[Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year?

[Leo Wesson]

Square is one of those things that either works or it doesn't work. 

Leo Wesson
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> On Jan 13, 2016, at 14:31, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> I have shot ~30 rolls with the Hasselblad now, and almost rarely crop from
> the square. Square is so good.
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Ah, this is depressing. For the first time Dr. Ted has disappointed me. I
>> found the square format to be at the least interesting and at best superb.
>> For the first year or so of 'blad ownership, I shot only for horizontal or
>> vertical crops, and since most of what I shot was not for standard
>> dimensions, it worked really well. Better to crop a nearly square part or a
>> long narrow part out of 2 1/4 than 35. But after time, as I used it more
>> and more for shooting for myself, I got to respect and understand the
>> square, and some of my best stuff was printed full frame. And, in Dr.
>> Teds's case, you can teach an old dog new tricks.
>> 
>> AS for the rebadged Sony's, just silly. Although I could be interested in
>> a fine hardwood grip for the 500CM or 500ELX.
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Man
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 1:38 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year?
>> 
>> Indeed, those joke cameras were rebadged Sony digital cameras, sold for
>> 7x-10x the prices, with the added wood grip and other non-sense features.
>> At least it appears that the current Hasselblad corporate owner is no
>> longer pursuing that brain-dead strategy.
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Crew,
>>> There wasn't, nor is there anything wrong with a Hasselblad if you are
>>> using
>>> the 2 1/4 120 film cameras. During part of my Leica life I also used 3
>>> Hasselblad cameras when shooting for some clients and magazines. As the
>>> Photo editor or the art directors called the shot on acceptable film size!
>>> ERGO? If you wanted to do assignments for  their magazine you worked with
>>> their size.
>>> Now maybe what you lads are talking about is some "Mickey Mouse?" China
>>> made
>>> 35mm size badged Hasselblad that could well be a piece of copy-cat junk?
>>> 
>>> But there isn't anything wrong, nor was there anything with a 2 1/4 120
>>> film
>>> size Hassie as they were a wonderful machine to work with. Only the odd
>>> time
>>> the 2 1/4  Sq.format was a bit of a pain in the ass!
>>> cheers,
>>> Dr. ted
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Ken Carney
>>> Sent: January-12-16 4:59 PM
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year?
>>> 
>>> I thought Hasselblad's were good cameras? Used by the astronauts and all
>>> that?
>>> 
>>>> On 1/12/2016 11:03 AM, Robert Baron wrote:
>>> http://photorumors.com/2016/01/11/2015-worst-camera-of-the-year-vote-now/
>>>> 
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