Swoon – makes me miss my sweet Hassy. Nothin' quite like medium format. :)
I shoot entirely digital now, though I learned on film more than 2 decades ago. Though I made a brief return to film in 2011, my gorgeous Hasselblad was sneakily 'forever borrowed' by the fella I was dating when I bought it. He fell in love with that camera; I just couldn't bring myself to make him part with it once we broke up.
But...damn it – I miss that camera. So – a couple years ago, I transformed a golf cart into a rolling, drivable tribute. Not quite the same thing, but it makes people grin, all the same. <3
It's still missing some crucial details, namely the viewfinder, but here's 'Hassy', in all her dusty glory!'
I have never owned a Hasselblad, but have used a few 500 models in college. They are truly are beautiful machines.
So I’ve got a ‘thing’ for converted vehicles, and this right here is glorious! What’s the front lens made of? What about the walls? Could you make it light-tight? I’m thinking drivable pinhole camera - don’t panic - what do you think?
Glad you like her! 💜
The lens is custom formed plexiglass (that was the priciest piece of this beauty!) the rest is constructed of Baltic Birch plywood on a welded steel frame (base only.) This one isn’t and couldn’t be light-tight as the lens is actually the windshield. It’s primary function is to carry me — it’s really just a glorified ‘alter-abled’ vehicle. I did originally dream of mounting a GoPro somewhere on the lens to record people’s priceless reactions, but we ran out of both time and budget. 😉 Funny thing, though; we brought Hassy to Burning Man for the first time in 2016. Everyone went nuts over her. The following year, there was a mobile Rolliflex that was actuallytaking/processing images. They had to one up me! LOL!