At 04:37 PM 10/20/99 +0000, you wrote:
>John Petrush wrote:
>
>>Hassleblad system. Solid mechanical beasts, incomparable optics, utterly
>>reliable.
>
>Not everyone agrees on this, and the Hasselblads also have their quirks.
>One thing I don't like: they trade heavily on having been to the moon, but
>I don't care - I don't plan on going there. I'm sure they're great cameras,
>YMMV and so on, but there are plenty of options in MF these days.
>
Well, what little I've played with them, I can say that the basic
mechanical body (500CM) is incredibly light weight. Point the lens at the
sun - no flare. It is weird that the mirror stays up after a shot. And they
are extremely pricey.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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