While I was away, I added a delightful new member to my family of cameras. I think his name is Bladley, or Blad for short. To be specific, he's a nice Hasselblad 500C/M, and I was lucky enough to be able to grab a Zeiss Distagon 60mm f/3.5 CF along with him.
So far, we've been having lots of fun together. I've had a few funny moments trying to figure out the various finer points of the many many mechanisms. I'm great at forgetting the dark slide, and especially good at forgetting to wind films off the end of the roll.
Despite the technical hitches though, I'm absolutely loving the camera. It makes a nice kind "CHUNK" sound when you hit the shutter, and the 60mm lens is absolutely fantastic. Just that perfect focal length, and sharp as hell too. I'll need to try and pick up a new, brighter focussing screen though, as I'm not quite so great at getting things bang on.
To have a look at the results of our relationship so far, check out This Set on Flickr
