hasselblad meter prism finder instruction manual

I bought a Mamiya 6 and later nearly bought a Mamiya 7 camera (for the famous 43mm wide lens!) but instead got the 35mm Hasselblad Xpan. The widest lens I have for it is 55mm but the lens need a service so is out of action. I have a Mamiya 645 Super that is slightly larger than the Fuji cameras but smaller and lighter than the Hasselblad 500CM. All great cameras and with the amazing Fujion lenses but the fixed lenses mean they don’t offer wide angle. I have smaller medium format cameras already, the Fuji GF670, Fuji GS645 and Fuji GA645. I love the photos it takes but I use it with a prism viewfinder so it’s not as compact as it could be. The Hasselblad 501C 6×6 camera continues to be perhaps my favourite camera to operate. I wanted a medium format film camera which offered wide angle. The 38mm Biogon lens is roughly equivalent to 21mm on a 35mm camera sensor so gives a pretty wide field of view compared to the standard 80mm Zeiss kit lens on a Hasselblad 500CM Classic which is equivalent to 50mm in 35mm camera terms.Ģb.and Why Did I Buy Another MF Film Camera!? As the camera is a wide-angle camera there is greater depth of field (DOF) than on say a long lens (especially once the SWC lens is stopped down). To focus the SWC camera I need to use hyperfocal distance (like I would on a Leica rangefinder camera for street photography) and dial in a preferred focus distance on the Biogon lens (such as 2 meters) and then roughly gauge by eye this distance from the camera to the subject. Instead it just has an external viewfinder to aid basic composition. It is not like a normal 500 series Hasselblad camera (as I think of them) as it has no mirror/ ground glass / waist level view finder setup you normally find at the heart of every Hasselblad. The SWC is a camera designed and built around the very well-regarded Zeiss Biogon 38mm lens. Unlike the more common Hasselblad 500 series / V-series camera models the lens on the SWC cameras does not detach. Thanks for your MrLeica purchase! Menu ToggleĪ Hasselblad SWC/M comes with a Zeiss Biogon 38mm f4.5 CF lens attached.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Leica Film Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica SL Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica Q Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica M Cameras.Leica Club Welcome Pack – Digital Leica CL TL Cameras.

Hasselblad meter prism finder instruction manual