Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I'm sure that what you have described regarding using Hasselblads for wedding photography gave the results you wanted for that shooting. Thousands of wedding photographers seem to have used them well. Since you shooting after mirror up, I guess you then cropped the final photo from your (estimated) actual framing? You were hand holding as well and relying on DoF to compensate for focus errors since you had manually focused then done your mirror up, try to point it the same sequence? Given all of those factors, for me it seems unreliable to draw any conclusions or make comparisons regarding 6x6, 6x45, lens brand quality or resolution performance on film or sensor. All of those mean you would very likely not use the full exposure area (framing inaccuracy) and your handheld technique would be the quality limiting factor, not any theoretical format efficiency, lens or film/sensor performance. 2009/8/18 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff Alles was eine gute Kamera braucht / Everything a good camera needs: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman