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I remember finding this page a while ago: Hasselblad MK70 If you look at the 4th image, you can see how the reseau plate is inserted into the body. As I look at the back of my hasselblad, it looks like I can see where they placed that plate in. I don't think you have to even remove the barn doors on the back. From the image on that link, it looks like there are 2 solder joints as well.

Hey everyone, Is there a way to get a réseau plate to go on to my Hasselblad 503cx like they used in NASA for their moon shots? I know they won't have any scientific value to me, but the look is interesting.

Thanks for replying! :) I was curious what you meant by that. When you say image quality being better on large format compared to others, are you restricting it to film or it doesn't matter? I ask because I've been trying to understand what everyone keeps talking about that have a larger format will make for better images in terms of resolution. I was trying to understand what that meant because when I take a shot on my Sony with it's 42mp sensor, and I zoom in on the image, I can see incredible detail. But my scans from my medium format film do not have that kind of detail. So I guess that's a difference between sharpness and resolution. I can get the best scan ever, but I'll zoom in and I'll just see grain. I mean it makes sense since the deeper you zoom in on digital you end up hitting individual pixels, and film has no pixels, but I just enjoy zooming in on images and seeing the sharp detail still there and wanted to see that happen on film as well. I also enjoy the look of these old cameras and the way it makes me slow down and think so as not to throw away money. The whole process is fun with film, whilst digital is amazing but I can fire away and never care and have 1000 images of the same crap. So, I want to get into large format now. Also I noticed the DoF is very different on my Mamiya RZ67 compared to shots I get on my sony.

Hi everyone, I stumbled upon this article Lens review: Schneider Xenotar 150mm f/2.8 + Linhof Technikardan (plus video) - by Alastair Bird « EMULSIVE and was wondering if this lens is only able to go on a Linhof camera. I want to get into large format, but have been looking at Tachihara, Shen Hao, and Chamonix cameras mostly. I don't think I want a camera on a rail like what this photographer uses. I like the foldable wooden ones that you can go out with. Is this lens only made for Linhof cameras or can it go into one of those foldable types? Also, I'm trying to learn about large format lenses and I can't seem to find resources that speak about them. I just keep finding threads about lenses mostly being old and everyone mentions that they're at most f/5.6. Regardless of aperture sizes, where can I find a good resource that talks about all of the best large format lenses? Do manufacturers continue to make new ones like the major brands do for their full frame cameras? I have a Sony a7r2 with a bunch of great lenses. I mostly keep my Sony Zeiss 35 1.4 on it and it takes great images. I also have a Hasselblad 503cx and Mamiya RZ67 Pro ii. I honestly think the Mamiya beats the Hasselblad in image quality. Probably due to the size of the film being larger and lens is sharper. Don't get me wrong, my Hasselblad looks brand new and lens is great as well. I even used an adapter to put the Hasselblad lenses on my Sony and they're not bad, but all images from the Mamiya just look better. I digress :)

This is great! It's easy of course when you're using a tripod though, but my initial question was for portrait shooting handheld outdoors.

well then....anyone in NYC want to take a look at my CB lens to let me know? :)

Ah yes, of course I have now considered changing my film as well! I forgot to mention that. I purchased a pack of Portra 160 now and I was even told by a friend I could meter it at a smaller value as well. I forget what he said, maybe meter at ISO 100 or even ISO 50, does that make sense? I guess the bayonet thread does make it easier to screw on and off quickly. Doing portraits outdoors I would probably want to be handheld. I've also been a bit upset at the quality I'm getting from my 80mm f/2.8 CB lens. I recently purchased a 50mm f/4 CF lens in very mint condition from Japan and I believe it seems to be sharper. The CB lens and body also came from Japan and look mint as well, but I am a bit upset at the quality I am getting out of it, even when I use flash. I'm now most likely going to pick up a very nice mint RZ67 Pro I or Pro II this week from one of those Japan sellers as well, there are some absolute mint ones on ebay.

hey everyone! I was shooting some portraits in bright sunny conditions and noticed I was getting the typical sunny 16 happening. Foolishly using ISO 400 I was getting aperture measurements of f/22 and f/16 and so on. I want to get shallower depth of field, so of course I figured to now get an ND filter. Then I realized I might have a tough time focusing. What are your experiences when using an ND filter on hasselblads or other SLR's? If I'm doing handheld portrait shooting, do I get my focus and then slap on the filter? I feel that I may lose the focus on what I want, but I guess if I get like a 3-stop filter it will at least bring me down from f/16 to like 5.6 which is much better of course and I guess I could still get most in focus while blurring the background.