[Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> I know the feeling. I have various bits of old equipment around, and
> I would love to be able to use it again, including Hasselblad. But
> from everything I've been able to find out it would be mainly for the
> sake of nostalgia, and for that the price is awfully high.
> 
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> 
 I don't see anything cost non effective about putting a used medium format
digital back at the back of an existing substantial investment of Zeiss
Hasselblad glass. Which if it has a fault is too sharp not not sharp enough.

The rez might be much lower than other medium format photography but its
still medium format photography. And could when comparing two 17x22 inch
prints side by side blow away the results of a jacked up 24x36mm digital set
up costing two or thing times as much.


This happened with film.
You could blow away results with exquisite 35mm photography with a cheap
Rolleicord or speed graphic. With fungus in the lens.



Mark William Rabiner