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70/500 Back
- Thread starter terrydent
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polypal
Active Member
Hello Terry,
You have number 36. Also an early one.
I have some B/W film left for this back.
Of course it can also be used for the 70 film back but it is too much for the 70 spools/containers.
Let me know if you want it. As far as I know perforated 70 mm film is no longer available.
All 500 backs were Swiss made.
They 500 cost the equivalent of three camera sets in the seventies!
I wonder where the other 196 backs are. The whereabouts of two others are known to me
There is at least one in black. No idea if this is an original one or a made up one.
The first 500 CM bodies in black appeared in 1972 as well.
Paul
You have number 36. Also an early one.
I have some B/W film left for this back.
Of course it can also be used for the 70 film back but it is too much for the 70 spools/containers.
Let me know if you want it. As far as I know perforated 70 mm film is no longer available.
All 500 backs were Swiss made.
They 500 cost the equivalent of three camera sets in the seventies!
I wonder where the other 196 backs are. The whereabouts of two others are known to me
There is at least one in black. No idea if this is an original one or a made up one.
The first 500 CM bodies in black appeared in 1972 as well.
Paul
terrydent
Member
The internal motor doesn't seem to run. I don't have a real Hasselblad battery, just a 6V lithium in an adapter. When I test the lithium it reads full power. When in the 70/500 battery tray only 40-50% of the power is at the contacts on the end that goes in the back. Guess I'll get a real Hass. battery and see if that helps.
Daniel Unkefer
Member
Several years ago I watched one of these go up on Ebay, item was located in France. The seller wanted $3500US and put it up several times, and -finally- sold it. I found out later, someone I used to know, on one of the camera forums, told me they bought it, to use on a Kiev 88! But it did not have the Kodak 100' spools inside it, he wanted to buy several from me. I won't sell mine, sorry.
A year later I saw an Aerial photography in Michigan USA put one up on Ebay. After several tries, it did sell for $1500US. He said it was in perfect working order. I was tempted but not by the price. I wonder if the internal motor would run off of one of the 9V adapters, like I use in my two EL/Ms. Can you plug the back into the EL/M and run it off of the batteries in the camera?
I have over twenty rolls of 70mm color and B&W film in my freezer, so I would like to find one of these at a good price.
-Dan
A year later I saw an Aerial photography in Michigan USA put one up on Ebay. After several tries, it did sell for $1500US. He said it was in perfect working order. I was tempted but not by the price. I wonder if the internal motor would run off of one of the 9V adapters, like I use in my two EL/Ms. Can you plug the back into the EL/M and run it off of the batteries in the camera?
I have over twenty rolls of 70mm color and B&W film in my freezer, so I would like to find one of these at a good price.
-Dan
wbulte
Active Member
It sure scares the living daylights out of all those cell-phone photographers..
I remember Paul turning up with his at a camera fair. A smile wide enough to fill the street...
Wilko
polypal
Active Member
Depends on what you call candid.
With the right amount of camouflage everything is possible.
Yes Wilko, that was happy hunting in those days.
Building a collection with a good writing hand and a thick cheque book is not a problem.
Finding rare items for friendly prices is.
A bit of luck and a mood to travel is all you need.
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