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

Thu Jan 14 09:27:40 PST 2016

EDDY WILLEMS: Gear packing:

Hi Eddie,
I had a Hasselblad hard case modified for the three camera bodies and a
couple of lenses. And a couple of extra film magazines. It was always
checked as luggage on planes. In the car? In the trunk! And yes the spare
magazines were loaded ready to go, as were the magazines attached to the
cameras!

The shoulder camera bag was all Leica gear and came on board for under-seat
storage.

Once seated, always on the isle! "IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED?" You "might
get out faster? Or help others to do so! :-)
I always took one M Leica, new 36 roll loaded out of bag with a 21mm lens!
In case shooting interiors of plane. Set a general exposure with the 21mm
lens hanging camera on my leg, camera lens facing into my leg for lens
protection!  Obviously no lens cap! Why? It slows ones re-actions as just
something to distract from instantly .. CLICK!"
Then sit back and relax! But always ready in case anything should occur?

Once I became fully accustomed to the gear, the magazines and commercial
clients accepted 35mm film & the HASSELBLADS went the way of the doo-doo
bird and were sold off.
 Plus a great deal of my assignments became more documentary and shot in
B&W. Quite a relief! And more fun than the commercial assignments.
If you have any other questions please send them along. :-)
cheers,
Dr. ted  :-) 

It never happened on any big aircraft thank goodness! Let's say a few
"incidents" in small fixed wing aircraft and a helicopter on fire. :-( Oh
yeah and it was 50 below zero when we  hard hit landed!  OUCH!!!!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Eddy Willems
Sent: January-14-16 5:20 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year?

Dr. Ted when you went on a trip what gear take you with you
Lieca and Hasselblad gear
and how did you packed it all
you always travelled with a car?
best regards

Op 13/01/16 om 20:51 schreef Ted Grant:
> Hi Bill,
> Sorry friend Bill, not sure how you should be disappointed in my comments
on
> the Hassie! I used 2, 500c's and a SWC SIMPLY BECAUSE ????
>
> 1/ ... they are great cameras and never ever failed me at any time. The
> square format was simply there as part of the camera, so one learned to
see
> in a general sense of square seeing. :-)  Then cropping if and when
> necessary.
> I also had my LEICA gear at the same time and quite often shot one day all
> Leica. Next Hasselblad. And did so without a thought.
>
> Sometimes the camera of choice for the day influenced how I viewed the
world
> and subjects shot. But it wasn't a thought process, it just flowed along
> with the feel of camera and lens in use, it was still "SEE! -- CLICK!"
:-)
> CHEERS,
> Dr. ted  :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of
> Bill Pearce
> Sent: January-13-16 11:10 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year?
>
> 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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