A Hasselblad, more than 40 years after first looking.

[boojum]

At the moment it seems so for me - unfortunately due to my commercial workload and household commitments, I haven’t been able to get out into the world beyond my backyard for any personal work. So it seems that it’s going to be like this for at least the next few weeks.

I’ve gone back to using the 1000f with the digital back, as I prefer the way it works over the 1600f. I also have my eye on another very interesting lens, but I have to wait until next month. Hopefully the seller will still have it and he’ll be open to a bit of negotiation.

Milking the backyard as you have is a great exercise of the eye and the mind. Standing in the right place in the right light can make s lot of things into great pictures. It is a great challenge and exercise for any aspiring photographer. You have me thinking. It very likely has been a classroom assignment often and for good reason.

 

[Vince Lupo]

Back to the 1000f, 80/2.8 Opton-Tessar. CFV II 50C digital back.


Early August Sunday Morning by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Hasselblad 1600f, 135mm f/3.5 Ektar, CFV II 50C digital back.


Stirring the Rice by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

With the 1000f, 250/5.6 Sonnar, CFV II 50C digital back.


The Neighbour's Pokeweed by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Thought I'd give the 500C a bit of an exercise -- such a smooth camera.

With the 60mm f/4 Distagon, CFV II 50C digital back.


Rainwater in a Backyard Saucer by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Hasselblad 1000f, 80/2.8 Opton-Tessar, CFV II 50C digital back.


Rainwater on our Sidewalk by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[boojum]

In reflection my backyard is unkempt, to put it politely. I will have to keep on with my other "backyard", the drydock down the hill from me. I love the shapes and colors of the boats and their hulls. It is close, it is about where I now live and every once in a great while interesting. You have been warned. ;o)

 

[Retro-Grouch]

In reflection my backyard is unkempt, to put it politely. I will have to keep on with my other "backyard", the drydock down the hill from me. I love the shapes and colors of the boats and their hulls. It is close, it is about where I now live and every once in a great while interesting. You have been warned. ;o)

😱

 

[Vince Lupo]

Putting the 1957 500C to a bit more use. With the great 60/4 Distagon.


Kitchen Basil by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

More of the same-ish, around 7pm last night. Gone back again to the Hasselblad 1600f, with the 80mm f/2.8 Opton-Tesssar and CFV II 50C digital back.


Our Green Vase by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[boojum]

Light, and color, and image. That's the game. ;o)

 

[Vince Lupo]

Light, and color, and image. That's the game. ;o)

Feeling a bit like Ernst Haas 🙂

 

[Vince Lupo]

Hasselblad 1600f, 80mm f/2.8 Opton-Tessar, CFV II 50C digital back.


Friday Mojitos by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Freshly picked from one of our trees. Hasselblad 1000f, 80/2.8 Opton-Tessar, CFV II 50C digital back.


2023 Figs by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Hasselblad 1000f, 80/2.8 Opton-Tessar, CFV II 50C digital back.


Sunday Evening Teapot by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Bill Jones]

Hasselblad 1000f, 80/2.8 Opton-Tessar, CFV II 50C digital back.


Sunday Evening Teapot by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

Vince,

I really like the off center placement of the teapot and the figs in the previous picture.

Bill

 

[Vince Lupo]

Vince,

I really like the off center placement of the teapot and the figs in the previous picture.

Bill

Thanks Bill - I do think at some point I have to break out of this ‘sameness’ that some of these photos seem to have.

 

[megido]

Hasselblad 500c/m 80mm
(Phone snapshot of darkroom print)



I often contemplate selling my
500c/m.
Since I only have the 80mm for the Hasselblad my Rolleiflex gets more use. However, I just can't seem to bring myself to do it!

 

[sdotkling]

Here's a recent shot from my 500C. I gotta say that--from the perspective of several decades, using a bunch of different cameras--the Hasselblad is a complicated, eccentric, temperamental piece of business just waiting to screw you up, unless you're using it all the time and are aware of its foibles. Accidentally snag the dark slide? Check. Jam it up removing a lens? Yep. Waste time fiddling with that silly shutter speed/aperture linkage? Uh-huh. Try to remember what the red signal means on the film mag (is it exposed, or empty? It can mean both.) Hook it up to a modern flash trigger? Good luck. But when it works, it does take nice pictures.

 

[Vince Lupo]

More in the kitchen. With the Hasselblad 1000f, 80mm f/2.8 Opton-Tessar, CFV II 50C digital back.


Our Kitchen Pears by Vince Lupo, on Flickr