Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] There is a very "Low End" Hassy already -- of course
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:17:41 -0400
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I'm currently having my '59 500c rebuilt.  It was a pleasure to use 
even with a cracked ground glass, no useable shutter speeds below 
1/15, bad light seals, messed-up film spacing, film flatness issues, 
and misadjusted mirror.

Chris


At 10:56 AM 9/22/2010, you wrote:
>A couple of years or so I posted to the lug that i was interested in 
>a Hassy and discovered that there are BOATLOADS of low end hassy's 
>-- in lots of lug closets. You can get a 500cm lens and finder CHEAP 
>here. just ask. you just have to shoot ... film.
>
>
>On Sep 22, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>
> > I used to enjoy shooting Hasselblad, but these days, I read the 
> headline "Low-End Hassy" with the same expectation that I read 
> "Low-End Ferrari" in Car and Driver.  And about the same relevance 
> to me personally.
> >
> > -rei
>
>
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Chris Saganich MS, CPH
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Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York Presbyterian Hospital
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