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Posted by Steven R. Rochlin on May 10, 2001 at 09:01:07:
Van,
Found the Hassey to be a wonderful camera and was a very enjoyable experience BUT... The camera was not used as much as i had desired. It is big, heavy, and as my work is mainly web related, going with legacy film was too awkward and expensive (over digital).
Going with a good digital camera, like Canon D30, i have all the flexibilities of the Hassey (actually more than the Hassey) and being digital i KNOW immediately if what was shot is good or bad. The ability to post images on the web virtually immediately is a KEY factor here for me.
Yes, the Hassey gives better prints for LARGE blow ups, the D30 seems fine for ALL normal print media to full page size. Furthermore, my local photo store can make TRUE photo prints from my digital images. Add to that i can print color copies onto photo paper (2400x1400 dpi) on to Kodak photo paper.
Guess in the end it came down to ease of integration into my work load combined with the capabilities of using in print magazines and making prints make the D30, for me, the better choice.
If i was doing large scale work for billboards, things may be VERY different. Some say the D30 does a respectable print on photograph paper up to 10 x 14, though i'd peg it more at 8 x 10. For 5x7 i would challenge anyone to truly tell the difference between the D30 and the Hassey under "NORMAL" developing and printing circumstances.
Of course with print you can play around with developing technics and flavors, while in digital we have Photoshop and the likes. Which is more flexible? Photoshop by a HUGE margin of course. Yes you could digitally scan a transparency of the Hassey and have fun, though then we have HIGH COST factors and more technics to insure a CLEAN scan, etc involved.
As Kermit the Frog said "It's not easy being green". The choice for me was NOT an easy one, though the D30 is a wonderful and "reasonably priced" unit whose lenses will not break the bank as the Hasey's will.
In the end it was a personal choice.
Enjoy the music,
Steven R. Rochlin