[rollei_list] Re: Any Hassy to Rollei 6000 series converts?
- From: Bob Haight <rhaightjr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:36:39 -0800 (PST)
I should have taken Jim Brick's course on loading
Hassy mags because so often the negs are not evenly
spaced, fine, just not perfectly spaced like the
Rollei. Bob H.
--- dnygr <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim, one can learn to load a Hassy's film holder,
> but it is not as easy as the Rollei's. On my Biogon,
> I have to always make sure I lead the film under the
> metal piece that holds it tight. Not a big deal, but
> a step that, if you forget to do it, fouls things up
> for a short period while you undo your mistake--not
> to mention it is a step you don't have to do with
> the Rollei's.
>
> I think they will find WMD in Iraq before I believe
> the Hassy is easy to use. If you like it, fine. I
> own the Biogon and the 503 and I love them, but I
> would never maintain they are easy to use.
>
> Some people complain about Leicas. I like them, I
> find them easy to use, but others do not. I don't
> think they are heavy. Others do. Maybe they are, but
> I don't care. The same may be true for you with
> Hassys.
>
> My feeling is that if you feel a camera works for
> you, that it matches how you see and what you want
> to do, the rest doesn't matter.
>
> The Hassy jams are easily remedied. It's not a
> modern design, but that is its charm. I like that
> old-fashioned feel. An older Porsche 911 has a feel
> all to itself. It has character and I think Hassys
> do too.
>
> I also like to work with my Rolleis. I don't get the
> same satisfaction from my digital equipment. And
> while it's nice to see whether a shot works right
> away, I love waiting to see in the darkroom what
> I've got.
>
> I'm sure your Hassy gives you lots of satisfaction,
> and in the end, that's all that matters.
>
> Cheers--Doug Nygren
>
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:26:12 -0800
>
> >At 12:32 PM 2/15/2006 -0800, Bob Haight wrote:
> >
> >>The Hassy film holders are really a pain to use
> >>requiring just the right tension.
> >
> >
> >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
> >
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