Hasselblad
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Hasselblad is a camera manufacturer based in Göteborg, Sweden - and was the company that first developed the professional medium format modular SLR.
The original Hasselblad company was a marketing operation, formed in 1841 by Fritz Victor Hasselblad. Photographic products were introduced in 1887, and the photographic division became a separate company, Hasselblads Fotografiska Aktiebolag in 1908. Hasselblad was the Kodak distributor for Sweden.
In 1941, Victor Hasselblad Aktiebolag began manufacture of aerial and ground reconnaissance cameras for the Swedish Air Force. Dr Victor Hasselblad's company continued after the second world war and designed the 1600F - a 6×6cm SLR with focal plane shutter and interchangeable film backs, produced from 1948. [1]
Contents
- 1 Pre-1957 Hasselblad
- 2 Post-1957 Hasselblad
- 3 Serial numbers
- 4 Notes
- 5 External links
Pre-1957 Hasselblad
Iconic Hasselblad 500 C image by Rachel Rayns (Image rights) |
Cameras
Pre-1957 focal plane shutter models
- Hasselblad 1600 F [1948 - 1953]
- Hasselblad 1000 F [1953 - 1957]
Pre-1957 wide angle models
- Hasselblad Supreme Wide Angle (SWA) [1954 - 1956]
- Hasselblad Super Wide (SW) [1956 - 1957/1959]
Lenses
Kodak lenses
- Kodak Ektar f/2.8 80 mm w/ Series VII filters
- Kodak Ektar f/3.5 135 mm w/ Series VII filters
Zeiss lenses
- Zeiss Biogon f/4.5 38 mm (on SWA/SW bodies) w/ Series VIII/series 63 filters
- Zeiss Distagon f/5.6 60 mm w/ Series VII filters
- Zeiss Tessar f/2.8 80 mm w/ Series VII filters
- Zeiss Sonnar f/3.5 135 mm w/ Series VII filters
- Zeiss Sonnar f/4 250 mm w/ Series IX/72 mm filters
- Zeiss Sonnar f/5.6 250 mm w/ Series VII filters
Cook & Perkins / Dallmeyer lens
- Dallmeyer Dallon Tele-Anastigmat f/5.6 508 mm
- 100 mm filters, lens hood, direct vision finder, 2 pistol grips (for body and lens)
113 were made. The barrel is marked Manufactured by Cook & Perkins Ltd London England for Victor Hasselblad AB Sweden and wears the C&P logo. 20 were included in a set for the Swedish Navy, with 1000F body (HK-1), 3 magazines, direct and magnifying finders, a direct vision finder, 3 filters and two pistol grips, one for the body, one for the lens, all in a wooden case. 10 of these sets were Navy engraved and 10 were not. One was sold at lp-foto auction #4.
Accessory equipment
Film magazines
Viewfinders
Close-up equipment
Flash contact bars
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Lens shades
Remote & Cable release
Miscellaneous
Straps and cases
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Post-1957 Hasselblad
Current models (All systems)
- Hasselblad 503 CW [1996 - present]
- Hasselblad H4D [2009 - present]
V-system
- Leaf shutter models
Leaf shutter only models
- Hasselblad 500 C [1957 - 1970]
- Hasselblad 500 C/M (= 500 Classic) [1970 - 1994]
- Hasselblad 503 CX [1989 - 1994]
- Hasselblad 503 CXi [1994 - 1996]
- Hasselblad 501 C [1994 - 1997]
- Hasselblad 501 CM [1997 - 2005]
- Hasselblad 500 EL [1965 - 1971]
- Hasselblad 500 EL/M [1971 - 1984]
- Hasselblad 500 ELX [1984 - 1989]
- Hasselblad 553 ELX [1989 - 1999]
- Hasselblad 555 ELD [1998 - 2006]
- Hasselblad SWC [1957 - 1980]
- Hasselblad SWC/M [1980 - 1989 (from 1982 with CF lens)]
- Hasselblad 903 SWC [1989 - 2002]
Focal plane and leaf shutter compatible models
- Hasselblad 2000FC [1977 - 1981]
- Hasselblad 2000FC/M [1981 - 1984]
