maktime

Yup CR Kennedy is the authoried service agent but they send all the hassy gear to be

serviced in NZ now a days so could be a while before you get it back.

You can also check out "Legend Camera Repairs" They are good and were recommended to

me by the guys at "Photo Riesel"

They can check everything for you and give you a quote to whether you want to go ahead

with the repairs or not.

They are located at

Level 5

Shop 16a/428 George Street

Sydney 2000

Phone number is: 9232 1225

They are right next to the Myers building and Dymocks book store.

Cheers,

Berry

Hi all!

I am going to be a owner of a F100 camera real soon in about 2 weeks or so! It's a big

jump for me as this is my first AF camera! I am moving up from a Nikon F2 to a Nikon

F100 so it's a big jump!

I wanted to ask about flashes. I want to purchase a Metz 45 CT-4 and was wondering if

anyone uses this combo? As I would like a flash that would work with both my Hasselblad

503cw and F100...

Thanks to all how reply

Cheers,

Berry

Get the hassy :D

I bought a hasselblad 503CW about 1 year now and have never turned back beautiful

camera and it takes fantastic photos with the carl zeiss lenses!

Berry

Attila Thehun , sep 30, 2004; 11:24 a.m.

I very recently refreshed the NiCads in a 45-40 batery pack that I bought as "dead" in

eBay. Fitted 2,500mAh batteries at a fraction of the cost of a Metz pack.

Remember though to:

a) Buy "tagged" rechargeable batteries;

c) Note the arrangement of the old batteries very carefully before removing them;

c) Snip off and reuse the long strip of metal that joins the top of two batteries but plunges

down between them (to clear a moulding strut inside the holder).

Charge the new batteries for many hours - the first charge on mine took 36 hours (with a

Metz 402-12d charger) before it delivered full voltage.

AtH

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Okies I thought you could only put nicads in and you coudln't use nickel metal hydride

ones? I didn't find any nicads that were more then 1000mAh

Robert Davis , sep 30, 2004; 11:33 a.m.

Which batteries did you buy? Awhile back I checked the prices on 1700 batteries and the

cost for six including shipping wasn't much cheaper then just buying a new Metz pack.

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Mine were cheap but then again they were only 1000mAh

ahh cools I didn't know you could get empty batterie housings to recharge batteries.

Thanks for that I might look into that later. I ended up buy some 1000 miliamp batteries

and took them to my technician and he soldered them into the housing as well as cleaning

it for me. Only costed me 20 dollars so that was good value.

thanks for the repy!

Berry

Hi all,

I have just purchased a couple of 45-40 rechargeable batterie packs and I think one pack

is dead.

I wanted to ask what the specs are of the batteries and also would it be possible for me to

replace these with "regular" rechargeable batteries? or do I need the 45-40 ones?

Hope someone can answer my question as I couldn't find much on the metz site.

Cheers,

Berry

Hi all,

thanks for all the replies so far. Yea I'm not sur what the lighting will be as their isn't a

rehearsal that I can sit in at. But I do really want to do a good job as their might be some

money in it later (i'm shooting them for my uncles kids and if they turn out good hopefully

other kids parents will want me to shoot their kids and pay too! :D

I did see the portra new 800 UC at the store but wasn't sure what it was.....so half of the

people say npz and the other half say portra 800 hmm i might get a couple rolls of each

and shoot both to see whas the diff...

Thanks for all the replies and advice please keep them coming :D

Cheers,

Berry

Hi all,

I just wanted to ask how pushable is the kodak Portra 400 line of film?

I want to shoot a kids singing contest with kodak portra 400 but i might need to push it to

800 as i don't want to use flash...

thanks all for viewing and replying

Cheers,

Berry

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies and the info on the polaroid films. I got some out of date 669

polaroid film I'll be testing it on Sunday if i have time this week woohoo can't wait :d

How bout fuji they also make polaroid film would i be able to use them with my hassy 100

polaroid film back?

Thanks again and sorry for the late reply.

Berry

I'm using a metz 45 ct-4 with the sca 390 adapter.

Cools thanks for the help guys

I was a bit confused earlier thanks to someone i know trying to tell me one thing then

another....

but I'm sticking what you guys have told me :D

Thanks again

Berry

Hi all,

I'm real confused at the moment with how to use fill flash with my hasselblad 503cw.

In my mind I'm thinking

If I'm shooting with iso 400 film

I turn the dial to say 800 because you don't need as much light for iso 800?

I'm so kungfused right now. Hope you guys can unkungfuse me

thanks all!

Berry

Hi all,

I will be receiving a hasselblad polaroid 100 back, and wanted to ask what type of film do I

use with it? I went down to a minilab and they had all these different types of polaroid film

like 600..1200...400... etc etc

Also is the polaroid back limietd to only a certian number of iso polaroid film? (sorry don't

know if polaroids have isos).

I will be using this back for previewing and test shots.

The main types of film I will be using are

kodak tmax 100, 400

kodak portra 160, 400

(I haven't decided on which slide films yet)

What kind of polaroid film should I be using to get close to what the final print will look

like?

Hope someone can help.

Cheers all,

Berry

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies I think you guys have convinced me to get the B800 instead :D

which is great it'll be alot cheaper. I'll most likely save for the B800 a air cushioned stand

and a large softbox. Thanks to all who replied and helped me see the light!

