My Friday people this week is Simon, I noticed him taking photographs around Brighouse using a old Hasselblad 500C/M camera with a film back, intrigued I went and had a word with him, Simon explained he was taking a photographic degree course at university and was collecting architectural shots as part of the course, we spent some time discussing his Hasselblad camera he said he loved the hands on nature of taking, developing and printing his own images from the camera, Simon also had a digital slr camera for use on the course and enjoyed using Lightroom to manipulate digital images but much preferred the roll film work using a camera that does exactly what you tell it, before wishing him well I asked if I could add him to my strangers album and he said yes.
@quietpurplehaze Thanks Hazel the Hasselblad 500 was a camera I wanted but could never afford, used by professionals the world over in its day,
Hasselblad 500 system camera was born in 1957. The 500 series is renowned for its excellent optics, sturdiness, reliability and compact size, and it has only recently been ousted as the professional camera of choice by the advent of Canon and Nikon DSLRs. Almost everything is interchangeable – lenses, prism/viewfinder, film-winding knob and film back – which makes it an extremely flexible system. The square 6x6cm format on 120 rollfilm makes the most of the image circle from the lens and means you don’t have to turn the camera sideways for portrait photographs.
@jorlam Thank you for your great comments Jorlam, how could could I walk by after noticing his camera of choice, we ended up chatting about cameras and photography he had very clear view on what he wanted to achieve after obtaining his degree, I wished him well and hoped it all worked out for him:)
Hasselblad 500 system camera was born in 1957. The 500 series is renowned for its excellent optics, sturdiness, reliability and compact size, and it has only recently been ousted as the professional camera of choice by the advent of Canon and Nikon DSLRs. Almost everything is interchangeable – lenses, prism/viewfinder, film-winding knob and film back – which makes it an extremely flexible system. The square 6x6cm format on 120 rollfilm makes the most of the image circle from the lens and means you don’t have to turn the camera sideways for portrait photographs.
Thanks for the info. I had heard of this camera but did not realise how important it was. Handy for portraiture!