As much as I probably knew this day would come, I am
disappointed that it finally has, the distinguished Hasselblad V series camera
is now no longer being made. I have
owned 3 V series in my time, two 500C's and a 500C/M. They are all the same camera, though the
later 500C/M had an interchangable mirror, and confusingly, so did later 500C's
of which one of mine could do. Two of
them had the 80mm f2.8 standard lens, one had a 150mm f4 portrait lens, and I
also had a 50mm f4 wide angle, which was the later CF FLE model.
The 500C is a completely manual camera, that requires you to
think. It is almost completely useless
as a street camera, as it is too bulky and not 'quick on its feet' like a Leica
M is. However, when you get it right,
the results are incredible. Those huge
negatives are just magic and capture so much detail from those great Carl Zeiss
lenses. V series, I'll miss you.
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| Sony NEX 5n with Sigma 19mm f2.8 |
