Fay Godwin documentary

Brings back memories. I did a workshop with Peter Cattrell in 1987 at Duckspool, and one at the Photographers Place with Fay Godwin and Paul Hill early 1989. As I've said before, I spent the 5 days travelling in Fay's car on the field trips, as I knew the area. She was very easy to talk to, interested in the people (photographers) around her and questioning, as can be seen in this video.

There was an excellent documentary a year or so later, I was given a recording along with one on Bill Brandt, and another of Ansel Adams. Someone borrowed the Betamax tape, (itself a copy of a VHS tape), it disappeared, all three videos were excellent but not on Youtube, unfortunately.

Ian
 
This put me in mind of a lovely 4 days I spent with my Hasselblad shooting in the Lake District and down the Welsh coast. It was visually stunning and maybe just maybe, I'll get another chance some day ...
 
Fiddly beasts, Hasselblads, I always thought. Great cameras, but fiddly...
It was a great documentary. I've found a few on YouTube that I watched originally in the 1980/90s. There is something quite pleasing to watch them again and think about the early days of one's career.
 
PaulNWE said:
Fiddly beasts, Hasselblads, I always thought. Great cameras, but fiddly...
It was a great documentary. I've found a few on YouTube that I watched originally in the 1980/90s. There is something quite pleasing to watch them again and think about the early days of one's career.
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I have worked with 'Blads on- and off starting in the mid-1970s. At that time I worked for a major camera retailer and pro rental operation that exposed me to a lot of Hasselblad stuff all the way from the rental gear that was used to within an inch of its useful life to the like-new tradein when the local dentist got bored with his toys.

What I have found to be consistently true, is the worst thing you can do to these things is ... not use them. To this day, I routinely take out my 'Blad and cycle every lens at every shutter speed and work all of the backs. These cameras get grumpy when they don't get used and the lubricants pack up. Exercising the mechanics reduces that risk.

I have no opinion about their digisnappers which are built in rather significantly different ways.
 
Totally agree. When I worked at UCL we had three bodies, various lenses and backs. We made sure we used them on a cycle across the week, so all bodies were used, most backs and most of the lenses. If we couldn't use a lens specifically one week, we made sure we used it the following week. They got a lot of use and were really looked after. No experience of the digital versions - beyond my personal pocket!
 
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