Hasselblad H1

Advantages: High zoom, excellent macro facility, lightweight, quality lens.
Disadvantages: Very hard to get the memory stick out of the camera.

...With it's stylish, unique and revolutionary design, there can be no doubt in saying that this camera is another of Sony's fantastic ideas that have worked. Many people are embarrassed to take their camera out in front of many other photographers, who often have the high-end digital SLR's and show them off by adding long telephoto lenses to them. The sheer quality of the SONY DSC-H1 means that there is no need for you to spend so much money on a digital SLR. It is, inevitably, a revolutionary breakthrough in camera designs and there can be no doubt in saying that it is a powerful and special camera. It has a high zoom of 12×; and a high-end lens. It even has one of the best macro (close-up) facilities that I have ever come across in all the cameras that I have had. The camera has a great 6 mega pixel CCD sensor. The macro mode... Read review

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Advantages: Robust,Reliable,Adaptable
Disadvantages: Pricey

...The reputation of Hasselblad has prompted many a photographer-professional and amateur alike-to invest in what is arguably the ultimate medium format system. During my 15 year carrer in professional photography, I have used/owned three market-leading medium format camera models; Bronica (S2A:-yes S2A!) Mamiya(RB67) and an old Hasselblad 500. Of the three, I found the Hasselblad the most comfortable to use.It scores over the Bronica in terms of build quality and compared to the Mamiya it is a great deal easier to handle. In the field of freelance work, I needed a robust camera that would deliver high quality results with the minimum of maintainence, so the Hasselblad 501 was the obvious choice.... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use, friendly none confused controls
Disadvantages: Handleing without a CW Winder

...I got the 503CW about 3 months ago, I love it, I also have a 500C which used to be my father's, it works great. When I got the 503CW I saw the difference in the brightness of the screen and the help the TTL does for flash photography, later I added the CW Winder and PME 90 prism; these combination works great, very accurate metering prism and with the CW Winder you can handle it easier, even though its heavier but it is worth it, you get superb photos with the ease of a handle and motorized film advance. I will recommend this camera at any time if you have a chance to get it do it, it will last for life and you will be very satisfy with the composition of the pictures you get! GO Hasselblad! Hasselblad offers the best optics in the market; Carl Zeiss are the most recognized optics in the planet, so when you get a Hasselblad camera... Read review

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