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06/11/2010 11:48:25 AM · #1 |
| I am interested in doing some medium format film photography. I found a used Hasselblad for sale at a local store. It is only $400, including an 80mm 2.8 Zeiss lens. The only concern is at there is a small scratch on the front of the lens glass, about 1/4 inch in length. . The guy in the store said it shouldn't be a problem unless I'm shooting into the sun, in which case i would get some increased lens flare. Is that true? Everything else about the camera is great and the price is great but I'm worried about the scratch. Any thoughts? Thanks. |
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06/11/2010 11:55:45 AM · #2 |
Yeah, that's true. If you want to prove it to yourself, tear off a small piece of post-it note and stick it on the front of one of your digital lenses and shoot a picture; you won't even be able to tell it was there. Sometimes you will get flare issues of the light's refracting just so across a scratch, but that's not common.
R.
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06/11/2010 12:15:13 PM · #3 |
| Thanks Bear. I'll have to see if they have a return policy in case it doesn't work out. I am also going to check out a Yashicamat TLR for half the price of the 'blad, which may be a better choice for a newbie. |
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06/11/2010 12:28:15 PM · #4 |
| Id buy it if I could at that price! Yashica Mats are really good, was my first medium format camera My Yashica |
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06/11/2010 03:09:45 PM · #5 |
| They didn't have the Yashica Mat in stock so I bought the Hasselblad. I just shot a test roll and I'm developing it this afternoon. They have a 14-day return policy, so I'm not worried if something is amiss. |
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06/11/2010 04:02:42 PM · #6 |
You'd have been crazy to by the Yashicamat, there's something about Hasselblad that transcends the mundane, it's a mythical camera. Like a Leica. 499 bux isn't too much to pay for a piece of the myth :-) A couple times a year I wake up with an intense longing for my 'blads, which were long ago sold when I sold my business. Ditto my Sinar-P, which is likewise a mythical piece of gear, among the large-format cameras.
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06/11/2010 05:02:05 PM · #7 |
| Yeah the Yashica wouldnt compare with the Hasselblad, but its still a nice camera =] |
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06/11/2010 07:24:35 PM · #8 |
It's a Hasselblad. You can't get a standard lens for $400.
Buy it, ebay the lens, and buy a new one at //www.keh.com.
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