One might say that considering its handicap, Hassy did quite well for
itself. It was a money cow of the first order.
Doug
On Feb 15, 2006, at 6:27 AM, redleica wrote:
As much as we all love Hassleblad, they are a manufacturer who always hit the photographer for absolute to dollar.
In view of this greed as I see it I must admit a small amount of satisfaction in their current situation.
It surely is a strange thing to class their backs as difficult to load however.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:06:49
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Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Any Hassy to Rollei 6000 series converts?
On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Jim Brick wrote:
This is not true.
They are simple to load and require no special skill. I have taught many a Hasselblad Workshop and in each workshop have a dozen or more Hasselblad neophytes, that is, folks who have never used a Hasselblad. They always learn how to load a Hasselblad film back within a few minutes and then never have a problem throughout the workshop.
Jim, you're not exactly unbiased when it comes to Hasselblad. Sure people can learn to load Hasselblad magazines, and they even used to hold Hasselblad loading speed contests at Photo Plus in NYC, but once you load a Rollei 6000 magazine, particularly the late model rotating 645 magazine, you realize instantly that this is how a medium format camera should load. I never understood why Hasselblad refused to modernize the film magazine with an insert that went in from the back rather than the side and could be put in either way around. If you check out a late model Kiev 88 magazine, you will see what Hasselblad should have done in the 70s, and Rollei showed how it should have been done in the 80s.
The main thing people have trouble with is putting the edge of the film under that metal piece that pulls it out of the way so you can slide the insert into the magazine. With the late Kiev and Rollei designs you just don't have to fiddle with that. Great improvement.
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