Hasselblad 500 C/M

Origins and name

The Hasselblad 500C was intoduced in 1957 by the Hasselblad Corporation in Sweden, after a series of trouble-stricken 1600 and 1000 focal plane shuttered models. The camera number indicates the top shutterspeed. With the V-series, as the series started with the 500C is known, Hasselblad opted for an in the lens Compur shutter (hence the C). This solved the problems it had experienced with the focal plane shutters and allowed x-sync at all speeds. At the same time, it also meant a reduction of the top shutter speed to 1/500s.

--> 1600, 1000, 500 c+m

Optics and shutter

--> Zeiss, speeds, e-number

Magazines and film

--> 120, 220, 70mm, polaroid

Finders

--> wlf, prism, metered prism

Images