michael_darrah

Thanks to all who responded to my question. Bill, I'm new to MF and Hasselblad. My question obviously upset you? Where I work, If you don't know about something, you either ask or you could end up dead or seriously injured. Asking is a habit for me. I checked the "new" and the "hasselblad" archives and found very little that dealt with my question. Had I found more than one "thread" I would have never asked the question. Also, being new to Hasselblad, I had no idea at all that someone from Hasselblad USA would actually bother to answer an e-mail from someone they've never even heard of. My fault. Try asking Nikon a question and see what you get! We all have to start somewhere!......

Thanks again to all........Mike

I've read that the C series lenses for Hasselblads will be a thing of

the past soon as repair parts are running out and are not going to be

made available any longer. Does anyone know how long parts for the

CF series are going to available. I've just started in MF and Can't

afford many new CFi and CFe lenses. However, I don't want to buy

lenses that I can't get repaired in a few years either! Any

responses, comments, references, or other information would be

greatly appreciated.

Thanks........Mike

Very much thanks to you who answered my query. Although now I'm not looking forward to getting my first few rolls back. I guess thats how to learn though. I'll read some more threads here and find some books on light reading and go back to work to try to understand this facet of photography.

Again, many thanks to those who answered.......

Mike

For some time now I've taken my 35mm gear with me to work to record

some of the "more memorable" moments that occur there. I work

outdoors w/high voltage equipment and some real interesting sights

occur occasionally.

I've recently purchased a Hasselblad 501 cm kit w/ a few extra

acessories and a sekonic 508 spot/ambient light meter.

A few days ago, some of the men on my crew had the opportunity to use

some rather large earth moving equipment in preparation for an

upcoming high voltage cable installation job. I wanted to record the

progression of work in MF. As I prepared the camera and film backs I

wondered which function of the sekonic meter was going to give me the

most accurated reading for exposure. I was a day of rapidly changing

lighting situations. First sunny and then totally overcast. I tried

spot metering of the equipment itself for some tight shots, and then

went to ambient measurement just to see if the two readings would

match. They didn't. I've mostly relied on the spot function of this

meter since I've purchased the Hasselblad, but I've not had any of my

exposed film developed yet. Can someone tell me which method, spot

or ambient, should have been used to determine exposures in this

situation. Any instruction, opinions, ideas, or even a verbal

flogging would be greatly appreciated........

Thanks

Mike

Thanks to all that responded. I think I've made the right decision with the Proxars.

Your time, opinions, and responces are very much appreciated.

Thanks......Mike

I am new to MF but learning quickly. I've read this forum for many

months and tried some mf gear before deciding on Hasselblad.

I've made my lense choices but now am adding accessories. In

particular, Proxar close up adapters. I don't want to invest in

extension tubes right now. My quuestion is this. Proxars are listed

as F=0.5M T* and similar. Basically, what does this mean.

I see they are readily available used and not terrible expensive, but

I don't want to buy several just to get the one or two I would use.

I'd like to be able to make a 150 Sonnar focus slightly closer.

(Portraits) and possibly make a Tele 350 mm focus up to abt 2.5 or

3 ft.. Any suggestions or ideas would be a great help and as always

will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.......Mike

I'm new to MF. I'm trying to learn to take my time and "create

images" with a true understanding of how things work. I no longer

want to rely on automatic "gadgets". I recently puchased a new

Hasselblad 501 cm to begin my education.

I like to take wildlife pictures (outdoors at varying distances) as

well as informal shots of my family and occasionally a formal

portrait. My film choice is Velvia for outdoors and NPH or NPS for

indoors. My wildlife shots may be at any time of day or night and my

inside shots are taken in average to not so good incandescant home

lighting. Is there a "one works for everything" flash, or would two

different flashes produce the best results?

Any opinions or ideas would be greatly appreciated

Thanks........Mike

Colm,

I just "joined" the Hasselblad family today with the purchase of a new 501 C/M, A12, and 80mm lense. I checked my A12 back and it does exactly as you described yours. I'm not an authorized Hasselblad nut yet, but I too think this is normal.

Regards......Mike