[Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa

[jwlee01 at gmail.com (John Lee)]

Adam,

It's the Hasselblad 205TCC that you're referring to and the normal lens
for the camera is a Zeiss 80mm lens. The camera has been out production
for a couple of years.

Happy Holidays!

Cheers,
John

On 12/23/05, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember there being a "zone system" Hassy whose metering system
> allowed you to position a bug and set a zone number for that area - it
> did some fancy things like warn you if, having set zone 3 at one place
> that zone 9 was going to be blown out.
>
> Is that correct? Are those cameras still out there?
>
> I'm thinking just a plain-jane 500C system with a 75 would be an
> interesting place to start shooting medium format - although the
> Pentax 645 I saw for sale here looks like an interesting entry point
> also. I've always had a feeling that the optics for the Hassellblads
> was just that much better.
>
> I assume that someone out on the net has written a "how to buy a used
> Hassellblad system spendingi not very much so you can afford a digital
> M" but I haven't found it.
>
> Medium format entry points appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
>
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