I am also an Elinchrom user, so I guess maximum utilization would be best! So Brendan, do you like your Hassy and Elinchrom Combo, sorry to ask here, but while we've just touched upon it. Thanks!
Hey Pop,
I find it to be an awesome combination. I do mostly wedding stuff, so flash duration isn't a huge deal for me like it would be say to a sports shooter or someone looking to freeze motion.
But one thing that Elinchrom and some other manufacturers differ on is that Elinchrom has some of its fastest duration at the higher power levels and Profoto/Broncolor and those types have it on the less powerful part of the band. Not a huge deal, especially for me, but if you shoot action, it may be worth noting. (I have no idea what you shoot).
I run a wedding photography business. I don't have tinker time... we are a very busy studio here in Boston and i went with Hasselblad partly because of the leaf shutters and because it was a fully integrated system. I figured it being fully integrated, that being from capture to photoshop was all done in Hasselblad's proprietary system. No funky batteries for the body and back, and different pieces of software etc... Hasselblad just seems like it'd work right out of the box. And it did. Lastly, i figured if i had to contact support, my setup would be very much like anyone else's setup. So it seemed like support would be better for my scenario.
However, don't let that scare you away from Mamiya/Phase. They really have the integration down to a science and it barely feels like separate components anymore. And it being a fully open systems allows you to do things like use technical cameras and such.... so it's still a great option.
But for me, Hasselblad has been really great. I can't use it all the time (My 5DMKII's are still my workhorses of weddings), but on special weddings/occasions i use it and it always delivers. I do lots of retouching and the it really works out well for that having all that resolution.
Frank Doorhof is coming to my studio next week to teach a workshop. And i'll be using the Hassy a lot during that time, including taking lots of shots in outdoor sunlight with it. So i'll have some more non-wedding related photos to post soon.