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daniel_rocha
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Hello Bobby,
> Does hassy make a special cable release for the 501 CM or > will any cable release work?
Any cable release will works !
And enjoy your new gear !
Regards, Daniel.
Daniel Rocha - Photographie http://www.monochromatique.com
> Does hassy make a special cable release for the 501 CM or > will any cable release work?
Any cable release will works !
And enjoy your new gear !
Regards, Daniel.
Daniel Rocha - Photographie http://www.monochromatique.com
Hello there,
new in the Hasselblad-Universe, had been looking for a long time for the perfect one, finally bought (on eBay) a very well preserved 500 C/M.
It is absolutely mint and unmarked, so I was really happy with it until I took the lens off and discovered the terrible fact
that there is a major (0.5 by 0.5 cm) surface mark on the mirror. It is surely not a fingerprint. I dare not try to remove it because I know cleaning the mirror even with the utmost care can make the situation even worse. I will have to see the repairman on Mnday but until then I am trying to face the grim future.
Could you Hassy-experts please provide me any sort of
wisdom that may work? In the worst case, is the mirror easily replaceable? Does one have the body take completely apart? In the worst case, is the mirror available online? And alas, what can be the price?
Any helpful suggestion welcome.
Tamas
new in the Hasselblad-Universe, had been looking for a long time for the perfect one, finally bought (on eBay) a very well preserved 500 C/M.
It is absolutely mint and unmarked, so I was really happy with it until I took the lens off and discovered the terrible fact
that there is a major (0.5 by 0.5 cm) surface mark on the mirror. It is surely not a fingerprint. I dare not try to remove it because I know cleaning the mirror even with the utmost care can make the situation even worse. I will have to see the repairman on Mnday but until then I am trying to face the grim future.
Could you Hassy-experts please provide me any sort of
wisdom that may work? In the worst case, is the mirror easily replaceable? Does one have the body take completely apart? In the worst case, is the mirror available online? And alas, what can be the price?
Any helpful suggestion welcome.
Tamas
>Posted by Helmut Hiss (hellehiss) on Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 11h pm
Hi analog fans, I had the same mirror problem (9 scratches) on a Hasselblad 500 C/M. The mirror costs about 150 Euro (spare part), but I tried to desmantel the 500C/M and had to recognise that the mirror is located together with the flaps in the backplate. So I had to give up. But I can give you a very good adress of an excellent repairman. His costs are about 1/3 of the Hasselblad price.
Adress: LANDGRAF Kamera-Reparaturen Binsenschlauchweg 30 76187 Karlsruhe Germany
Tel. +49-721-578028 Fax +49-721-578029
But the mirror is not so sensible as you erplained. If you clean it with alcohol (after shave) with cicular movement, using lens paper without any pressure agaist the mirror. The only care what you have, no hard particles under the lens paper when you are finally polishing the surface of the mirror.
Helmut
Hi analog fans, I had the same mirror problem (9 scratches) on a Hasselblad 500 C/M. The mirror costs about 150 Euro (spare part), but I tried to desmantel the 500C/M and had to recognise that the mirror is located together with the flaps in the backplate. So I had to give up. But I can give you a very good adress of an excellent repairman. His costs are about 1/3 of the Hasselblad price.
Adress: LANDGRAF Kamera-Reparaturen Binsenschlauchweg 30 76187 Karlsruhe Germany
Tel. +49-721-578028 Fax +49-721-578029
But the mirror is not so sensible as you erplained. If you clean it with alcohol (after shave) with cicular movement, using lens paper without any pressure agaist the mirror. The only care what you have, no hard particles under the lens paper when you are finally polishing the surface of the mirror.
Helmut
Thank you, Helmut, first I will show the mirror to an expert repairman and then decide what to do (I thonk I should go back to the sseller anyway, who somehow forgot to mention this problem in the description of the camera. All he said was the camera had been hardly ever used. I can`t imagine then how on earth a spot like this could have appeared on the mirrror... The whole camera system is otherwise like new even though it is 20 years old. )
Although I am a professional cinematographer I am new to the mid-format field and to Hassy`s optics, so my other question to the community is this:
I have now the 80 mm Planar and plan to buy a wide angle (mostly for outdoors and reportage but not for architecture etc.) and a telephoto lens (mostly for portraiture and reportage). Could you help me with suggestions as to which one of each line I should choose?
Thanks,
Tamas
Although I am a professional cinematographer I am new to the mid-format field and to Hassy`s optics, so my other question to the community is this:
I have now the 80 mm Planar and plan to buy a wide angle (mostly for outdoors and reportage but not for architecture etc.) and a telephoto lens (mostly for portraiture and reportage). Could you help me with suggestions as to which one of each line I should choose?
Thanks,
Tamas
for protraiture 120 mm 150 mm 180 mm 250 mm
I have learned that it is very different what is prefered on this list - I use the 120 and the 250 + some extensions tubes when I want to get closer.
What i like about the 250 is that it is as its sharpes wide open (wich is nice as it is a 5,6 optic)and the 120 is a semi macro lens so it gets close even without the extension tubes
For wide I only use the biogon on the SWC so I do not have experience with the wide lenses for the 500 series
Do you notice the mark on the mirror when you look trough the viewfinder and the planar or is it only something that you can see when you take the lens of ??
Some advices: never remove the lens if the shutter is uncocked - if using extension tubes always mount them first - then the lens and when removing them always remove the lens first and then the extension tubes.
Make a test roll film and shot with some heavy light from the darkslide side of the camera - then you can test if your light seal is OK - it might have been compressed due to the many years of storage and it is such a pain in the ... to have a good shot ruined with stray light
anyway welcome to hasselblad medium format shooting - Ruben
I have learned that it is very different what is prefered on this list - I use the 120 and the 250 + some extensions tubes when I want to get closer.
