hasselblad                     Tue, 29 May 2001         Volume 1 : Number 1241

In this issue:

        Re: 35mm backs
        Re: batteries in Europe [OFF-TOPIC]
        Re: FAQ: 120 vs. 220 Tradeoffs (& 35mm backs)
        Re: 35mm backs
        Dark slide facing which way.
        Re: Dark slide facing which way.
        Re: 35mm backs
        RE: Dark slide facing which way.
        Re: 35mm backs
        Re: 35mm backs
        Re: Buying New 503CW - Is This Normal QC??


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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 01:24:12 -0700
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
To: hasselblad@kelvin.net
Subject: Re: 35mm backs
Message-ID: <3B120B2C.1D517BF7@rabiner.cncoffice.com>

Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> ><Snip>
> >
> > If I am missing something here, will someone please enlighten me...  :)
> >
><Snip> 

Also to knockout out headshots with the bright and lightweight 80 or 100 lenes.
The vertical format of course making it perfect.
And 36 on a roll to make sure there is a shot with their eyes open.
A Polaroid check and boom your ready to shoot, no surprises!
The Polaroid check being half the reason I'll use the Hasselblad system nowadays
and before.
I can't bring myself to anti up the bucks for a 35mm Polaroid back so i use the
Hassy to do the Roid but then end up not switching to 35 to do the main shooing.
Its to easy and obvious to just switch backs. And I'm lazy!

T Max or Delta 100 films really do the trick nowadays.
I think less stringently made medium format glass would be much less up to the task.
But Hasselblad Zeiss optics should do OK with just that image circle
	and in comparison to glass which only has to do just that.
One thing for sure. You're not going to have problems with lower quality at the edges!


Mark Rabiner

Portland, Oregon
USA

http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 11:07:17 +0200 (CEST)
From: bigler@ens2m.fr
To: chriscasey <chriscasey@ev1.net>
Cc: hasselblad@kelvin.net
Subject: Re: batteries in Europe [OFF-TOPIC]
Message-ID: <200105280907.f4S97IA02138@belenos.ens2m.fr>

> I'm about to go to France to wedding & do some photography there. I
> wanted to take my rechargables, but what are (if any) the issues
> with plugging in battery chargers in over there? I have Ni-Cad as
> well as a Lumedyne Digital Battery. I'd like to charge them before
> the wedding, but I don't want to just plug them into an outlet
> converter & have them melt or catch on fire or blow up or
> whatever... thanks Chris 

some hints:

- 220V/50Hz AC is the standard mains suplply voltage all over Europe,
  not only France. So you can get a small transformer from
  220VAC->120AC. Of course this is a real coil tranformer not not a
  simple capacitor voltage divider. Othe option : if your battery
  chargers have a 12V DC (car) accessory you can get a 12V-DC->120V-AC
  low power converter in the States which will allow you to recharge
  from any car (I can't imagine a wedding in year 2001 without a car
  nearby ;-) ; recharging a few Ni-Cads will not drain the battery
  out, and you'll be able to use this item back home. I have such an
  accessory bought from the local equivalent of radio Schack ; I use
  it when camping with the family. In any case do not forget
  plug-converters, since Murphy's law ensures that when arriving on
  the spot somewhere in the middle of nowhere in France you'll missing
  this damn' small accessory seen in the airport...

- regular size non-rechargeable batteries like AAA, AA etc are readily
  available everywhere. Ni-Cads can now be found in almost all
  supermarkets.

Enjoy your stay in France. I'll be hapy to answer off-list any other
practical questions (whether hasselblad-related or not...)

-- 
Emmanuel BIGLER,   Besancon, France
<bigler@ens2m.fr>

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 11:20:04 +0200
From: "Q.G. de Bakker" <qnu@worldonline.nl>
To: <hasselblad@kelvin.net>
Subject: Re: FAQ: 120 vs. 220 Tradeoffs (& 35mm backs)
Message-ID: <001801c0e757$c39b9be0$ccdcf1c3@qnu350>

Mark Rabiner wrote:

> what was the frame size?
> 
> 24x55?

Indeed.

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 10:14:06 -0400
From: "LEO WOLK" <bigleo@worldnet.att.net>
To: <hasselblad@kelvin.net>
Subject: Re: 35mm backs
Message-ID: <01c0e780$74f4bc00$2d864d0c@fofyplfq>

For Polaroid only!


>Years ago Nikon made an adapter called Speed Magny which turned
>a 35 body into a 4x5.
>
>Joe

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 07:00:04 -0700
From: John Oppenheimer <johnoppy@pacbell.net>
To: hasselblad@kelvin.net
Subject: Dark slide facing which way.
Message-ID: <NKEHKLNKMCKPKMNJGMFFGENMCDAA.johnoppy@pacbell.net>

Should the dark slide ribbed edge face back or forward?

JOhn Oppenheimer

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 20:42:35 +0200
From: "Q.G. de Bakker" <qnu@worldonline.nl>
To: <john@bordercrossings.net>, <hasselblad@kelvin.net>
Subject: Re: Dark slide facing which way.
Message-ID: <000401c0e7a5$f8c11f40$a0dcf1c3@qnu350>

John Oppenheimer wrote:

> Should the dark slide ribbed edge face back or forward?

