Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed, those joke cameras were rebadged Sony digital cameras, sold for 7x-10x the prices, with the added wood grip and other non-sense features. At least it appears that the current Hasselblad corporate owner is no longer pursuing that brain-dead strategy. On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Crew, > There wasn't, nor is there anything wrong with a Hasselblad if you are > using > the 2 1/4 120 film cameras. During part of my Leica life I also used 3 > Hasselblad cameras when shooting for some clients and magazines. As the > Photo editor or the art directors called the shot on acceptable film size! > ERGO? If you wanted to do assignments for their magazine you worked with > their size. > Now maybe what you lads are talking about is some "Mickey Mouse?" China > made > 35mm size badged Hasselblad that could well be a piece of copy-cat junk? > > But there isn't anything wrong, nor was there anything with a 2 1/4 120 > film > size Hassie as they were a wonderful machine to work with. Only the odd > time > the 2 1/4 Sq.format was a bit of a pain in the ass! > cheers, > Dr. ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Ken Carney > Sent: January-12-16 4:59 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year? > > I thought Hasselblad's were good cameras? Used by the astronauts and all > that? > > On 1/12/2016 11:03 AM, Robert Baron wrote: > > > http://photorumors.com/2016/01/11/2015-worst-camera-of-the-year-vote-now/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto