Taking some pics with the Hasselblad 500 C/M

I borrowed a Hasselblad 500 C/M from my University (UMBC) for an assignment that required us to use a 120mm wide format camera. For the record it is tricky to take a pic with the hasselblad in my right hand and the fz18 filming in my left. Unfortunately since its windy out you can't hear the sound it makes very well when you snap shots and crank it.

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• hasselblad
• 500
• c/m
• 120
• mm
• 120mm
• medium
• format
• camera
• photography

[AnhRichie]

do you have a flickr page or website we can view the images? love hasselblads

[MasterGeorge]

@AnhRichie

I have an account on flickr that is mastergeorge as well. I'll have to upload these there at some point although I do have a few photos on it showing the Hassleblad cameras themselves.

[mdeonx16]

what a fine camera....

[playboysinistro]

This viewfinder is awesome, it looks like the image inside is 3D! wow man I love this camera!

[mikeismad61]

When to the Designer Vintage Wedding Show recently (Birmingham England Oct 2011) and a number of the pro photographers are making a move BACK into film for their HI end clients using the basic 500cm !

[davidtheguitarman]

true live view... wow!!

[trackend]

@111Socrates777 you wont be dissapointed the blad is a great camera and second hand a good deal, body wise they are machined from a solid billet so should be reliable I would check the tripod mount thread area as the more polished the surface the more use it has had. Obviously most Blads have been proffessional used but there are some that have not if you can find one grab it.

Good Luck 111

[111Socrates777]

@trackend I am leaning towards the Hasselblad because of it's size and optics.

[trackend]

@111Socrates777 id say IMHO for just a fixed lens the old TLR Rollieflex with the Planner (not the Tesser) lens was a truly fantasticly built camera with wonderful optics but the lack of intechangable lenses made it limited I would probably go for the Rollie 6008 as it was really well made but still retained the Planner optics they were way over priced so never really made a big market impact

[111Socrates777]

@trackend So what is the best medium format, 6x6 camera in your opinion? (in terms of both build quality and optics)

[trackend]

Never did like the Blad, fantasic lens if you got the Plannar 2.8 but for a camera that cost so much using nylon drive gears was just cheap and nasty.

[alexellis2]

The tripod is a must in general, or were you shooting with a slow shutter speed?