And then get set for a ride to the top.
Anyone will tell you that all you need to succeed as a professional photographer is an entry-level camera, one memory card, and a Commodore 64. They’ll also advise you to work for exposure, and drive around battlefields in a horse-drawn wagon.
Well it worked for Roger Fenton, eh? And there’s always the Crimea…
Or you could get a really good professional medium format camera, a number of matched lenses, and a modern computer with editing suite. Also training, a mentor, an agent, and an accountant. The horse wagon is optional.
Here is your chance for the cornerstone of the thing - a Hasselblad X1D body has come into Camera Electronic in superb condition and lenses are going to be arriving as well shortly.
The camera has a medium format sensor of 50 megapixels and an enormous dynamic range. The screen is touch sensitive, so mobile phone users will have some familiarity, but the rest of the device is pure camera. Milled metal body, medium weight, incredible solidity.
Nice touches like a shutter speed dial that pokes down into the body to prevent accidental shifts. A battery that need two push actions to pop out and cannot be lost.
Slower than other cameras due to the amount of processing that goes on but magnificent files - that can be the basis of that professional elevator ride we alluded to earlier.
You will be judged by the camera you use, and this one will make that assessment favourable.
Murray Street Shop right now.
All text and images by Richaed Stain
