Contax 645 45mm
You give a point to the Hasselblad for being 6×6 but not one for there being 16 frames on a roll for the Contax.
CONTAX 645 45MM PLUS
Neither do you say that there is a plus point for the Contax for having a meter. Of course there is a prism for the Hassie which you don’t mention.
CONTAX 645 45MM MANUAL
5&6, you can shoot both in manual mode, you don’t mention that the 645 prism view is corrected as opposed to the Hassie WLF. 3 again (you have two 3s ) you hardly ever use f2 anyway, though it is lovely 4 the Contax 645 is not a battery eater, batteries last for ages. Point 1 is irrelevant, given the question you pose, 2 & 3 are the same,besides, it is easy to shoot one handed with the contax, it is not heavy, impossible with the 500cm. I have both cameras and your reasoning is ridiculous. Thank you so much ladies for getting up early on a Sunday morning. PS: Without Joana and Maria this would not be possible. It looks like the Hasselblad won by a mile so… why do I sometimes feel I made a mistake selling it to get the Hasselblad… ( +1 Hasselblad)Ĩ – Sheer joy of using one or the other. IMMO the coupled speed/aperture on the Zeiss lenses for the Hasselblad makes aperture priority a non issue)ħ – Format, 6×4,5 on the Contax, 6×6 on the Hasselblad. ( tie, just because I’m lazy and I like internal metering)Ħ – The Contax has AF, MF and aperture priority. At least with the standard WLF of course. The Hasselblad has a gorgeous 3D like screen but no metering. ( +1 Hasselblad)ĥ – The Contax has a great viewfinder and internal metering. ( +1 Hasselblad)ģ – They both have an 80mm lens as a standard lens but the Contax opens at f2.0 (which makes it beautiful) ( +1 Contax)Ĥ – The Contax is a battery eater. ( +1 Hasselblad)ģ – Overall weight of both kits with the 80mm lens. The Contax is a heavy beast, the Hasselblad is a small box. So here’s a little list of some of the reasons that made me change from the Contax 645 to the Hasselbad 500CM.ġ – I wanted my medium format kit to have Zeiss lenses. Sometimes I feel I made a mistake by selling it to get the Hasselblad and sometimes I feel I made the right choice. From time to time I go back to the pictures taken with this camera.