If an analogue camera breaks, I donвЂ™t get annoyed, because I know that the camera has been used for longer than it was under a guarantee or warranty. I donвЂ™t have this appreciation for my digital cameras, theyвЂ™re good but they are also perfect I expect them to be perfect, to fit in my bag, and to not overheat when shooting RAW, when they do it bothers me knowing that they are new. When I am not taking a photo with my Hasselblad I look forward to taking a photo with it. While I donвЂ™t think digital is the superior or more enjoyable option I know that companies need to know the market and demands for photographic products to make money so in modern-day digital makes sense. Hasselblad putting all focus on making and engineering digital medium format makes sense, Kodak famously patented a digital camera and then didnвЂ™t put focus on it, instead focusing on film at a time when there was not long left for film being the primary medium all photographs were made with. I do not know much about modern-day Hasselblads, they are still manufactured in Sweden (Gothenburg I think), and apart from releasing digital backs to fit older analogue models their focus is digital medium format cameras. When people say something they associate with Sweden itвЂ™s often IKEA and IKEA is ok but considering much of high-quality analogue photography equipment was and is German (Zeiss and Leica to name 2 of many companies), there is something to be celebrated in that Sweden produced the camera that is probably the Leica of medium format.

IвЂ™m Swedish and when I look at the side of the camera where it says it was made in Sweden I also think of home, of cold winter days, long train rides and bright summer nights waiting for the sun to set and rise. This camera is enjoyable in part because of the high quality and craftsmanship that it was made with. When I shoot with my Hasselblad people ask me if itвЂ™s a Hasselblad, the design is so iconic and I find that subjects for portraits are fine with the time it takes to set up a shot and will stand still and maybe because taking a photo is a special occasion. In fact, many of the sounds this camera makes are nice, the sound of opening the waist-level viewfinder, the sound of advancing film, and the sound of opening the film back where the film is loaded. It is the resistance of the lens as I adjust the aperture and shutter speed, pulling the dark slide gently out of the camera and the decisive moment of pressing the shutter and hearing the sound it makes, it is hard to describe but the sound is beautiful. Still, this is the experience of knowing what shooting with a Hasselblad is, it is more than pressing a button. The rain means I have not taken more than 1 photo outdoors with it today. The fog is thick and I am - with my eyes - framing images I would take with my Hasselblad.

The camera doesnвЂ™t make the photographer but a good camera makes the shooting experience more enjoyable and good optics help to show the photo in high and life-like quality.ДЄs I write this I am sitting inside looking outside in the fog and rain. As a quick introduction, Hasselblad is legendary within analogue photography circles, from photos on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission (I can recommend the 2019 documentary Apollo 11, there is some amazing original footage motion picture film used in it and it is exciting), to famous photographs of celebrities and landscapes. I had been wishing for a Hasselblad since learning about them. вњ• Close Search for:ДЄfter graduating from college in 2020 my parents gave me a Hasselblad 500CM as a graduation present. EMULSIVE Santa match confirmations have been sent out to this year's 850 players! If you have any questions about your match or the process, please reach out via Elfster ASAP.

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