I love 645 format but the problem of the A16 or 16 back on the Hasselblad is that its just really good for horizontals. Not verticals. Very awkward operating the camera on its side with modern prisms which stick you way off to the side. In the past years though I discovered the older prisms in the catalog before the Polaroid backs came out and they were designed and made in Germany not Sweden The HC-1 Reflex 90 degree finder first made for Hasselblad by the famous Hensoldt of Wetzlar. I got mine for 90 bucks. With this finder the Hassy becomes like a compact 645 camera which can be flipped easily on its side and used for verticals or portraits and flipped back again and like a typical 35mm camera. 16 on a roll and a relief from squares. I love this option. Especially as you don't really end up loosing any quality in the processs. mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mark William Rabiner > From: Frank Filippone <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: "hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:08:13 -0700 > To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [HUG ] Re: A16 back > > Not my experience.... I have not yet bought an A16 back because the A12 > backs are cheaper..... > > I am looking for some reasonably priced A32 backs... anyone ? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Q.G. de Bakker > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 4:09 PM > To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [HUG ] Re: A16 back > > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> An A16S is a nice source of parts for an A16 that needs them. I found >> one (practically new) recently for around 20 EURObucks. > > An A16 is also a nice source for parts an A16 may need. > Also cheap. And, compared to A16S backs, positively abundant. > So why reduce the numbers of A16S backs that are out there to fix a more > common A16? Don't! > > > > ============================================================================ > ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > > > > ============================================================================== > =============================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) > and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.