Frank > > On 17 Aug, 2009, at 09:00, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> I always thought a Hasselblad went off like a hand grenade. Beautiful >>> design and functional but I did not get good results except on a >>> tripod personally. >>> Frank >>> >>> On 17 Aug, 2009, at 02:12, Jan Decher wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> but a Hasselblad does not go "click" that would be at the most a >>>> Rolleiflex >>>> TLR. Hassy's, just like the Rolleiflex SL66, have distinct mirror >>>> slaps >>>> that are more like a "clonk" >>> >> >> The same as if you hit the side lever which pre pops the camera raising the mirror ahead of time. And yes I've done that hand held for thousands of shots. Weddings even. And I guy I knew at my rental color lab also would pre pop his Hassy hand held at weddings and other times. You just brace it against your chest. It doest move much. Mark William Rabiner