Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm versus 120
From: "Isaac H Crawford" <isaacc@flashcom.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 18:38:06 -0500
 
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] 35mm versus 120


> That makes NO sense.  I know dozens of VERY experienced MF shooters, as
> well as I am certainly one, and I do nothing 'special' to 'keep my film
> flat'.
>
> What, exactly, do 'experienced MF shooters' DO to supposedly keep the film
> flat?
>
> Just as a note, THE bible on Hasselblad photography, called "The
Hasselblad
> Manual" only references 'film flatness' in ONE statement on matching the
> backs with the inserts.  If this were truly a problem, and if 'experienced
> MF shooters' actually did 1) have a problem with film flatness, and 2)
> actually did something about it, it would be mentioned in this book.

    I doubt it. Mr. Wilidi has been in Hassleblad's pocket for years... He'd
never get a negative remark like that by Hasselblad.

Isaac
>