Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/03

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Subject: [Leica] Re: do i need a hasselblad?
From: benmarks2005 at gmail.com (Benjamin Marks)
Date: Tue Jul 3 06:06:13 2007

Kyle:  yes, you do.  At least for a little while. Of course, I think you
might also need a Speed Graphic, an M8 and a Rolleiflex TLR.  These cameras
are fun to use.  Photography is fun.  Or it should be.  I know there is a
lot of heavy breathing out there about image quality and ease of use and the
necessity of a tripod and so on.  But a Hassie is one of those cameras that
has been around a long time for a reason -- they work and they are appealing
at many levels.  And the prices now are just mind-boggling, given where they
were only five years ago.   So buy, borrow, rent or steal one before 120
film goes away completely.  Go have fun and then report back.

Ben Marks

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