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Q. Hasselblad Flex Body
Asked by Andrew Lambert
(K=0) on 4/23/2002
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Does anyone use a Hasselblad Flex body? How do you find it? Is it the answer for architectural photography? Is there an online resource where I can get more information on it?
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David Meiland
(K=1820) - Comment Date 4/23/2002
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My second-hand impression of this camera is that it works fine if you can be satisfied with fairly limited movements--o/w use a view camera. It was not produced for long, and has been replaced by the Arc-Body, which does not use standard Hassy lenses, but rather a series made by Rodenstock specifically for it.
If you don't get a more informed response here, try the following: Go to
http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm
and subscribe to the mailing list (I suggest digest format). There are hundreds of serious Hassy users on the list, so post a query there. There are archives, and this camera has been discussed in great detail, but there isn't a search function available(!).
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Bruce Wilson
(K=540) - Comment Date 4/23/2002
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I looked into one of the 'flex' bodies a while back (botht he Hassy and the Fuji), and discovered 4x5 in the process. Large-format cameras, I discovered, had both more movements and bigger film, both huge advantages. As I saw it them, the only advantage of an MF flexible body is if you already have a large stash of wide-coverage wide-angle MF lenses (I don't think there are very many of them out there); otherwise it's cheaper and better to go to a LF camera and buy a couple lenses. A Shen-Hao field or inexpensive monorail body and two wide-angle lenses (maybe a 75mm and a 90mm) will set you back $2000 to $2500 for the best lenses, less if you use middle-of-the-road lenses. Cheap lenses won't get you the coverage you need in architechture.
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Andrew Lambert
(K=0) - Comment Date 4/25/2002
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Thanks, everybody. Quality answers are usual - the Hasselbald mailing group especially, I didn't know about it.
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