One other question does anyone know if Alien Bees will do the power conversions? I'm in

Australia and was wondering if they would change the power to conform with Australian

standards? Sorry not sure if that is the correct wording/terminology

Cheers,

Berry

Hi Andy,

Thanks for your reply. Hmm ok now I'm having 2nd thoughts about the 1600 and yea GO TIM THE TOOLMAN TAYLOR!! *GRUNT* which format do you shoot in? 35mm? medium format?

I guess I'd be trying to use my hasselblad more with the lights then my nikon F2 but I guess their will come a time when I will want to use the lights with my F2 hmm..

Just a lil concerned I won't get enough power with my Hasselblad....

Thanks for raising this with me.

Cheers,

Berry

Hi!

Thanks for all the responses so far! I'm thinking of purchasing the 1600 bee along with a air cushoioned 13 foot stand and maybe a softbox as well.

I know it might be a bit overkill with the 1600 but I was thinking better to have more power and be able to reduce it then getting a strobe that isn't as powerful and then needing to upgrade or purchase another one later.

Time to start saving for the gear now :D

Cheers all!

Thanks Berry!

Hi all!

I've been thinking about getting some strobes and have been reading good things about

the alien bee line of strobes. I wanted to ask if anyone has used them with a medium

format camera? I will be using it with my hasselblad 503cw. So I wanted to know if their is

enough power. I want to start off with portraits/portfolio shots, head shots. But would like

to have enough power to also do still life (shooting at F16 and more)

Hoping someone could help me out with making a decision.

Also am open to other suggestions for other strobes.

Cheers,

Berry

Hi Benoit :D

Thanks for the photo of the clamp in action I was thinking about doing that as well.

WIll do If I figure out a fancier way of using them I'll let you know

Regards,

Berry

Hi Benoit :D

Thanks for the quick reply and also trying to scan the instructiosn in for me :D if you can't

do that would you be able to take some photos of the clamps in action? being used? thats

if you have a digital camera so ti'll be easy to upload them.

Thanks once again!

Berry

Hi all!

I recently bidded and won a Bogen Background Support System 3337 from eBay. Got a

good price for it. But they didn't come with any instructions :(

I was wondering if anyone had a pdf of it?

I just want to know how to attach the two clamps they came with the system. Call me

dumb or noob. But I can't figure out how to attach them to the system while holding up a

backdrop.....

Hope someone can help me :D Need to shoot some portfolio shots and need to figure out

soon how to work these clamps!

Thanks all for viewing and replying :D

Cheers,

Berry

I have a Hasselblad 503cw and was also thinking about getting the D-40 flash. But it

doesn't allow much control at all. Since you just plug it in and it does all the thinking for

you (TTL) I don't think you would be able to use the flash with the 500c/M ( please correct

me if I'm wrong guys)

But basically I bought a Metz 45 CT-4 and am using that now. Which is a much better

optoin for me. It plugs into the 503cw through the metz sca 390 adapter and relevant

cables for TTL. And I can also use the same flash with my Nikon F2 (which doesnt' have

TTL) with the normal regular cable.

I don't think the Metz 45 ct-4 is all that expensive. You can pick them up for around the

US 200 or so on ebay? Maybe even less.

Hope this helps

Berry

Hi Kevin,

So you use a 503CW with a winder attached as well as the hasselblad flash bracket and a

45ct-4 flash attached to the flash bracket? Which model is the bracket? How do you get to

the focusing rings etc? from underneath the camera? I would like to hear more of your

thoughts and experiences please.

I was also looking at the stroboframe pro-66 frame too with the adjustable height bar

where the flash sits maybe that will stop me from headbutting the flash hehehe

thanks all for viewing and replying

Cheers,

Berry

I go to two different places in Sydney

One is

Whilton Camera Services

they are located opposite of hyde park on elizabeth street

the other one is called

Legend Camera Services

Shop 10, Level 1 428 George St, Sydney 2000

The technicians at both stores are very good.

Hope this was of help

I've taken almost all of my nikon gear to those to stores to be cleaned and lubed

lenses included were

85.14 ais

105 2.8 micro

80-200 f4.5 ais

200 f4 micro

Cheers,

Berry

Hi Nadine,

Thanks for the reply. I also forgot to mention that I will be using the waist level finder as I

cannot afford any of the prisms yet. is the stroboframe flash bracket compatible with the

WLF? Will I be able to look down through the WLF without head butting the bracket or the

flash that is mounted on it?

Cheers,

Berry

Hi all,

I would to purchase a flash bracket for my metz 45ct-4 and was wondering what are

other peoples recommendations. I was thinking if I had my cw winder attached what

kind of flash bracket would be viable? I'll have to use my left hand for

focusing,aperture and shutter. So I was looking at a few flash brackets but didn't

know which one to get. As it looks like theirs a big gap between the body and the

bracket which would maka it hard for me get my left hand around to change the

focus, aperture or shutter.

Or do people think I'm better off without the cw winder attached and get a jones flash

bracket? *shrugs*

Thanks for looking and replying!

Cheers,

Berry

Hmm ok.

I do have a sekonic L-608 super zoom master. But I haven't been able to work out how to

add in the extension tube factor for macro shots. Well I haven't got the tubes yet but will

do soon. I guess I should purchase a copy of wildis hasselblad book. Which one would be

the one to get? I know their are about 2 different books am i right?

I do also have black and white coloured filters as well as a polariser. Thats why i was also

looking for a prism. I'd love to have a PME90 or a PME45 but the price is too high for me

unfortunately.

Thanks for the advice!

Berry