B&W Images here.....

[simonpg]

Beautiful shooting gentlemen! Thanks for sharing them!

 

[bensonga]

Haven't posted an image here for too long. Here's one from last summer (I think) with the 501CM and most likely the 50mm CFi.

I should go back and shoot this as a proper panoramic photo with the CFV-II.

Gary
Alaska

 

[simonpg]

Nice post Gary.

Haven't posted an image here for too long. Here's one from last summer (I think) with the 501CM and most likely the 50mm CFi.

I should go back and shoot this as a proper panoramic photo with the CFV-II.

Gary
Alaska

BUT, a proper panorama with the CFV-II???? Well here is a "proper panoramic" - taken with a Hasselblad XPan II Of course this is not an XPan section, but I could not resist the opportunity for a smile from the wonderful XPan with its 45mm lens and Ilford XP2 @ 400 iSO - I just love this camera!

 

[bensonga]

Nice post Gary.

BUT, a proper panorama with the CFV-II???? Well here is a "proper panoramic" - taken with a Hasselblad XPan II Of course this is not an XPan section, but I could not resist the opportunity for a smile from the wonderful XPan with its 45mm lens and Ilford XP2 @ 400 iSO - I just love this camera!

Well said and a very nice image Simon! Since I don't have a proper panoramic camera like the X-Pan, I will have to make do with Adobe CS3 Photomerge and the CFV files. I will post the results here when my efforts have achieved the desired results.....in BW, of course!

In the meantime, here's another BW image from the 501CM.

Gary
Alaska

 

[polypal]

In the meantime, here's another BW image from the 501CM.

Gary
Alaska

Hello Gary,

That is the strangest 501 CM I have ever seen.
I hope this does not confuse Glenn who is looking for a 501 CM camera!


Paul

 

[bensonga]

Hello Gary,

That is the strangest 501 CM I have ever seen.
I hope this does not confuse Glenn who is looking for a 501 CM camera!


Paul

Hi Paul,

I must be missing something......I don't understand. Agreed, it is not a square image, but what else about this image does not comport with being taken with a 501CM?

I suppose it's possible I took this image with my 553ELX, so maybe that's the problem!

I don't keep very accurate records of my film exposures anymore....I've been spoiled by using digital image file EXIF data to keep track of what I shoot and with what camera. Too bad there isn't a way to have a Hasselblad film back retrofitted to capture this data. Heck, I'd be happy if the CFV back just captured more of the camera data.

Gary
Alaska

 

[polypal]

Sorry Gary,

I was playing a word game and looking at it again I was not even right.
I read picture from as picture of.
Nothing to it.

BTW the 553 ELX is a great body, all EL versions are.
They are built stronger and last longer than non motorised versions.
Top of the cream are the MK 70 ELM bodies.
Their already strong built was improved to make them rock solid.

I would like to repeat the words of Marc Williams:
"Long after we are all gone and are pushing up daisies these cameras will still be going strong."
A bloody shame a decent 500 ELM body is going well under 200 USD these days.


Paul

 

[bensonga]

Sorry Gary,
I was playing a word game and looking at it again I was not even right.
I read picture from as picture of.
Nothing to it.

I thought that might be the case, but didn't want to presume to know what you had in mind.

BTW the 553 ELX is a great body, all EL versions are.
They are built stronger and last longer than non motorised versions.

I sure like mine....for my purposes, the only thing perhaps better would be the 555 ELD as the perfect mate to my CFV back.

I would like to repeat the words of Marc Williams:
"Long after we are all gone and are pushing up daisies these cameras will still be going strong."
A bloody shame a decent 500 ELM body is going well under 200 USD these days.

Absolutely! I figure these cameras will be going strong long after I'm gone, which presents a dilema in and of itself.....when the time comes, it would be nice to give them to a friend or family member who will use and appreciate them.....and not sell them for a measly $200 USD!!

Gary
Alaska

 

[polypal]

I thought that might be the case, but didn't want to presume to know what you had in mind.

Absolutely! I figure these cameras will be going strong long after I'm gone, which presents a dilema in and of itself.....when the time comes, it would be nice to give them to a friend or family member who will use and appreciate them.....and not sell them for a measly $200 USD!!

Gary
Alaska

It is a lame excuse but English is my second best language after my native tongue that is.

There are a few more cameras to think about here!

Paul

 

[Jim Spaw]

an early Hasselblad photo

here is a photo I took in 1970 as a new art graduate. The Hasselblad was a used 500C with a 80mm lens, Kodak Plus-X film, shot from a tripod at night
in Kansas City, Missouri.