Hello Gang,
I am looking for some input on few things I am thinking about. By way of introducing the topic and hence my questions, kindly bear with me. I am a professional photographer an artist. I stopped photographing weddings back in '06. While we did augment with small format 35 mm and then digital, the majority of my images where created on film using my Hasselblad V series cameras. I enjoyed using them, created some wonderful images with them and resisted the temptation to sell them.
While I am happy with my Canon digital, I found myself increasing missing using my trusty "Blad's". As is my tendency to always look at things differently from time to time, more so during the slow times that come each winter, I got to thinking. Why not merge the older ways with the newer ways, using what I own. So here is what I am thinking about and looking for some direction or stories of your experience if you have followed a similar path.
First up I am thinking of buying an adapter to use my Hasselblad lens on my Canon digital. Having done a fair share of teaching and being a bit of a techie, I am good on depth of field, f stops and related format size factors. What I am asking is have any of you tired it, did you like the results, could you see a quality difference, and is there any brand of adapter you would recommend?
Second, at some future point, I may decide to get a USED (read that to mean dirt cheap) digital back for the V series Hasselblad ( yes I know how to capture manually, focus, exposure, etc). In a perfect world I would just go out and get the Phase One beauty, however this is reality so I am thinking I can pick up an older used back. What I am looking for is something with a screen so I can capture untethered, I have seen a few of the older Kodak backs, however I am not sure if they where designed to be used on the V series.
Third, is any one of aware of a true full frame digital back for the Hasselblad V series. I really love the square format and would love to capture that way provided my lens will give me the same field of view as they did with film? I do realize medium format is very limited in the amount of photographers using them, and that it tends to drive the cost up, I believe I read here that a manufacturer may only sell sixty digital backs per year.
Thanks again for sticking with me this far, and I appreciate any input. Again just to keep everyone's focused on my questions and not infringe on anyones time, I have been a professional for thirty years now, I have taught lectured and spoke across the US most of the time spent teaching the science of photography, so I am on top of the technical stuff. Thank you in advance for any light you could shed, good health and God bless.
The Creative Gent