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Do any of you professional wedding photographers still shoot with primes. The pro I hired to shoot my wedding in 1990 used a Hasselblad and two prime lenses. The photographs were fantastic. This guy is still around here in the valley and is one of the most expensive and well regarded wedding photographers you can hire, and he still shoots with primes and a hasselblad.

Is he a relic

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you one thing, I got remarried in 1998 and at that time I could not afford this photographer because his prices had increased dramatically. I hired another well known local photographer who used an SLR with a zoom lens. Please forgive me as I did not pay attention as to the brand or the particular lens. anyway the pictures were not even close to the quality of the first guy. And I am not just talking resolution. I am talking composition and every other aspect. When my wife and I have out tenth anniversary I am going to hire the dude with the Hasselblads and primes!
Arend_T said:
No, he's a real photographer.
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Fast zooms in the church/during ceremony, primes at the Brides house and for the post ceremony shots, back to zooms as a rule for the reception. I have some lovely original Pentax primes (steel, rubber and glass...not plastic), that just can't be beaten for quality images.
Your guy is, as was said before, a classic.
 
edwardneal said:
When my wife and I have out tenth anniversary I am
going to hire the dude with the Hasselblads and primes!
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not the equipment. Although I shoot digital and film both. I had to say that most of my event photo is still shoot on a fix focals. I do own and use Zoom but they are definitely not my 1st choice for these cases.

There is nothing nostalgic or magical about a fix focal, nor a zoom for the matter. Learn ti use them properly and you can apply it to the need !!

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I think your post is indicative of today's expectations and emphases.

The subject is photography, the product is photographs and yet, in many cases aggravated by these very forums, the only factor of concern is whether this equipment is better than that.

Ultimately, this fetish is driven by the mistaken belief that if I were to own the very best equipment then I would be able to produce pictures as good as he. Not a hope in hell! One needs talent, knowledge, experience and finally good equipment. I think I have a very little of the first, hardly any of the second, not nearly enough of the third and I can't afford the last.

Unfortunately, I am far from alone but at least it allows us to marvel at those such as you speak.
 
I agree. Let's see some of the work.

Also, I'm going to make the bold assumption that your photo album was made up of 8x10 prints....maybe at most 11x14. If that is the case, you will not see a resolution difference between the Hassey & a D2X of 1DS MK2.
 
I could easily sell my digital cameras . . . they mean very little to me. To me they are throw away boxes. Meaning I use them until they are worth nothing or until they no longer work, then move to the next one. There is no chance I would sell my Haselblad gear. Digital images leave me cold. Over time, I never go back to any of my digital photos and 'feel' anything. Not so with the Hassleblad shots. So, I would say he is no relic at all but a real photographer in this day of typical digital, he stands out. It's a shame more don't do the same.
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Not surprising. Real wedding photogaphers shoot medium format when they are using film, unless they've got clients who want a photojournalistic look.

There's a question today about using digital; to me it all comes down to how big the prints are going to be.

With medium format, even just 645, there's usually a markging of safety. With digital, it's a question of just how far is the envelope being pushed.

BAK
 
Short of shooting 4x5 or larger...using an MF with prime lenses produce (in the right hands) the best final images I've ever seen.

I've never owned...but rented several times a Hasselblad and a Mamiya 6x7 and even in my rookie hands of the time, the output was amazing. Making optical prints from a 6x7 neg onto a 8x10 was remarkable.

IMO, digital is not this good yet....pretty darn close and to most, they can't tell the difference...but I can. The freedoms and conveniences of digital are just too great to pass over.

As far as weddings go, I shoot the portraits and some candids with primes. I only use zooms when I need the freedom to move positions frequently and have to navigate around furniture.

sean
 
it has little to do with the output (film or digital). That is what many photographers on this forum who are trying to be successful need to understand.

What determines you level of success:

1) excellent reputation
2) excellent marketing
3) excellent service and the word spreads
4) artistic look to the images with unique products
5) captures great expression
8) takes the kind of photos that the client wants to buy

A photographer with the above characteristics is hardly a relic, regardless of what camera he uses.

So, yes, the photographer's equipment is soon to be a relic but apparently the photographer himself isn't a relic.
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However, the resolution of the D2X, the 1Ds MK2, & the Hassey will all exceed the resolution of Chromira, Lightjet, and Frontier systems with their native 302 dpi output. Thus, you will not see the difference. As I have an RB67 & a 1Ds, I've done these comparisons and after 3 years have never had anyone tell the difference.

That's why I know you haven't tried!
 
Please quantify what this difference you think you see actually is. As it can't be resolution or color accuracy.....what is it?
 
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