An Expensive BOX -- the HASSELBLAD 501CM
Peter Elgar
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I waited over 40 years before I got a HASSELBLAD system -- here I show various film formats, lenses, and the many 'Reminders' you have to know if you get into the system, or you can break it ! Some actual photo prints are shown. You can see MORE photos on my Flickr Album here :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2585098...
20 Comments
@walterscott6435 9 years ago
Hello Peter. i just wanted to tell you that your videos of old cameras are so enjoyable
@MattOsborne-MrLeicaCom 6 years ago
Hi Peter I enjoyed you videos even though I have Hasselblads myself. One tip for you is use the camera to cock the lens so you are not struggling with a coin. Take the film back off, fire the shutter then attach your lens. No coin required then. Matt
@xuxupecheur1 6 years ago
Marvelous! I've just loved the "underpaid assistant" part. Regards from Argentina!
@josegomez7422 5 years ago
I love seeing your passion for photography, keep it up Sir. greetings from Mexico.
@guillermolastra 9 years ago (edited)
Peter love your videos , please never stop !!!! thanks!!! from NYC
@chenglcm 6 years ago (edited)
This is lucky to watch is video, very nice photographs at the end of the video, I really like those pictures.
@JenniferM13 10 years ago
Iconic cameras, but I really appreciate the simplicity of my Rolleiflex cameras after watching this!
@vangstr 10 years ago
I very much enjoyed your commentaries as you showcase the camera system. Yes the poor and underpaid assistants do all the real camera work and the photographer who gets all the money is the one whom comes and presses the shutter button. That's sad, funny and true all at the same time.
@Anarki2U 5 years ago (edited)
Thank you very much for your videos, brings me back memory lane ;)
I have the Hasselblad 501CM, it can have a problem with the mirror not returning sometimes, so you have to tilt the camera a bit to make it return, but it should be a fairly easy repair. My first Hasselblad was a 500C/M, but I did not like the 3/4 mirror which gave a dark area in the upper part of the viewfinder when doing macro or long tele photography, so I got a Hasselblad 2000FC a great camera. Of lenses I can highly recommend the Zeiss Distagon 50mm 2.8 F, the Zeiss Planar 110mm 2.0 F (which are great together with the Zeiss Mutar 2X) the Zeiss Macro Planar120mm 4.0 CF and the Zeiss Tele-Tessar 350mm 4.0 F. All the 200/2000 series cameras have full mirror and the 501CM, 503CW, 503CWD, 500ELX, 553ELX, 555ELD all have full mirror.
I can also recommend the SWC camera. The CF/CFE/CFi lenses are better than the older C lenses ! Better multicoating, and a much better shutter.
Hasselblad cameras
http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/HS/HSTable.aspx
Hasselblad Lenses
http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/HW/HWLds.aspx
What ever Hasselblad you get, be sure to have the latest viewfinder model (like the one in this video) and the acute matte focus screen !
The basic four magazines are A12 for 12 6x6 images on 120 film, A16 for 16 6x4.5 images on 120 film, A24 for 24 6x6 images on 220 film, A36 for 36 images on 220 film. There was also special magazines for 70mm film the 70/100-200 for 100 to 200 images and the 70/500 for 500 images. There was also a 24x55mm magasine, but I think that is a bit rare. Then there are magazines for Polaroid film, latest there are digital back fx the CFV. There are also a holder for sheet film, so if you are a collector, I will say good luck ;)
If you want a prism finder, I can recommend the NC-2 prism finder, it is very good and very solid. If you use a A16 or A36 magazine and you want to take vertical images, the you should use the HC-1 or PM-90 prism finder, NOT the finder you see in this video ! But I will recommend allways to use sguare format magazines.
The former Hasselblad Distagon 50mm 4.0 C and 50mm CF was not as good as the Distagon 50mm CFi, but the best are the Distagon 50mm 2.8 for the 200/2000 series cameras, so if you want a 50mm I will recommend you to get a 200/2000 series camera !
The 180mm 4.0 are a good lens. You can get very good Chinese copies of the Hasselblad lens hoods for less than ten bob, I got one and it works well, looks like the original.
I have the Hasselblad 501CM, it can have a problem with the mirror not returning sometimes, so you have to tilt the camera a bit to make it return, but it should be a fairly easy repair. My first Hasselblad was a 500C/M, but I did not like the 3/4 mirror which gave a dark area in the upper part of the viewfinder when doing macro or long tele photography, so I got a Hasselblad 2000FC a great camera. Of lenses I can highly recommend the Zeiss Distagon 50mm 2.8 F, the Zeiss Planar 110mm 2.0 F (which are great together with the Zeiss Mutar 2X) the Zeiss Macro Planar120mm 4.0 CF and the Zeiss Tele-Tessar 350mm 4.0 F. All the 200/2000 series cameras have full mirror and the 501CM, 503CW, 503CWD, 500ELX, 553ELX, 555ELD all have full mirror.
I can also recommend the SWC camera. The CF/CFE/CFi lenses are better than the older C lenses ! Better multicoating, and a much better shutter.
Hasselblad cameras
http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/HS/HSTable.aspx
Hasselblad Lenses
http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/HW/HWLds.aspx
What ever Hasselblad you get, be sure to have the latest viewfinder model (like the one in this video) and the acute matte focus screen !
The basic four magazines are A12 for 12 6x6 images on 120 film, A16 for 16 6x4.5 images on 120 film, A24 for 24 6x6 images on 220 film, A36 for 36 images on 220 film. There was also special magazines for 70mm film the 70/100-200 for 100 to 200 images and the 70/500 for 500 images. There was also a 24x55mm magasine, but I think that is a bit rare. Then there are magazines for Polaroid film, latest there are digital back fx the CFV. There are also a holder for sheet film, so if you are a collector, I will say good luck ;)
If you want a prism finder, I can recommend the NC-2 prism finder, it is very good and very solid. If you use a A16 or A36 magazine and you want to take vertical images, the you should use the HC-1 or PM-90 prism finder, NOT the finder you see in this video ! But I will recommend allways to use sguare format magazines.
The former Hasselblad Distagon 50mm 4.0 C and 50mm CF was not as good as the Distagon 50mm CFi, but the best are the Distagon 50mm 2.8 for the 200/2000 series cameras, so if you want a 50mm I will recommend you to get a 200/2000 series camera !
The 180mm 4.0 are a good lens. You can get very good Chinese copies of the Hasselblad lens hoods for less than ten bob, I got one and it works well, looks like the original.
An Expensive BOX -- the HASSELBLAD 501CM
Peter Elgar
24,786 views
I waited over 40 years before I got a HASSELBLAD system -- here I show various film formats, lenses, and the many 'Reminders' you have to know if you get into the system, or you can break it ! Some actual photo prints are shown. You can see MORE photos on my Flickr Album here :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2585098...