Aaron wrote:
> They're an absolute pain to handhold. Uncomfortable (for me) hand
> positioning, and you have to keep changing where your hands are to wind,
> focus, adjust aperture/shutter speed, shoot. Bleah. It's a tripod
> camera, not a running-around camera, and was therefore not the camera I
> wanted. Also, I'm not really a square-format person.
I totally second this. Having used Hasselblads for years in professional
work, I've learned to hate the damn things. They've never fixed the jamming
problems--do things in the wrong order and you can jam the shutter or make
it impossible to remove the lens.
PLUS the mirror slap vibration degrades the picture quality. I learned this
not from some article or from hearsay, but from Hasselblad's own in-house
newsletter, which had an article about it complete with illustrations
showing the degradation! The article pointed out that when Hasselblads
aren't being used with studio flash, you should use a tripod and the mirror
lock-up for best quality.
Really the only reason to use them is that they're so entrenched in pro
studio work (in N. America anyway), and rental, repair, and used
availability is good. They may have been the bee's knees in 1965 when they
were replacing TLRs, but really, these days you can do better. A lot better.
Really not my cup of tea.
--Mike
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