Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SO what's a good starter Hassy? 501 series (C or CM?)? 201? FLEX-body?!!! Probably not the SWC, the Mamiya 7II 43mm Biogon-clone is supposed to be better than the SWC, if you trust Ken Rockwell (....) On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I would for sure get into Hasselblad at this time there is a much bigger > selection of Zeiss glass over the Rollei ?and prisms and bellows ?and backs > of all sorts ?and you can get stuff fixed the Rollei 66 is in the collector > category they are near rare Hasselblad stuff was used by every hack wedding > photographer and Ansel Adams and all the greats. Its a buyers market and > its > the serious photographic instrument of the late ?decades. > When a cheap enough digital back comes out for it it will skyrocket back up > in price again. > Think of the shot of the guy standing on the moon. > You know what that was shot with. > And it wasn't a Mamiya and it wasn't a Rollei 66. > > If you want to fondle rare interesting stuff get the Rollei. > If you want to shoot serious pix get into Hassy. > > Get a twin lens Rolleiflex - With the Schneider 2.8 Xenotar. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963