WARREN CONNECTICUT – Today I have attached the current Hasselblad 907 camera to the CFV 100C back, with the excellent 55mm Hasselblad “normal” lens. This combination works much better than legacy Hasselblad gear. But shooting side by side with my Leica M11 Monochrom, the Hasselblad setup doesn’t offer any obvious advantage over the Leica – they’re just different. I prefer the Leica native monochrome rendering, and detail and resolution are comparable, with a slight edge to the Leica ASPH glass that I shoot with. The Leica is better at shadow detail; the Hasselblad is better at highlight recovery. There is very little (if any) resolution difference between the Leica 60 meg monochrome sensor and the Hasselblad 100 meg color sensor.
Bottom line: I’m send the Hasselblad back to the rental place and selling my Hasselblad gear, which I’m attached to sentimentally but is difficult to get decent digital results from.
Day 5799 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back to Kenya exactly 15 years ago. Day 320 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
