Polaroid backs for your Hasselblad marks you as an actual working
professional - more serious than most! I was at a pro photoshoot the other
day, and the chief photog wouldn't take a single "film" shot without
several proofs of lighting, layout, etc done with the polariod back on the
hasselblad! Once he had everything in the ballpark, he then burned a dozen
or so film shots with minute changes between each.
Kind of cool, actually...
Brian
At 02:33 PM 08/24/2000 -0400, Simon Favre wrote:
>I guess using a 4x5 camera WILL get you special treatment. Is it a
>babe magnet, too? ;=)
>
>You know, you used to be able to get 8x10 Polaroid film. How's that
>for the worst possible quality in the largest possible format? The
>camera bodies were usually special purpose ones attached to
>microscopes or oscilloscopes. Just to make matters worse, I overheard
>somebody (obviously with more money than brains) ask about getting a
>Polaroid back for a Hasselblad! The horror... the horror...
>
>On some of my photographic expeditions to Monterey, I haul around a
>500mm long-lens telephoto. I camp out on the hillside above turn 2.
>All the cars have to funnel through that area. I can get them on
>approach, and broadside in the turn. With a 500mm, I can get one car
>to fill the 35mm frame in the middle of the turn. Unfortunately, with
>a minimum of f8 on the 500mm, I have to use fast film, which is more
>grainy. There are some examples on the team.net FTP server.
>
>Here's a few example links:
>
> ftp://ftp.team.net/vintage/Images/vrgrp03.jpg
> ftp://ftp.team.net/vintage/Images/vrgrp04.jpg
> ftp://ftp.team.net/italian/Images/tz1-02.jpg
Brian Evans
Director, Strategic Accounts
UUNET, A WorldCom Company
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