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Subject: Vs: [Leica] OT: Hasselblad History
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:08:52 +0100

The camera was styled by Sixten Sason IIRC but the concept was by Victor himself.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Lähettäjä: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 20. joulukuuta 2001 20:49
Aihe: [Leica] OT: Hasselblad History


>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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