This Hasselblad is not as expensive as it used to be and always a pleasure to use. Film and processing are still costly. At $5 for a roll of 12 shots and $5 for processing and some more for the contact sheet, it works out to about a $1 per shot. If you want an instant preview of your shot you can attach a polaroid-back loaded with polaroids and you can see your shot in a couple of minutes. So cool, but at a steep price. If you can find them, a 10 pack of polaroids costs about $20. That’s $2 per preview. Expensive and unnecessary, but very cool. All the different viewfinders available for this camera are really good but some don’t have a light meter. No ergonomics here, just a heavy bulky box that still feels very special and looks graceful. As basic and manual as you can get. No batteries. Made in Sweden in the same town as the Volvo. The lenses are made in “West Germany” (Carl Zeiss) and are the epitome of quality glass. Anyone interested in medium format film, this is a great place to start; for most it becomes a lifetime love affair.
Ahhh, that camera and fine memories. It was somewhat simpler then, buy a batch of film to process a color check, add or take away a .025 cc filter, do a few polaroids for exposure, shoot the job, do a clip test, off for a good lunch at the pub, then batch process the rest. Now it seems I’m hooked to my Mac, photoshop and my desk!
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This Hasselblad is not as expensive as it used to be and always a pleasure to use. Film and processing are still costly. At $5 for a roll of 12 shots and $5 for processing and some more for the contact sheet, it works out to about a $1 per shot. If you want an instant preview of your shot you can attach a polaroid-back loaded with polaroids and you can see your shot in a couple of minutes. So cool, but at a steep price. If you can find them, a 10 pack of polaroids costs about $20. That’s $2 per preview. Expensive and unnecessary, but very cool. All the different viewfinders available for this camera are really good but some don’t have a light meter. No ergonomics here, just a heavy bulky box that still feels very special and looks graceful. As basic and manual as you can get. No batteries. Made in Sweden in the same town as the Volvo. The lenses are made in “West Germany” (Carl Zeiss) and are the epitome of quality glass. Anyone interested in medium format film, this is a great place to start; for most it becomes a lifetime love affair.
Posted by Charles on October 4th, 2006 at 1:53 AMAhhh, that camera and fine memories. It was somewhat simpler then, buy a batch of film to process a color check, add or take away a .025 cc filter, do a few polaroids for exposure, shoot the job, do a clip test, off for a good lunch at the pub, then batch process the rest. Now it seems I’m hooked to my Mac, photoshop and my desk!
Posted by Patrick on October 4th, 2006 at 5:46 PMwhat a beauty. I’d love to have one of these.
BTW, congrats on having your photo in the museum. That’s awesome.
Posted by dawn on October 5th, 2006 at 11:07 AM