- Hasselblad 2000FCW [1984 - 1988]
- Hasselblad 2003FCW [1988 - 1990]
- Hasselblad 201 F [1994 - 1997]
- Hasselblad 202 FA [1998 - 2002]
- Hasselblad 203 FE [1994 - 2004]
- Hasselblad 205 TCC [1991 - 1995]
- Hasselblad 205 FCC [1995 - 2004]
Lenses
- Leaf shutter lenses
C lenses
Late C lens
CB lenses |
CF lenses
CFi/CFE lenses
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- Shutterless lenses
F lenses |
FCC/FE lenses |
- Converters
- Zeiss Mutar 2x
- Zeiss PC-Mutar 1.4x (shift converter)
- Hasselblad 1.4XE
- Hasselblad Apo 1.4XE
- Hasselblad 2XE
- TTL-flash control models
V series models compatible with the TTL flash system
- Hasselblad 503 CW [1996 - present]
- 503 CX; 503 CXi
- 500 ELX; 553 ELX
- 201 F; 202 FA; 203 FE; 205 TCC; 205 FCC
H-system
Cameras
- Hasselblad H1 [2002 - 2005]
- Hasselblad H1D [2004 - 2005]
- Hasseldlad H2 [2005 - 2006]
- Hasselblad H2D [2005 - 2006]
- Hasselblad H2F
- Hasselblad H3D-22 [2006 - ]
- Hasselblad H3DII-31 [2007 -
- Hasselblad H3DII-39 [2006 - ]
- Hasselblad H3DII-39MS [2007]
- Hasselblad H3DII-50 [2008 - 2009]
- Hasselblad H3DII-50MS
- Hasselblad H4D-31 [2009]
- Hasselblad H4D-40 [2009]
- Hasselblad H4D-50 [2009]
- Hasselblad H4D-50MS [2009]
- Hasselblad H4D-60 [2009]
- Hasselblad H4D-200MS [2009]
- Hasselblad H4X [2011]
- Hasselblad H5D [2012]
Lenses
- HC f/3.5 35 mm
- HC f/3.5 50 mm
- HC f/2.8 80 mm
- HC f/2.2 100 mm
- HC Macro f/4 120 mm
- HC f/3.2 150 mm
- HC f/4 210 mm
- HC f/4.5 300 mm
- HC f/3.5-4.5 50-110 mm (zoom)
Converter
- Converter H1.7X
X-system
x-pan image by KEH Camera (Image rights) |
135 film panoramic camera models
- Hasselblad XPan II [2004 - 2006]
- Hasselblad XPan [1999 - 2004]
Lenses
- Hasselblad f/5.6 30 mm Aspheric
- Hasselblad f/4 45 mm
- Hasselblad f/4 90 mm
MK70-system
Photogrammetric camera models
- Hasselblad MK 70
- Hasselblad MKW/E
- Hasselblad MKWE II
Tilt & Shift cameras
- Hasselblad FlexBody [1994 - ...]
- Hasselblad ArcBody [1998 - 2002]
Digital products
Past products
- Hasselblad DB4000, digital back
- Hasselblad Dixel 2000, 35 mm film scanner and transmitter
- Hasselblad DFinity, camera
Current products
- The Hasselblad line (was Imacon's line) of digital backs and film scanners
- Hasselblad Lunar
Serial numbers
Hasselblad used a letter code *akin the Kodak's Camerosity, to identify the year of production. Camera bodies, using a two letter combination, were encoded with the word 'VHPICTURES,' which resolves as follows:
V H P I C T U R E S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Notes
External links
- Hasselblad Hasselblad company site
- camera collection of Hasselblad Faoundation [1]
- Hasselblad 6×6 Camera Price & Information Guide
- Hasselblad C Lens Price & Information Guide
- Hasselblad Historical
- Hasselblad Historical's Online V-System Close-Up Calculator
- The Hasselblad Club
- The Hasselblad Resource Page Pictorial history of Hasselblad camera models
- Unofficial Hasselblad User Forums - English and soon also in German
- Hasselblad Hints and Tips Details about the Hasselblad system
- Hasselblad Cameras Price Guide ~ Compiled prices from recent completed auctions.
- Hasselblad Cameras on www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand
- many Hasselblad PDF manuals in English at Orphancameras.com
- Hasselblad Camera Manuals at Photo-Manuals.com, by Ben Squire
- Hasselblad 500C/M at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.