Just try it: insert the darkslide, and then remove the insert from the
shell. If this is possible without the slide being partly taken out as well,
it is inserted the right way round.

The ribbed edge/raised handle part should face forward.

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 15:44:55 -0400
From: "Eugene A. Pallat" <eapallat@apk.net>
To: hasselblad@kelvin.net
Subject: Re: 35mm backs
Message-ID: <3B12AAB7.32B51436@apk.net>

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BLADHASS@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/27/01 6:08:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> jim@brick.org
> writes:
>
>
>
>> Can someone please enlighten me as to the desirability of a 35mm
>> back for a
>> Hasselblad. In my case, the large film size of the Hasselblad is the
>> very
>> reason I use it over my 35mm cameras.
>
> In my case the need for a 35mm back would be a real blessing. I
> photograph
> school and league sports. My company now wants to photograph the
> individuals
> on 35mm and the teams on medium format. If we can use only one camera
> for
> both think of the savings on the photographer not having to carry all
> that
> extra gear. Other then that I guess just something to play around
> with.
> Peter Peterson

That's why I use both Nikon and Hasselblad.  "Right tool for the right
job."  ;-)

I use a Tamrac case with rollers and a handle for the Blad equipment and
a Nikon FB8 case which holds 2 bodies with lenses and bayonet mounts for
another 3 lenses.  It's not that much more to lug around.  After all, my
4x5 is a LOT bigger and takes up much more space.

Gene Pallat

Orion Forensics
Orion Data Systems


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BLADHASS@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>In a message
dated 5/27/01 6:08:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jim@brick.org</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>writes:</font></font>
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someone please enlighten me as to the desirability of a 35mm back for a</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Hasselblad. In my case,
the large film size of the Hasselblad is the very</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>reason I use it over my
35mm cameras.</font></font></blockquote>

<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>In my case the need for a
35mm back would be a real blessing. I photograph</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>school and league sports.
My company now wants to photograph the individuals</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>on 35mm and the teams on
medium format. If we can use only one camera for</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>both think of the savings
on the photographer not having to carry all that</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>extra gear. Other then that
I guess just something to play around with.</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Peter Peterson</font></font></blockquote>

<p><br>That's why I use both Nikon and Hasselblad.&nbsp; "Right tool for
the right job."&nbsp; ;-)
<p>I use a Tamrac case with rollers and a handle for the Blad equipment
and a Nikon FB8 case which holds 2 bodies with lenses and bayonet mounts
for another 3 lenses.&nbsp; It's not that much more to lug around.&nbsp;
After all, my 4x5 is a LOT bigger and takes up much more space.
<p>Gene Pallat
<p>Orion Forensics
<br>Orion Data Systems
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 16:07:50 -0400
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
To: <john@bordercrossings.net>, <hasselblad@kelvin.net>
Subject: RE: Dark slide facing which way.
Message-ID: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJIEBNJOAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

Forward allows you to remove the film insert "easier".

> Should the dark slide ribbed edge face back or forward?
> 
> JOhn Oppenheimer

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 18:08:47 EDT
From: QWhoZeiss@aol.com
To: hasselblad@kelvin.net
Subject: Re: 35mm backs
Message-ID: <29.157d39d0.2844266f@aol.com>

The Hasselblad 35mm back is a wide back you know a panorama back.  Not good 
for head shots.

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 15:30:56 -0700
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
To: mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com, hasselblad@kelvin.net
Subject: Re: 35mm backs
Message-ID: <200105282234.PAA12184@spoon.alink.net>

At 01:24 AM 5/28/01 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>And 36 on a roll to make sure there is a shot with their eyes open.
>A Polaroid check and boom your ready to shoot, no surprises!
>The Polaroid check being half the reason I'll use the Hasselblad system
nowadays
>and before.
>I can't bring myself to anti up the bucks for a 35mm Polaroid back so i
use the
>Hassy to do the Roid but then end up not switching to 35 to do the main
shooing.
>Its to easy and obvious to just switch backs. And I'm lazy!
>
>Mark Rabiner


I believe the 35mm Hassy back shoots 24x56mm frames and only 20 of them in
vertical panorama format. Tall trees. Redwoods. Sequoias. Wilt the Stilt.
Grain Silos.

I had, for years, a Polaroid back for my Leica R cameras. Polaroid on one R
and film in another R. Image was too small to make meaningful evaluations
other than grossly over or under exposed. I just got a Polaroid back for my
Hassy and I know it will come in handy. Mint model 100. I've been using
Polaroid for my 4x5 for however long they have been making Polaroid for 4x5.

Jim

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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 16:54:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Justin Goh <sunsetat7@yahoo.com>
To: Hassy <hasselblad@kelvin.net>
Subject: Re: Buying New 503CW - Is This Normal QC??
Message-ID: <20010528235435.99528.qmail@web12407.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi,
Thanks to Evan, Rod, and to all those who responded to
my messages in private. I've decided not to buy it
after checking the other stocks from another branch.
All four bodies I've checked have dirty mirrors and
that's surprising. I'll be waiting for the next
shipment and I don't want to rush myself on this since
it's gonna be a huge investment for me. Your comments
helped me a lot on my decision. I'll be posting my
progress in building this system as soon as I get it.
cheers,
Mark

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