[Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I've shot a fair bit with Hasselblads, but when it comes to speed the Mamiya 
645 beat it handily. Best move I made was getting the M645 for construction 
and aerial shooting. Only thing was I still needed the Hasselblad SWC 
because the Mamiya 35mm was a dog. The lenses between 50mm and 110mm were 
extremely good, and some beyond that as well, and with a winder it made a 
very competent package. I used it for aerial photography, and with a bundle 
of preloaded film inserts it was overall quicker to use than 35mm (next to 
no reloading time) as long as you didn't need to shoot more than about 1 
frame per second. Shooting with the 50/4 shift lens was also as fast and 
handy as using the 28mmPC on a Nikon.

On the other hand, street shooting isn't where the M645 shone.


On 2012-03-16, at 11:39 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> 
> On Mar 16, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Vick Ko wrote:
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>> And, a Hasselblad is as fast as an M.
> 
> Having shot both Hasselbad and Ms for nearly 5 decades
> I can't agree with this Vick.
> 
> No way does the 'blad compete with the M for "speed."
> not in focusing
> not in film advancing
> not in shutter releasing
> not in f:stop speed
> and
> not in steady shots at any given shutter speed : focal length ratio
> 
> though a Rolleiflex does compete well in terms of "speed"
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
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Henning Wulff
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