Topic: Make your own 'Blad

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

This weekends project between riots and looting opportunities is to make one of these units:

http://www.visualnews.com/2011/07/27/build-a-paper-hasselblad-camera-that-works/

There will be a book, a website and an exhibition followed by a blog of young pretenders walking around with em slung around their necks ;-)

Go to it team!

[jojonas~]

I'm still sour that they put up plans for a 35mm version and not the cool 120 one in the shots ;P

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

Sorry it is for a 'Blad, so I am unable to care more.

[Late Developer]

It's not a Hasselblad........it's some folded up paper that bears a passing resemblence to something approximating to a Hasselblad. If photos from my (actual) Hasselblad looked remotely like the ones shown on the link, I'd be more than a tad disappointed.

To me, it's a bit like calling TiP film "Polaroid". 

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

So 'Blad evangelist aside, looking at the build quality and print outcome, it's a 'Blad 

[Francois]

Somehow, I was expecting a working curtain shutter and reflex mirror... well, too bad 

[sethasaurus]

I'll stick to my Pilot Super

[moominsean]

looks pretty, but they sure are shit at scanning negs...

[gothamtomato]

Looks Soviet-made.

[Late Developer]

I see Hasselblad has just been sold to a bunch of venture capitalists. Maybe this is the first in a new product line of budget-blads as they said they want to make Hasselblads appeal to a wider demographic...!!   

[gothamtomato]

I see Hasselblad has just been sold to a bunch of venture capitalists. Maybe this is the first in a new product line of budget-blads as they said they want to make Hasselblads appeal to a wider demographic...!!    

Oy. You might be right. I've worried about what the sale will mean for the quality of their cameras.  Venture capitalists couldn't care less about quality - only money (remember Polaroid or even look at Getty Images for that matter). I fear this sale could be the beginning of the end for Hasselblad.

[Late Developer]

Yup, it's all kicking off...! Ricoh has just bought Pentax for £77m (which didn't sound like a lot of money) and, as you say, venture capitalists tend to be mostly interested in a return on their investment (RoI) rather than improving quality and/or service.

(These objective should, of course, lead to an improved RoI but I can't remember the last merger that delivered either.)

Can't wait for the forthcoming Hassel-Fuji 10MP instamatronic 3-D digital point and shoot.

Ain't capitalism great......??!!