Getting my feet wet with the big names

Certain names carry certain weight when it comes to their products. Leica and Hasselblad are two camera names that carry with them a lot of hype. I recently tried my hand with rangefinders. I got a Canon Canonet QL17 G-III. It was a little fixed lens rangefinder with a 40mm lens. I enjoyed its size and the volume of operation. So I decided to give a Leica a try. I got a Leica CL and a M mount lens, and found myself not using them as much. I then stumbled upon a second Canonet in an antique store in great condition with a flash. But rangefinders just aren't for me, I've found, despite the Leica name. So I sold my Leica CL, two Canonets, my Nikon F100, my Leica Tele-Elmarit 2,8/90 lens. I find myself constantly looking at my medium format negatives and enjoying them more, and so I took the money and got a Hasselblad 500C/M instead. It arrived today, mismatched and showing signs of use. It's my second try with a medium format camera with no metering and just a waist level finder, and I'm happy to have one again.  Since last having one, I've learned the sunny sixteen rule and used it for all of the rangefinders.  I just love waist level viewfinders because  you can see the whole image with such clarity and can have a built in magnifier for focusing. So I've joined the Hassy owner cult, and we'll see what I think after some use.