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
3 comments:
Why would you want a good camera and take really normal pics ?
Dear Anonymous poster,
If you'd like to offer critique on my images, please feel free to get in touch. Maybe even leave a name and email address too if you're feeling brave enough...
Ross
Anyway, what on earth does your correspondent mean by "really normal" pics? I've had a look at your pics and they look really fine; great resolution and definition, great composition, perfect exposure - what does he/she mean that you are supposed to take with a 'blad? Its all a bit mystifying! I've just this week discovered on my 500C/M (which I have had for nearly 10 years!) the little switch next to the shutter which allows you to avoid forgetting to hold the secondary shutter open long enough not to cut off any exposures longer than 1/15th sec! I'm still learning how to use the beast, even after all this time! Ben
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