What i like about the 250 is that it is as its sharpes wide open (wich is nice as it is a 5,6 optic)and the 120 is a semi macro lens so it gets close even without the extension tubes
For wide I only use the biogon on the SWC so I do not have experience with the wide lenses for the 500 series
Do you notice the mark on the mirror when you look trough the viewfinder and the planar or is it only something that you can see when you take the lens of ??
Some advices: never remove the lens if the shutter is uncocked - if using extension tubes always mount them first - then the lens and when removing them always remove the lens first and then the extension tubes.
Make a test roll film and shot with some heavy light from the darkslide side of the camera - then you can test if your light seal is OK - it might have been compressed due to the many years of storage and it is such a pain in the ... to have a good shot ruined with stray light
anyway welcome to hasselblad medium format shooting - Ruben
Hi Tamas
and welcome from me. Ruben certainly has hit the right lens combinations in the longer end with the 120 and the 250 (my personal choices as well). At the wider end of the scale i have found the 50mm FLE superb. My old 60mm doesn't see the light of day much any more.
and welcome from me. Ruben certainly has hit the right lens combinations in the longer end with the 120 and the 250 (my personal choices as well). At the wider end of the scale i have found the 50mm FLE superb. My old 60mm doesn't see the light of day much any more.
simonpg
Active Member
I've not heard that and don't subscribe to rumours.
What I have been told here in Australia is that under the new merged company Hasselblad/Imacon, Hasselblad has withdrawn support for wider discount pricing of V series gear. There will be specific promotions, but not deeper pricebook discounts.
Press releases on the Hasselblad web site have stated that the new dual imaging company (film and digital) will continue to provide V series c&atibility (as far as it can).
What I have been told here in Australia is that under the new merged company Hasselblad/Imacon, Hasselblad has withdrawn support for wider discount pricing of V series gear. There will be specific promotions, but not deeper pricebook discounts.
Press releases on the Hasselblad web site have stated that the new dual imaging company (film and digital) will continue to provide V series c&atibility (as far as it can).
Simon,
Yes, if they were trying to save costs back then, they would have dropped the "duplicate" 501 CM back then too.
And a number of other cameras too.
The 501 C and CM were part of the second tier, entry level Hasselblad. And part of the "stretched out" life of the good ol' 500 C and C/M. The one continued when the 503 CX came out as (and because it was a) Classic.
Times are bad now. So it's probably not a good idea to carry a wide choice of cameras (= multiple production lines) when sales figures are bad.
So now it's back to where they once were: only one (1) camera of each "type", but that single camera being the best they can make. No second tier, second choice bodies.
However, the 200-series (too expensive!!!) was dropped completely. No single representative (an affordable 204 FE, combining the features of 203 and 205), no best-of-its-type.
Economic pressure not even allowing that.
Which, by the way, brings the EL-line close to extinction too. What can they do a 503 CW can't?
So expect the EL-line to disappear soon as well.
That leaves the 503 CW and the SWC.
The SWC is (or so i gather) not selling very well. So that may leave...
P.S.
Don't expect Hasselblad's site to announce the discontinuation of any product.
It's there to sell existing products, and (!) those discontinued products there still are heaps of unsold stock of.
You'll know from that site the 501 CM is gone, and sold out, the moment it isn't mentioned anymore.
Yes, if they were trying to save costs back then, they would have dropped the "duplicate" 501 CM back then too.
And a number of other cameras too.
The 501 C and CM were part of the second tier, entry level Hasselblad. And part of the "stretched out" life of the good ol' 500 C and C/M. The one continued when the 503 CX came out as (and because it was a) Classic.
Times are bad now. So it's probably not a good idea to carry a wide choice of cameras (= multiple production lines) when sales figures are bad.
So now it's back to where they once were: only one (1) camera of each "type", but that single camera being the best they can make. No second tier, second choice bodies.
However, the 200-series (too expensive!!!) was dropped completely. No single representative (an affordable 204 FE, combining the features of 203 and 205), no best-of-its-type.
Economic pressure not even allowing that.
Which, by the way, brings the EL-line close to extinction too. What can they do a 503 CW can't?
So expect the EL-line to disappear soon as well.
That leaves the 503 CW and the SWC.
The SWC is (or so i gather) not selling very well. So that may leave...
P.S.
Don't expect Hasselblad's site to announce the discontinuation of any product.
It's there to sell existing products, and (!) those discontinued products there still are heaps of unsold stock of.
You'll know from that site the 501 CM is gone, and sold out, the moment it isn't mentioned anymore.
jotloob
Well-Known Member
> Hello Yes it is true , the 501CM goes out of production and the rest , which is still in stock will be sold as normal . I have this from my dealer . So E-Bay is a good platform for those who want to collect . Prices are very low at the moment , and for those who have a 501CM Keep it . It is a good camera . Regards Jürgen
I should have mentioned in my post of February 11th
that when Hasselblad announced the demise of the 501CM last December, they also revealed their plans to withdraw the 555ELD and 905SWC. This will leave only the 503CW in the 500 series which in fact, is their only 6x6 format camera. Who knows how long they'll continue with that in Red,Green,Blue and Yellow. Plus of course, traditional Chrome and Black.
Colin
that when Hasselblad announced the demise of the 501CM last December, they also revealed their plans to withdraw the 555ELD and 905SWC. This will leave only the 503CW in the 500 series which in fact, is their only 6x6 format camera. Who knows how long they'll continue with that in Red,Green,Blue and Yellow. Plus of course, traditional Chrome and Black.
Colin