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You can find a downloadable pdf of Wildi's 7th edition of The Hasselblad Manual if you do a little search in the Internet. Chapter 6 is devoted to V System. You may find it useful. And if you search a bit deeper, you will find older editions exclusively for the film Hasselblads.

 

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Lots I don't understand here (being from the other side of the globe mainly, but a lovely set of portraits.

I've always loved the square format, and you have used the selective focus well.

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Nice playful interaction here Adam! Lovely band of youngsters.

 

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Thanks, Gary and Frank.  Yes, a different world, indeed.  Different from mine, that's for sure.  They made fun subject to test out the "new" camera, though :)

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The 80mm planar you have on the camera is a great lens and will serve you well.

 

For it's age, the camera seems to be in good cosmetic condition.  Did you buy it from the Hasselblad shop at Aperture UK?

No - I had looked at their offerings but for condition/price they seemed expensive. Bought it from Peter Loy, who I have dealt with in the past.  The one I bought has been serviced and is guaranteed for six months.  I can only assume that the body has been re-covered as it is pristine.  I have no connection with Peter, other than being a very satisfied customer over the last five years or so and have no hesitation in recommending him.

 

Was out quite early this morning (well, early for me anyway!) and popped up to Avebury, armed with the 500C loaded with Tri-X. A pleasant surprise to find a covering of snow!  The film is now hanging in the shower cubicle, drying.  There are images (!) - how good or not will have to wait a while until I can scan it.

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No - I had looked at their offerings but for condition/price they seemed expensive. Bought it from Peter Loy, who I have dealt with in the past.  The one I bought has been serviced and is guaranteed for six months.  I can only assume that the body has been re-covered as it is pristine.  I have no connection with Peter, other than being a very satisfied customer over the last five years or so and have no hesitation in recommending him.

 

Was out quite early this morning (well, early for me anyway!) and popped up to Avebury, armed with the 500C loaded with Tri-X. A pleasant surprise to find a covering of snow!  The film is now hanging in the shower cubicle, drying.  There are images (!) - how good or not will have to wait a while until I can scan it.

Great to hear, Keith. You are going to enjoy that camera. I was the same - Hasselblads were out of my reach when I was younger, and only got the occasional loan or fondle. A Kowa filled the gap (which my daughter now has, and calls it her Hasselblad).

I love shooting with mine, and the 80mm Planar is a wonderful lens. The combination with the waist level finder is a marriage made in Heaven.

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After all these Hasselblad shots, I feel compelled to get back to the "35mm aesthetic" that I love. However, the latter term can cover a lot of different 35mm looks and the ones in the two photos below are not likely to be the look that most people are seeking. Actually, both of these were from two rolls that were developed by a really admirable hand-development lab in Chiang Mai that six months ago developed films for me with no scratches, clean negatives and spot-on development.

 

This time, however, something went wrong and the lab severely underdeveloped two rolls of Tri-X. The rolls were "stand developed" — it was supposed to be a 1:100 dilution of Rodinal for 1 hour with inversion after 30 minutes — and the last time the results were very good. I could tell that it was obviously underdevelopment rather than exposure by the extremely thin negatives and the fact the the writing "KODAK TRI-X" on the film is so light that it's barely visible. I think the problem was not using enough Rodinal: it's supposed to be 3.5ml per roll.

 
The Lightroom histogram of the "scan" (digitalization using the Leitz BEOON copy stand/Focotar 2 lens/M-Monochrom camera) is just a sliver in the center of the x-axis: no way these frames could have been printed in the darkroom. Indeed, moving the Lightroom Black slider even 1 point has major effect of the overall brightness or darkness of the image. These two frames had to be post-processed very carefully.
 
 
M6 | DR-Summicron-50 | Tri-X @ 400 | Stand development in Rodinal
 
 
 
M6 | DR-Summicron-50 | Tri-X @ 400 | Stand development in Rodinal
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Another from Fall in Central Park, NYC...

H 503CW, Z 80mm planar, Ektar

 

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Well, the results of today's test roll (Tri-X rated at ISO 320, dev in Rodinal 1:50 for 11mins 45secs) came out not too bad at all.   :)  Avebury was quite chilly this morning.

I should mention that all were taken with a yellow/green filter.

 

First two:-

 

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