Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]GEEEEZ! Do you work for Hasselblad? You'd think someone insulted your kid or something! I don't think the original poster was trashing Hasselblad, he was pointing out the problems shooting handheld out of a Helicopter. He was "using" a Hasselblad, so he must think it has value. Out of those "tens of thousands" of negatives how many were hand held out of a helicopter? Mark Rutledge - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 9:32 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Steady as she goes there, lad [y] > > With the Hasselblad, at least one > >out of every three shots at 1/500th shows some signs of vibration, even > with > >the 80mm lens. > > That's absurd. Why not bring this up on the Hasselblad users list and see > how many people there see this 'problem'. You either have a bad camera, or > something is amiss in your technique. > > Hasselblads didn't become one of the top, if not the top, camera for > professional use because it produces fuzzy pictures. I have shot tens of > thousands of negatives with my Hasselblads over the years, and never once > has a shot shown anything that can be attributed to 'vibration' in my > images. I have taken some very critical shots, some blown up the size of > Kentucky....and they are sharp as a tack. > > >