Hassy vs digital
 

I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of
accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon
D1X.

Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply
people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and
I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver.
Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon?


pideja

Why don't you take a look at the Hassy digital back?




"Pierre Desjardins" wrote in message
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I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host
of
accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon
D1X.

Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo
supply
people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now
and
I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can
deliver.
Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon?


pideja

In article ,
"Pierre Desjardins" wrote:

I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of
accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon
D1X.

Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply
people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and
I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver.
Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon?

Opinions aside.

One way to tell is to rent a camera first before making a life altering
decision. Most Larger photo dealers in larger cities can do this for
you. Consider is it worth $100.00 to have the answer you need prior to
making your choice.

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:33:11 -0500, "Pierre Desjardins"
wrote:

I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of
accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon
D1X.

Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply
people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and
I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver.
Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon?


pideja


The D1x (6M pixels) is replaced (supersceded) by the D2x (10M pixels).
I used to use 503CW bodies and Zeiss Hassy lenses for most all work.
Then I changed to Pentax 67 and Pentax 645n. Now, all is Nikon D1x in
RAW mode (10M pixels using Bibble).

It was rare that I used or wound up with a rectangular final print or
image. Consequently, the 6x6 frame became a final 6x4.5cm frame.
Hence the move to Pentax 6x7 and 645. Nevertheless, the 6x6 or
cropped 6x4.5 frames produced stunning prints. 16" or 24" prints
were not a problem. but the real problem was that the final output
was not a print--it was a 2" spot in a magazine or text. For this,
I don't need a kit of $10,000. The D1x does a fine job. Plus, I can
shoot, look at the shot and re-shoot if not right. Adjust color,
exposure, subject, etc.

Indeed, rent a camera and see how it works for you. If you are mostly
emulsion-based now, your computer resources will also be affected by
going with all digital. D1x NEF files are about 7MB whereas Nikon
8000 Coolscan TIFF files of emulsion frames are about 50MB or greater.

Your end product is important in this decision and the impact on your
work flow is also important. Try the digital before you make a leap.

Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com

Believe you me,

I use MF, 35mm and digital.
Digital is very handy but is not as good as 35mm not to mind medium format.

Medium format is just streets ahead in terms of print quality.

some of my clients ask for digi but the ones I love still ask for 120.
I love those clients and they really respect what I do.

"Gregory Blank" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Pierre Desjardins" wrote:

I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host
of
accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a
Nikon
D1X.

Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo
supply
people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now
and
I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can
deliver.
Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon?

Opinions aside.

One way to tell is to rent a camera first before making a life altering
decision. Most Larger photo dealers in larger cities can do this for
you. Consider is it worth $100.00 to have the answer you need prior to
making your choice.

Amen!

Truly, dr bob

In article . com,
"tangent" wrote:

some of my clients ask for digi but the ones I love still ask for 120.
I love those clients and they really respect what I do.

You can always pick up a cheaper digital camera slr
and keep the MF. No one says you can't keep equipment thats
paid for. If your mortgaging the house to buy into digital
where will you be in 5 years when the new stuff comes out
and makes what you have obsolete "again".

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

Greg, you're a sharp man.
I was going to swap from Nikon to Canon because they were leading the
digital race, but to sell all of my favourite lenses and find new ones
when 6 months later....who knows?
Meanwhile I pay the mortgage with 6x4.5 Velvia. I wish it was 6x7. (my
6x6 Bronica EC is ready for the bin) but I bought the camera cheap from
a starving photographer, there's plenty of them about.

In article .com,
"tangent" wrote:

Greg, you're a sharp man.
I was going to swap from Nikon to Canon because they were leading the
digital race, but to sell all of my favourite lenses and find new ones
when 6 months later....who knows?
Meanwhile I pay the mortgage with 6x4.5 Velvia. I wish it was 6x7. (my
6x6 Bronica EC is ready for the bin) but I bought the camera cheap from
a starving photographer, there's plenty of them about.

By nature I think we photographers like new gadgets, we also second guess
ourselves a lot in trying to decide what equipment will make us great or
at least known. I remember an article a while back that said in essence,
would you rather buy a brand new camera that might take up to 5 years
to pay for or go someplace great and stay a week each year of those 5
years creating the very images that "WILL" make you known.

Mind you I am not trying to influence your choice, but before consider
move from shooting MF completely there would have to be a $3k digital
SLR able to shoot 14MP at least and it should be full featured and
lighter than my Bronica 6x6. Its a little ways off. But I don't know
whether I would get rid of paid for equipment,....depends on whether I
could sell it at a good enough price I guess.

Thats not to say you can't buy something like a D70 and use those lenses.

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918