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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: OT reference material/equipment questions
From: "George Kenney" <georgekenney@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:02:18 -0500
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<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param><smaller><smaller>Jim,


Thanks very much. The URL is great, and I'll get the books. I'd found the HUG, but since it 
seems so inactive I wondered whether that was the main place to be. I guess it is!


Best,


G.



On 13 Mar 2001, at 7:44, Jim Brick wrote:


I am an avid Hasselblad user. I've had three different systems since 1960. There are a lot of 
Hasselblad users on the LUG. One of the best Medium Format sites is Robert Monaghan's:

<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FF00</param>http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/index.html</underline></color>
And, of course, the HUG (Hasselblad Users Group) run by our own Dan Cardish:

<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FF00</param>http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad</underline></color>
which also has complete archives for searching.
The two books you'll want are "<FontFamily><param>verdana</param>The Hasselbladanual," fifth edition, by Ernst 
Wildi and the "Hasselblad Compendium."

The Hasselblad Manual<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> is a treasure tve of information and a dynamite basic 
photography book explaining everything, with lots of illustrations, including DOF! :) And it, 
of course, tells everything there is to know about all of the Hasselblad cameras, lenses, and 
accessories.

Have fun,

Jim


At 10:17 PM 3/12/01 -0500, George Kenney wrote:
>Help!
>
>I have no excuse for my budding Leicaholism. I don't know how to 
>take pictures, but I've now acquired in rapid succession 2 new M6 
>TTLs (.58 and .85), 1 used M4-2 (btw from the notorious Canadian 
>retail shop of the notorious zoom lens episode -- they were quite 
>nice, I thought, and gave me an excellent price on an excellent 
>body), 6 Leica lenses and 1 Voigtlander lens. 
>
>BUT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH!!
>
>No, today I had to buy a Hassleblad 501CM w/ 80 CFE. (I know this 
>is more gear than I'll learn how to use properly in years, but I've 
>always wanted to take interesting pictures and, in part, I decided to 
>spend some money to take my mind off losing a fortune in the stock 
>market.)
>
>Anyhow, I can't find resources for Hassleblad anything like the 
>fantastic resources for Leica on the web. Does anybody have any 
>suggested links, please?
>
>Secondly, and more or less unrelated, can anybody give me links 
>and/or titles of reference books or pamphlets to buy, for exposure 
>tables for nighttime photography? I got two shots out of a roll to 
>come out right the other night, by luck I think.
>
>Thanks,
>
>G.
>
>P.S. I may even post some snaps, if I can figure out how photonet 
>works...


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