Hasselblad 500C

[Anders O]

Hi.
I bought a hasselblad 500C on auction a few days ago, was a kit with hasselblad bag, bellows, two extention tubes, filters.
Seems to be from 1969, serialnumber starts with TE and the planar optics is,marked with a T* so it is multicoated ???

Is the bellows set complete?
What kind of filters did i get, says hasselblad 50 2*pola -1 on one and on the otherone it seems to be the same but hasselblad 63, dont think I have anywhere it fits.

How can I use the eyecup, I guess I cant remove the existing viewfinder as it is a 500C???

I tried the camera yesterday, and seems to be working fine, but i guess i have to wait for the film to be developed to be sure, but the shutterspeed seems to be ok, lense is nice an clean.

Br
Anders

 

[Livesteamer]

Welcome to the forum. The 500C is a great camera. If you take the back off, the waist level finder will slide out and the other finder can be put in. Enjoy. Joe

 

[Anders O]

Ah, so easy 🙂 thanks Joe.

/Anders

 

[chrism]

I've had a ball with my 500c. Don't forget to remove the darkslide before pressing the release, or to wind the film on before changing lenses (which cocks the shutter - has to be cocked to attach a lens). The other oddity is if you have the shutter cocked and change backs with the new back not wound on. You have to take off the back, press the shutter release, re-attach the back and then wind on. It all makes sense once you figure out how it works, but all the above errors caught me out at least once when I first got the camera. Then there were the C12 backs and how to load them....

It's worth it. I hope you have as much fun as I have had.

Chris

 

[Landshark]

The 63 is for a lens that uses Series Vlll filters like the 50mm C lens.

They're both polarizing filters. If you look at a body of water with glare and rotate the glass, you can watch the effect.

The -1 is the amount that the light reaching the film is reduced by. -1 = add more exposure(1 stop).

Other filters may show 2X for the same adjustment.

 

[leicapixie]

One of the greatest cameras ever made.
Read the instructions carefully.
There are "symbols" on side telling what is cocked and matching.
There is a simple tool if you have a simple jam..
The lens is superb. Not same as on Rolleiflex Planar..
Different aperture blades and need for distance in clearing mirror.
I used the agencies Hassie on fashion shoots
Preferred my Mamiya-C TLR.
Enjoy!

 

[GarageBoy]

Can you take a closer photo of the front and rear elements of the 80 planar?
Never seen chrome lenses with T*. Was curious if someone swapped the glass from a black one into a chrome barrel, or just the name ring

 

[Anders O]

Can you take a closer photo of the front and rear elements of the 80 planar?
Never seen chrome lenses with T*. Was curious if someone swapped the glass from a black one into a chrome barrel, or just the name ring

Hi, sure np.

Seems to be in good condition.
Seems like the previouse owner was the swedish police, seems like they took very good care of it. 🙂

 

[Anders O]

And one pic of the rear of the lens.

 

[Landshark]

The later chrome 80mm lenses were also T*. It was just a transition thing.

 

[leicapixie]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144027

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144027

I am in awe of the condition!
Go out and enjoy!
The Hassie was the standard Fashion and Portrait kit for a long time!
My use of the less expensive Mamiya C series was economics,
the fear of jamming the Hassie, the difficulty of film loading.
I way preferred the "straight line" of film channel.
Please expose some film..
after seeing what it does,
whatever you spent, will be forgotten.
It is as i said "Amazing".

 

[Godfrey]

Nice! It looks to be in great condition.

Read the manual, if you haven't already, then go out and enjoy taking pictures with it. There's something very satisfying about using a Hasselblad.

(Which reminds me, I should pull mine out, load it, and fit the Makro-Planar 120mm lens that arrived on Monday... 🙂

G

 

[Anders O]

Thanks.. 🙂
Really happy with the camera so far.
Got the photos developed, but only scanned in low resolution, I need to buy a mf scanner soon...
Used Porta 400 film.

 

[bigeye]

You might try some E6 films to fully appreciate the optics you have. Opening a box from a processor is an event when you get positives back.

 

[johannielscom]

Considering the purchase of a 500C with three lenses, which are a chrome 2.8/80mm Planar and a black Sonnar, the 150mm IIRC. Third lens was a chrome one, possibly a 50mm. Also the metered 45º TTL prism, 52051 type IIRC. I was offered the set (has quite a few accessories and a case too) for EUR 1100 and I'll likely be selling off other MF gear to cover for it.

Seems I have my Imacon FlexTight Photo scanner up and running (successful repair, knock on wood) and scanning a roll of Rolleiflex shots made me marvel at the quality of the images, none of the images from my current cameras can measure up to it. Along came the offer for the Hasselblad, so I'm seriously considering it.


Guess I'll be returning tomorrow to check the details, camera and lens types and matching numbers in the backs.

Anything else I need to pay attention to, when checking it over? Is the price a good one? All lenses are clear and the shutters are fine, the mirror flaps up too 🙂

 

[bigeye]

Sounds like you have it covered. 50-80-150 is a pretty common set of lenses. Are they chrome C or CF? All the glass is great and I like both old and new. Check prices on keh.com for goodness, they're pretty much the market.

The big operating weirdness with the HBs is the cocking of both the lens and body shutters - they're independent and 'keyed' by a screwdriver-type arrangement. You always change lenses with the camera and lens cocked. If there is any stoppage or binding, it's probably related to one or the other not being cocked. Or, the darkslide is not seated. Loading film requires a bit of learning, too. If it hasn't been used in awhile the fuzzy darkslide seal may give light leaks. Easily replaced (see ebay and youtube).

http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/ is a fun site to read.

Check for HB operation videos on youtube and you'll figure it out. The Imacon is a big plus to have!

-Charlie

 

[johannielscom]

Here's a list of what I got, since I went ahead and committed to the purchase😎:

• 500C/M (1974), regular wind knob
• 2.8/80mm Planar chrome, T* coated (serial starts with 5514)
• 3.5/100mm Planar black, coated (serial starts with 5153, with grey plastic front and rear cap)
• 4.0/150mm Sonnar chrome, coated (serial starts with 2668, in lens bubble)
• Regular chimney finder
• TTL 45º finder, 52051 type
• Focus screen split image, boxed
• Focus screen complete grid (in camera)
• Focus screen central grid, boxed
• extra wind knob, boxed
• hood for 80mm, unused, boxed
• hood for 150mm, used
• 2 film magazines A12, unmatched numbers, 1 dark slide only
• 2 flash clips for the hood, one nearly mint, the other unused and boxed
• 1 meter clip for the hood, nearly mint
• Cable release, high quality. 3 rolls of expired film

Everything is fully functional and fairly clean.


Guess I'll be selling off my Horseman 985 soon, to help cover for this kit.

I'm in awe with the Hasselblad build quality and the mirror slap sound. Guess I'll be needing a tripod quick release plate and a second dark slide and I'm good to go😎

 

[Ben Z]

If you can, try and pick up an Acute-Matte focusing screen (made for the later models) for the C/M. It really is a revelation compared to the original ones.

 

[johannielscom]

Hm. Wondering what the illusive Acute-Matte screen looks like, anyone that can show me a picture of one, so I can compare it against the split-focus one that I got with the camera? After all, I might get lucky and find I already have one 🙄

 

[x-ray]

Can you take a closer photo of the front and rear elements of the 80 planar?
Never seen chrome lenses with T*. Was curious if someone swapped the glass from a black one into a chrome barrel, or just the name ring

I've owned several T* chrome lenses. There's nothing rare about them.