Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Hasselblad History
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:26:38 +0000
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA2581836CB@ASC02.asc.upenn.edu> <3.0.2.32.20011220124342.01564018@roanoke.infi.net>

At 01:32 PM 12/20/01 -0500, Dan Post wrote:
>Marc
>Correct me if I stray off course, but I thought I read that Victor
>Hasselblad was actually an ornithologist, and he specifically designed the
>camera to photograph birds in the manner he wanted. I always thought that
>the reason the camera was such a success, was because it was designed by a
>USER and not by an engineer with some vague notion of what a photographer
>needs (shades of the Edsel!).

Sorry, Dan.  Victor Hasselblad had little input into the actual design of
the camera bearing his name.  Read Nordin's COMPENDIUM for details.

Marc

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