Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have shot ~30 rolls with the Hasselblad now, and almost rarely crop from the square. Square is so good. On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > Ah, this is depressing. For the first time Dr. Ted has disappointed me. I > found the square format to be at the least interesting and at best superb. > For the first year or so of 'blad ownership, I shot only for horizontal or > vertical crops, and since most of what I shot was not for standard > dimensions, it worked really well. Better to crop a nearly square part or a > long narrow part out of 2 1/4 than 35. But after time, as I used it more > and more for shooting for myself, I got to respect and understand the > square, and some of my best stuff was printed full frame. And, in Dr. > Teds's case, you can teach an old dog new tricks. > > AS for the rebadged Sony's, just silly. Although I could be interested in > a fine hardwood grip for the 500CM or 500ELX. > > -----Original Message----- From: Richard Man > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 1:38 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL: Worst Camera of the Year? > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto