pascal
Member
Dear all:
It is not my intention to start ranting but I should say that I am a bit concerned about reliability issues with the Hasselblad H series. I am using an immaculate H1, which had been checked and updated to the then latest software by Hasselblad at the beginning of 2009. I had experienced some weird electronic issues in the past (such as indications "lens error" or "no lens" for no good reason, see the following threads: http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2583 and http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2819) and these were resolved with the software update. The camera worked very well since.
However, disaster was striking during my holiday trip to Iceland over the late Summer 2009. It started already on day one in Reykjavik with the camera playing tricks on me. After switching it on and focusing, the camera just switched itself off. Usually, it worked well the second time and I could take the shot. But that gradually went worse.
Of course the first possible culprit were the batteries. But even when changing to no less than 3 fresh sets of new batteries, no improvement was noted.
After two days, the whole system died on me in Akureyri, main town in the north of Iceland. Very disappointing. Especially when one does not go to Iceland every day.
Changing batteries, fiddling with the battery grip, etc., all to no avail. For the rest of the two week trip, I was basically schlepping around a brick.
Luckily for me I still had the Hasselblad Xpan II, which performed very well and proved to be useful for a vast majority of the shots. Of course, I would have wished to use a more regular film format along the panoramic images as well, but there was no choice.
Upon my return the camera was handed over to the dealer again, who checked everything and stated the camera had to be sent to Sweden for check-up. After three weeks the camera came back and all that had been done, was another software update, which apparently took care of the issues. No other defect was found.
All this does not sound very reassuring. I realize modern cameras depend on software as much as on hardware. But reliability is important and the thought that it can happen again, at any moment, is not something I look forward to.
I wonder whether such issues are experienced by others as well.
It is very likely that, on my next major trip, the H will stay home and be replaced by the Rolleiflex Hy6...
Pascal
http://www.leicapages.com
http://www.rolleiflexpages.com
http://www.hasselbladpages.com
It is not my intention to start ranting but I should say that I am a bit concerned about reliability issues with the Hasselblad H series. I am using an immaculate H1, which had been checked and updated to the then latest software by Hasselblad at the beginning of 2009. I had experienced some weird electronic issues in the past (such as indications "lens error" or "no lens" for no good reason, see the following threads: http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2583 and http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2819) and these were resolved with the software update. The camera worked very well since.
However, disaster was striking during my holiday trip to Iceland over the late Summer 2009. It started already on day one in Reykjavik with the camera playing tricks on me. After switching it on and focusing, the camera just switched itself off. Usually, it worked well the second time and I could take the shot. But that gradually went worse.
Of course the first possible culprit were the batteries. But even when changing to no less than 3 fresh sets of new batteries, no improvement was noted.
After two days, the whole system died on me in Akureyri, main town in the north of Iceland. Very disappointing. Especially when one does not go to Iceland every day.
Changing batteries, fiddling with the battery grip, etc., all to no avail. For the rest of the two week trip, I was basically schlepping around a brick.
Luckily for me I still had the Hasselblad Xpan II, which performed very well and proved to be useful for a vast majority of the shots. Of course, I would have wished to use a more regular film format along the panoramic images as well, but there was no choice.
Upon my return the camera was handed over to the dealer again, who checked everything and stated the camera had to be sent to Sweden for check-up. After three weeks the camera came back and all that had been done, was another software update, which apparently took care of the issues. No other defect was found.
All this does not sound very reassuring. I realize modern cameras depend on software as much as on hardware. But reliability is important and the thought that it can happen again, at any moment, is not something I look forward to.
I wonder whether such issues are experienced by others as well.
It is very likely that, on my next major trip, the H will stay home and be replaced by the Rolleiflex Hy6...
Pascal
http://www.leicapages.com
http://www.rolleiflexpages.com
http://www.hasselbladpages.com
