Hasselblad for Berlin?

[Clydesdalestu]

hi. I'm shortly travelling to Berlin for the first time and am considering taking my Hassy. i have visions of dystopian vistas and brutalist monalith structures and feel like i want to be part of a grainy, 1960's art film. on the other hand, its bloody heavy, awkward to load film on foot and challenging without a tripod. my other options are my well used but still perfectly functioning Canon EOS50D or my iPhone 6 with Hipstamatic app. as I've never been before, I'd welcome your thoughts on whether I'll get real value out of taking the bigger lumps, whether i will be safe openly carrying them and whether the images i get from my phone will be 'good enough',

Cheers,

Stu.

Edited by Clydesdalestu on Friday 21st July 06:54

[Lynchie999]

Clydesdalestu said:

hi. I'm shortly travelling to Berlin for the first time and am considering taking my Hassy. i have visions of dystopian vistas and brutalist monalith structures and feel like i want to be part of a grainy, 1960's art film. on the other hand, its bloody heavy, awkward to load film on foot and challenging without a tripod. my other options are my well used but still perfectly functioning Canon EOS50D or my iPhone 6 with Hipstamatic app. as I've never been before, I'd welcome your thoughts on whether I'll get real value out of taking the bigger lumps, whether i will be safe openly carrying them and whether the images i get from my phone will be 'good enough',

Cheers,

Stu.

Edited by Clydesdalestu on Friday 21st July 06:54

depends what the purpose of the trip is and how much time you'll have...

[55palfers]

If you still have a 35mm SLR camera, why not take it and one lens (35mm was my favorite) and a few rolls of HP5

Can you still get HP5?

[djsmith74]

Sounds like the Hasselblad might be too much for a city shoot, as you'll be spending most of your time walking around the place. If you're after the 60's B&W grainy look, then I'd take the Canon and do some post-processing to achieve the look you want.

As mentioned above, if you still have a 35mm SLR then use this with some Kodak TRI-X400. A bit of gratuitous gear name-dropping here, but I did Berlin a few years ago with my Leica and a bunch of TRI-X400...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28703702@N08/albums/...

[Gad-Westy]

55palfers said:

If you still have a 35mm SLR camera, why not take it and one lens (35mm was my favorite) and a few rolls of HP5

Can you still get HP5?

You certainly can

http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/black__white/ilford_...

[anonymous-user]

Would you like to borrow my X100?

[Clydesdalestu]

swiveleyedgit said:

Would you like to borrow my X100?

Ha, I'd be worried about losing it. I may have an old Canon AE1 laying around somewhere though............

[anonymous-user]

Clydesdalestu said:

Ha, I'd be worried about losing it. I may have an old Canon AE1 laying around somewhere though............