victor4 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 In this day and age of 'everyone' switching to digital, thought it might be worth noting the following article wherein it is noted that Sports Illustrated still uses Hasselblads. The article itself is about their digital workflow but mention of their use of Hassy's seemed noteworthy, or not. The mention(s) and photo appear on the 2nd page of said article. If this is not appropriate use of this forum I apologize in advance. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6453-6821 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueviews Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 My take on the article is that even at SI, 90+% is digital with a little film still being shot but that will go away soon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_liao Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I think the only time Sports Illustrated would use a Hasselblad or any other medium format camera now is on the their swimsuit edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_pearce Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Isn't it SI that mounts a motorized 'blad behind the backboard? Bill Pearce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
._._z Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 In this day of 'everyone' switching to digital, the article confirms that it is happening: <p> <i> <b> The process starts with the photographers, the large majority of whom are shooting this Super Bowl with Canon EOS-1D camera </b> </i><p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb_seb Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 lol. 'Every sport photograph' does not mean 'everyone'. Personnaly, it is not a surprise. For sport and more generaly newspapers, digital has been ruling for several years. And then ? I do never photograph sport and do not care about this. Will this article make me sell my Hasselblad system ? I don't think so. Also, remember the 2 sentences mentionning Hasselblad : - "He and other staffers still use a few remoted Hasselblads at basketball games and say that nothing else looks quite as good" - "A strobed basketball game on a Hasselblad has a sharp line and a punch that digital doesn't have" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_milner2 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I don't care if Sports Illustrated and every other magazine and paper switches to digital, I will go on shooting film because I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor4 Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 What surprised me was that they use(d) Hasselblads in the first place and also that they continue to do so. I figured that they would have been totally digital for quite awhile now. Not being a sports shooter I just presumed a Blad would just be too slow. Didn't realize they mounted remotes. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_lewis Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Yes, you can often see SI's Hasselblad's behind the backboard in replays. It's neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul utkin Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I believe that 2-3, may be 5 more years will sort all this stuff out. MF belongs where it belongs - studios, landscapes, any high quality work that goes printed at 11x14 and above. Same 'bigger is better' rule still works - bigger sensor is better than smaller sensor in the same fashion as bigger film better than small film. As soon as industry will find the way to reduce production costs and original 'digital boom' will be over - everything will come back to its places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregory_gardner Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Does anyone know of any further information about these remoted Hasselblad's? For example, sample images, how often they are reloaded, how they are focused, where the strobes are, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_collard Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I'm a journalist for pay (Canon 1Ds') and a landscape shooter (Blad) for fun so, I can shed a little more light on the usage of Blads in sports. They mainly use 553 ELX cameras with 40mm, 50mm , 60mm and 150mm lenses for baskerball. Sometimes a 250mm on certain cases. The 40 is used behind the glass, the 50 on the post, the 60 on the floor and the 150 on the side of the court. They use A-24 backs and have an assistant look at the frames remaining during time-outs and half time on the floor and post cameras. The camera behind the glass is not accessable during NCAA games. Some NBA shooters do check the glass camera during halftime when permitted. The Blads speed or lack of doesn't come into play for basketball because you can only shoot one frame every two seconds due to recycle times on the Speedotron strobes. All cameras are prefocused on certain zones that usually see action. I hope this help to understand how the Blads are used in basketball withe strobes. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekcj Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Great article. Thanks for posting the link. I buy one Sports Illustrated as year, the Super Bowl issue. They ran a similar article some years ago describing the day with film that was fascinating too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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