For Sale: Bronica SQ-A (with 80mm and 150mm)

"As much as I love Hasselblads, I could never justify buying one, because I only use film these days for personal work."

but the v-series hasselblads are arctually a good system to use with digital backs. the h series cameras are rebadged fujis with wobbly lenses, i certainly wouldn't buy one which is why i'm keeping my 503 to use with a phase one back. i have shot on a p45 with 40/80/100/120macro zeiss lenses of various ages (the 120 is over 20 years old) all very sharp with minimal chromatic abhorration.
hassleblad have just announced a 50mpixel back, a pointless increase in size over 39mp, their r&d time would be better spent improving their current camera body and lenses or increasing the noise performance of their current chips which is piss-poor above 200asa.

We may have to continue this elsewhere, lest we hijack the thread, but it's interesting you say that. For the kind of work I do, I actually appreciate the flexibility I can get with the waist level finder, but have fallen into using a DSLR simply because of price and convenience. When the trade-off is the quality of your work though, you've got to wonder why the hell you made the switch though.

In the end, the main drawback is price - my Nikon D100 cost around £450, and with various lenses and flashes I'm still not looking at much more than a grand. With the Hasselblad and the equivalent lenses, I'd be looking at a lot more - and let's not get started on digital backs... I see myself moving more into the studio in future though, and from experience I've found the Hassy much better suited to that kind of environment.

Damn you though - without even realising it I've just trawled through eBay to see what I'd be looking to pay for a half decent setup...