The Hasselblad V System Overview with the 500cm
Nick's Knacks
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Recently acquired a Hasselblad 500cm body and an increasing fleet of lenses and had some folks ask for my thoughts, so here they are :) And yes I don't have a teleprompter yet, working on it 😂
I cover:
History of camera, famous photos it's taken
Types of cameras, differences (500 series vs focal plane)
Lens systems and compatibility
Loading and shooting the camera
Tips for acquiring one
Tips for using
Errata/Notes:
Tons more info on the V System lenses: https://emulsive.org/reviews/camera-r...
FLE means Floating Lens Element for wide lenses, and has no relation to (C)FE
Getting the correct Hasselblad service: http://www.david-odess.com/repair.html
Hasselblad currently (Feb 2021) services 200 series cameras with the exception of the shutters themselves which are NLA. May do an upcoming video on the 200 series and 110 f2 FE ;)
Hope you enjoy! This is my first video; I intend to do a video on each of the random obsessions that I have (so anticipate I'll be making videos for the next year just to cover the backlog 😂).
For those curious this is shot with a Panasonic HC-VX981K which I set to wide open and disabled the gain, 4k mode with 24 fps. It's lit with four Neewer lights using some off-brand batteries and I added two gels over them, one red to disguise my poorly-decorated living room, and some blue rim lighting just out of frame because I liked the look and the cool tinge of blue lens flare that I got. Because I have trust issues, I used two system audio with a Zoom H6 and an AKG C414 on the "Ol' Reliable" Samson Mini-boom.
Some equipment links to support the channel:
Camera: https://amzn.to/3pCFwNu
Lights: https://amzn.to/3sdSNh9
Mic: https://amzn.to/2NCctfP
Ol' Reliable Mini Boom: https://amzn.to/3s9JAXs
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For anyone who doesn't know, there were also digital image sensor backs replacing the traditional film drives, switching was a breeze thank to modularity. Don't think that the old' Bladdy went out of use as soon as the industry went from analog to digital :)
Wondering how the film smells :)
You raise or lower the strip with the latch that locks in the insert.
The Hasselblad is a great outdoor camera; even on the moon.
The perfect camera for outdoor electronic flash in sunlight.
A MODIFIED camera.
Just like the SWC/M and the EL?M
A lot of the things have been modified.
So it was not just the screen.
Success finding the rest of the M.
The Hasselblad V System Overview with the 500cm
Nick's Knacks
11,016 views
Recently acquired a Hasselblad 500cm body and an increasing fleet of lenses and had some folks ask for my thoughts, so here they are :) And yes I don't have a teleprompter yet, working on it 😂
I cover:
History of camera, famous photos it's taken
Types of cameras, differences (500 series vs focal plane)
Lens systems and compatibility
Loading and shooting the camera
Tips for acquiring one
Tips for using
Errata/Notes:
Tons more info on the V System lenses: https://emulsive.org/reviews/camera-r...
FLE means Floating Lens Element for wide lenses, and has no relation to (C)FE
Getting the correct Hasselblad service: http://www.david-odess.com/repair.html
Hasselblad currently (Feb 2021) services 200 series cameras with the exception of the shutters themselves which are NLA. May do an upcoming video on the 200 series and 110 f2 FE ;)
Hope you enjoy! This is my first video; I intend to do a video on each of the random obsessions that I have (so anticipate I'll be making videos for the next year just to cover the backlog 😂).
For those curious this is shot with a Panasonic HC-VX981K which I set to wide open and disabled the gain, 4k mode with 24 fps. It's lit with four Neewer lights using some off-brand batteries and I added two gels over them, one red to disguise my poorly-decorated living room, and some blue rim lighting just out of frame because I liked the look and the cool tinge of blue lens flare that I got. Because I have trust issues, I used two system audio with a Zoom H6 and an AKG C414 on the "Ol' Reliable" Samson Mini-boom.
Some equipment links to support the channel:
Camera: https://amzn.to/3pCFwNu
Lights: https://amzn.to/3sdSNh9
Mic: https://amzn.to/2NCctfP
Ol' Reliable Mini Boom: https://amzn.to/3s9JAXs
1. Apparently you are supposed to slide the leader paper UNDER the little metal tab on Hasselblad (this is different from some other camera systems) and then once you do, you can insert without removing the darkslide since this prevents the paper from catching.
2. The 205FCC/TCC do not have matrix metering. They have a much tighter spot meter and a built in zone system display (used in the Z mode). I'll cover this in an upcoming video on the 200 series. The 203FE metering pattern is demarcated on screens like the 42210 and is much larger (20% of area).