Hi all,
i'm still loving my Canon...still with 5D3 likely till the "R" equivalent comes out.
In the meantime, I'm dabbling. I"ve had a blast with my new ONDU wooden 120 film pinhole camera.
My first shots actually came out in spite of myself!!
Medium format and the high resolution has me fascinated now.
I've been watching YT and thinking that getting one of the older Hasselblad 500CM cameras to continue my journey into 120 film might be fun...and the pricing doesn't look bad.
Looks like you can get a pretty nice camera, back and 80mm lens for right about $1K or so.
I'm trying to research and study up, but wondering if anyone else here uses this or has experience with them?
If so, any advice what to look for when buying them?
I've head that since these things were largely all hand fitted that on the camera backs, you need to make sure the serial number on the back itself, matches the SN on the interior slide in workings for the film holder.....
Any other tidbits like this?
How do you like shooting them?
I"m leaning towards getting the full mechanical version....but any particular models you can write about, Pros/Cons of each?
What are your favorite lenses for these?
One thing that REALLY intrigued me is, that it appears soon, that Hasselblad is coming out with a new digital back:
CFV 50C II
That will work on these old bodies. I know this will be $$$....but it does look like a neat way to sneak in over time with hasselblad going forward since you'd be able t use this back with old cameras and lenses.
They will also offer a thin "camera" module to go on this back and allow you to use modern H lenses that have auto focus, etc.
But I"m getting ahead of myself, just seemed like it might be fun to get one of these and shoot a bit of 120.
Where would you recommend buying these?
I've heard the KEH is a good place...maybe a bit more than eBay, but with them I understand you get a warranty and 2 weeks to try and send back if you're not happy.....
Thoughts? Links? Stories?
Thank you all in advance,
cayenne
i'm still loving my Canon...still with 5D3 likely till the "R" equivalent comes out.
In the meantime, I'm dabbling. I"ve had a blast with my new ONDU wooden 120 film pinhole camera.
My first shots actually came out in spite of myself!!
Medium format and the high resolution has me fascinated now.
I've been watching YT and thinking that getting one of the older Hasselblad 500CM cameras to continue my journey into 120 film might be fun...and the pricing doesn't look bad.
Looks like you can get a pretty nice camera, back and 80mm lens for right about $1K or so.
I'm trying to research and study up, but wondering if anyone else here uses this or has experience with them?
If so, any advice what to look for when buying them?
I've head that since these things were largely all hand fitted that on the camera backs, you need to make sure the serial number on the back itself, matches the SN on the interior slide in workings for the film holder.....
Any other tidbits like this?
How do you like shooting them?
I"m leaning towards getting the full mechanical version....but any particular models you can write about, Pros/Cons of each?
What are your favorite lenses for these?
One thing that REALLY intrigued me is, that it appears soon, that Hasselblad is coming out with a new digital back:
CFV 50C II
That will work on these old bodies. I know this will be $$$....but it does look like a neat way to sneak in over time with hasselblad going forward since you'd be able t use this back with old cameras and lenses.
They will also offer a thin "camera" module to go on this back and allow you to use modern H lenses that have auto focus, etc.
But I"m getting ahead of myself, just seemed like it might be fun to get one of these and shoot a bit of 120.
Where would you recommend buying these?
I've heard the KEH is a good place...maybe a bit more than eBay, but with them I understand you get a warranty and 2 weeks to try and send back if you're not happy.....
Thoughts? Links? Stories?
Thank you all in advance,
cayenne