Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jean-Michel: I love the Hasselblad. I still use the M9 and the iPhone, but I use the 4x5 for most of my "good stuff" and the Hasselblad on a tripod is not too shobby quality wise comparing to the 4x5. So... I process all my films, B&W, C41 and slides, although I mainly use C41 now for just about everything. I got the process down pat, so it doesn't take that much time. With the big negs, I rarely need to do much post processing. Since I like to print BIG on the "good stuff" (e.g. 17x22" or up), I am pushing the limit of the M9 at that size (and up), but the 4x5 and 6x6 just laugh at it :-) I would think that the SL would be perfect for me, but I am running out of kidney... As for the actual mishap: somehow the A12 back jammed - may be due to the cold or may be it was just misbehaving and ripped a piece of film paper at the end. And somehow fumbled this and that in the snow, fell and dropped, and oops. So not likely to happen to anyone else. On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:47 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > Hello Richard, > I like this picture a lot, the snow, the composition. And also because > it's Hasselblad! I guess you develop the negatives yourself? And then scan > the lot. Once in a while I get my 500 C/M out and go through a film ... The > pictures are all right but the machine is a bit cumbersome - and I can't > see the result! One day I'll have to develop the pictures myself - B&W I > mean, the colour process is too much! > By the way, I'm eagerly selecting my two LUG Yearbook pictures. I'll post > them soon. > JM > I'd be curious to know what type of catastrophe happened to your 203FE? > Just to avoid going through the same event! > > > Jean-Michel Mertz > 68750 - Bergheim > > > > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 05:11:28 -0800 > > From: richard at richardmanphoto.com > > To: lug at leica-userg > > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Brilliant Sunset!!! > > > > We went to see the sunset but was greeted by snowfall > > > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20151201-Scanned-1321.jpg > > > > Hasselblad 203FE 80/2.8, Portra 400 > > > > Sadly, the 203FE suffered a catastrophe soon afterward and it's on its > way > > to Hasselblad NJ for repair. It would appear that my insurance does cover > > for it, so hopefully I do not need to sell another kidney to have it > > functional again. > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto