[HUG] Re: WHERE TO BUY DARK SLIDES (A12) back....

Thanks!

 

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From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of flexbody
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:28 AM
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HUG] Re: WHERE TO BUY DARK SLIDES (A12) back....

 

Hi Bob,

 

I just ordered them from the German distributor.

After two orders they know my name because I always order quantities of
lighttraps as well.

First time I ordered a hundred of those they were out of stock.

 

Besides quantities I order parts they never had before.

For instance the rubber bands around a lens that you grip to focus. 

I like a clean grip and always replace those bands with older lenses.

 

Before they start complaining I only buy small stuff I ask what lenses there
are in stock.

That is how I got my 350 CFE Super Achromat. Not bad I think.

 

Richard

----- Original Message ----- 

From: BOB KISS <mailto:bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 4:00 AM

Subject: [HUG] WHERE TO BUY DARK SLIDES (A12) back....

 

DEAR RICHARD,

            You mentioned that you had just ordered 10 darkslides.  From
whom (and where) do you buy them?  I could use 4 more for my A-12s.   

                        CHEERS!

                                    BOB

 


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From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of flexbody
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:47 AM
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HUG] Re: Oh, my aching (A12) back....

 

Dear Uncle Dick,

 

What a coincidence I just ordered 10 darkslides for my backs. With me they
do not have a chance to become

buckled I simply lose them. This habit did not change with the use of the
latest model backs. I still forget

where I left the things. It is often overlooked but dark slides are an
essential part of the system.

 

For some unknown reason I always liked film backs so I have a good supply of
those.

Even before I had my first 500C body and a pair of lenses I owned 3 film
backs.

 

Besides the ones you mention I also have 4 A16 backs and even a rare A12V.

The A12V is worth mentioning as it is gives 12   6X4.5 exposures in portrait
mode.

I heard the Swedish designer team worked 3 years on this particular model.

I returned the A12V to Sweden twice because I was under the impression it
was an A16 wrongly assembled.

It took a lot of effort from the after sales department to convince me this
is a usefull tool for photographers.

These backs did not sell in quantities so I think they forgot to explain the
features from the A12V to the rest of the world.

 

I would like to forget about Polaroid backs.By now I can admit I am a cheap
shot so I found myself a nice 88 Pola back.

I even managed to find some film for it. What I did not know is this back
should not be used with a focal plane shutter camera.

By saving 100 dollar on a polaback I ruined the shutter of a perfect 2003
FCW camera.

Mind you the feeling to blow up a 1500 $ shutter in 1/500 of a second is a
very special.

You loose a good investment faster than in any poker game.

With age we all get a little wiser and sometimes a little sadder too.

The 2003 FCW is still in use. I had all the insides removed and converted
the camera into a clock.

Every time I look at it I think of the nice Swiss watch I could have bought
for the money I lost.  

 

Richard

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Stein <mailto:rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:16 AM

Subject: [HUG] Oh, my aching (A12) back....

 

Dear Richard,

 

            Please forgive me for replying late. I have just been dug out of
an industrial accident and it has taken time for the paramedics to bandage
my head.

 

            I was caught in a landslide of old Linhof Super Rollex backs at
work. The pile shifted and a 6x9 slid over and then all hell broke loose. I
barely escaped one Cine Rollex as it hurtled past my ear but the next one
got me. It all went black and then this bright white light shone down and it
was Nicholas Karpf.who reached down and rescued the Linhof back and left me
there on the floor. I think this is a message..

 

            NEVERTHELESS. You asked about the A series backs. Get any one
you want - they all fit the basic mounting frame. Get black or silver and it
makes only an aesthetic difference - not a mechanical one. But discipline
yourself - restrict your buying to backs that are a matched pair - insert
and shell - and do not bother with chatty old things that have pieces
missing or obvious mechanical damage. The market is so favourable at present
to the buyer that you do not have to put up with questionable equipment -
good gear is affordable. The seals that trap the dark slide need replacement
every so often but this is an easy tech or home job.

 

            Likewise do not continue to use the stainless steel dark slides
if they are noticeably buckled. New ones are cheap enough and do not strain
the magazine structure in use.

 

            You can never have too many magazines. A reasonable supply for,
say, a retired grandmother from Pasadena would be 5 x A12, 3 x A24, 2 x
A16S, and one of the Auto 9.5 Panorama backs that takes Pathe cine film and
makes the panorama pictures that featured in Grand Central Station in New
York. Kodak used to take credit for them but it was really the little old
lady from Pasadena.

 

            Oh, and a Polaroid back but don't use Polaroid film - use Fuji.
Trust me on this.

 

Uncle Dick

 

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