>Hi Winsor:
>
>[re: Hasselblads]
>> Hey, Ansel Adams liked them.
>
>Keep in mind that by the time he was using Hasselblads, 1) he had arthritis
>and working the labor intensive view cameras no longer had appealed to him, 2)
>he got his stuff free from Victor Hasselblad, himself, and 3) he did
>comparatively little work with them since he had them during his post burnout
>period.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>
I am not sure when Hasselblad "appeared" as a well known, desirable camera.
It had to be late in his career - in the fifties, maybe? In the travelling
exhibit of his hand selected "Museum Pictures" which came to L.A. a number
of years ago, there were a handful of prints from Hasselblad negatives. So
even though there were not many, he included them with his best. In an
exhibit like that with some prints 10 or 12 feet across, size, at least of
negative, does matter. The prints from 6x6 were small, no more than 2 or 3
feet across if memory serves and had a little hard edged graininess
compared to the larger prints prints and looking like they were reaching
the limits of resolution of the lens. That could be seen in the larger
prints too, of course, but they just looked good. I can't explain why.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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