Hassy??

oscar, don't worry, just wait till the spring and all those girls get a good look at your canon!
'p' that is...

gene, very nice shot indeed!
too bad all we have now are snow scenes. i was out today, just me & the dog and the canon g2. i took the shot i'm using for my avatar.

walker, i love the train.
i especially like that there is no snow in the photo. ;)

joe
 
Gene, I've looked at your shot several times now and it captures the feel of a cold, snowy Winter's day perfectly. It reminds me of just one reason I prefer Georgia to Maryland. I have a feeling that you're gonna really like your Hassy.

Walker
 
Thanks, Walker. I can understand why you enjoy the warmer climate of Georgia! By this time of year we start to tire of winter.

Gene
 
Doug: I sometimes play around with an Arax-88MLU/SE, these things are built/modified with surprising quality (compared to the original Arsat products), the company owner is responding very fast on emails and in case of problems. If you aren't afraid to do business with a Ukrainian company (money transfer etc.) it's an inexpensive possibility to get some very unusual cameras and lenses. Optical quality: it's ok, but can't really be compared with the big brand names.
Inform yourself on the kievaholics site before you take the risk.



P.S. About the attachment: I got rid of the black Kiev shown on the picture. Also a modified camera, from Kievcamera USA. Another recommendation if you want to go this way, Michael Fourman is a nice guy to do business with.
 
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Great shot Gene, I see your Hasselblad has found it's way to you. When I bought mine it arrived on a windy day with temps below 0F, and yes I loaded her up and froze my back side off shooting my first roll.
 
'Schaubild', I see you've got the Hartblei Tilt/Shift lens - how do you like it? I got the shift-only version, and was a bit disappointed (think of selling it) - the Flektogon is much superior...
And I don't see a CZJ Sonnar 180/2.8 - the lens in the back on the left is the Kaleinar, right? - for me the main reason to get into a P6 mount system.

Roman
 
I like the Super-Rotator, it's interesting, what you can get out of it, the movements allow perspective and focus corrections that will overcome the lenses weaknesses. Big difference to the original 45mm Arsat, from which it's based on. A bit soft in the corners, so, as already mentioned, optically in no way comparable to something from Schneider or Rodenstock.

In the corner is also a Hartblei, the 150mm. Nice for portraits, quite soft, but again: much better than the original it's based on. Mechanically better and multicoated. You get a lot for your money, nice to play around with them.
 
rover said:
Great shot Gene, I see your Hasselblad has found it's way to you. When I bought mine it arrived on a windy day with temps below 0F, and yes I loaded her up and froze my back side off shooting my first roll.
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Thanks Rover! Maybe this is the way a Swedish camera *should* arrive -- mid-winter LOL :D

Gene
 
My first few weeks with my 500 C/M has been real rewarding, I`m so impressed! The Hasselblad "hype" is all true....

The attached image isn`t a showcase of the sharpness, but it couldn`t have been done on a smaller format, I used Neopan 400 pushed to 3200, on 35mm the grain would have exploded! :)
 
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Amund, that's a cool shot! Glad to meet another C/M user! I'm still at the 'how the heck do you load this?' stage ... :D

Gene
 
I took the Hassy for a spin in the back yard yesterday, making 12 carefully composed macro shots. Found out when I unloaded the film back that I had put the spool in upside down and had made 12 carefully composed macro shots on the backing paper ...

Loading the Rolleiflex is a *lot* simpler :D

Gene
 
I loaded 2 backs and headed out one day, only to find that I too in haste and not paying attention, had loaded them backwards. That was 24 wasted shots for me.
 
GeneW said:
I took the Hassy for a spin in the back yard yesterday, making 12 carefully composed macro shots. Found out when I unloaded the film back that I had put the spool in upside down and had made 12 carefully composed macro shots on the backing paper ...

Loading the Rolleiflex is a *lot* simpler :D

Gene
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Happened to me when my Mamiya 645 Super was still new to me - exchangeable film-back cameras are a bit tricky to load, RFs are much easier... ;)

Roman
 
I remember the first time I loaded my 'flex, I forgot to thread the film between the first set of rollers. I didn't even have the satisfaction of thinking I was taking pictures, the crank just kept going and going. After 5 or 6 revolutions, you know something is wrong, you figure it out, but then you have no choice but to continue winding on the film.
 
I got to load and use a Rollei TLR for the first time the other day. Being loyal 'blad owner and I got my MF teeth 'cut' on a Mamiya RZs, after what I thought was way too simple loading method I had to ring up the owner and say-
"Is that all that's needed to load this camera???"

Somewhere in between the howls of laugher I swear I heard "silly Leica user".

Stu :)

P.S. The prints from the Rollei where good, but I found the feel of the Rollicord was wrong/wierd and twice during the 12 frames I found myself wondering where the 50mm Distagon was.
 
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