you may have your CFV-39 but i have....

[sperera]

my bargain Hasselblad, Rollei and Sinar kits for total £1,850......

(copied from a post in the B+W section) Recently, I bought a Hasselblad kit from a friend of mine for £550 and started shooting film again on my paid jobs....digital and film together...in fact to save time i metre with the digital...i factor in about a third of a stop off and that does me fine.....

The kit was a metal case with a Hasselblad 500 C/M and A12 back, a sports prism, a 80mm CF, a 50mm Distagon C, a 150mm Sonnar C (silver), a 250mm Sonnar C (Silver) with a mould spot in it and, like the 50mm sluggish on the 1 secs and 2 secs as per normal with these lenses), a Polaroid back and some filters....then i also got a Rollei T with a prism from Ffordes in Scotland for under £300 and I also got a Sinar F2 with a 150mm 5.6 Schneider lens complete for about £1,000 (as new condition actually)

This was at the time i was debating on getting a Hasselblad H3D-31 2nd hand.....that would have cost me £6000 so i got a whole lot more for my money and change!

Now i must admit my head's being turned by the CFV-39 hence my persistence in other parts of this great forum.

 

[polypal]

Slow shutters occur often with C type lenses but are not a normal situation.

These lenses like a CLA every 3-5 years depending on condition and use.
Provided they are serviced like this they have a long life ahead.

Sluggish shutters at slow speeds indicate a lubrication problem.
Even when faster speeds function correctly the shutter wil wear faster and become non servicable in the end.

 

[stever]

... but I record my photographs on the molecular level so I don't have bother with pixels and Photo$hop.

Film Lives!

Steve

 

[sperera]

whats a CLA????? a service i presume....thing is im in Gibraltar and dont know of anyone who can service the lenses for me...any ideas???? and what of costs? UK would be an option i guess....

Slow shutters occur often with C type lenses but are not a normal situation.

These lenses like a CLA every 3-5 years depending on condition and use.
Provided they are serviced like this they have a long life ahead.

Sluggish shutters at slow speeds indicate a lubrication problem.
Even when faster speeds function correctly the shutter wil wear faster and become non servicable in the end.

 

[polypal]

CLA is short for: Clean, Lube and Adjust.
The term is mostly used in the US but has become an expression also known in Europe.

Older lenses from the C series like to be serviced every 3-5 years depending on the amount of use they get.
The same goes for bodies.
The mechanical wonders also like to be pampered every couple of years.

Shutters from CF and later lenses do not protest like those from C lenses but they too like to be serviced after years of duty.

Like a car mechaniocal equipment will go on even without proper care but that brings a higher risk of problems and more expensive repairs.