Hasselblad H1

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The Hasselblad H1 is a autofocus 6x4.5 medium format system camera from Hasselblad released in November 2002. It was jointly developed with Fujifilm who also distributed it as the GX645AF. They had previously worked on a 35mm panoramic camera released as the Hasselblad XPan and as the Fujifilm TX. The camera was displayed Photokina in 2002.

It is powered by three CR123A battery which are loaded onto inserts. A rechargeable lithium ion battery is also offered.

Lenses

The lenses are manufactured by Fuji and are based on a electronic leaf shutter design. The maximum shutter speed is at a 1/800 of a sec.

• 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)

Finder

The prism finder is removable. There is a dipoter correction from -4 to +2.5. The prism contains the metering system with metering modes for average, centre weighted and spot. It has built-in pop-up TTL flash with guide number of 12. A TTL hot-shoe is on the prism and can be used with a Metz SCA 3902 adapter and the Metz SCA3002 system.

Backs

The removable film backs uses a built-in dark slide system. The film inserts can be used with both 120 or 220 films. Bar coded films can be used which can automatically distinguish the film format chosen. Film loading is automatic and does not require lining up arrows on the film paper backing paper. The film is advanced automatically to frame one and is automatically wound to the end of the roll upon the last exposure. Advancing speeds is about 2 frames per second. Film ISO is automatically set with bar coded Fuji films. Non bar coded film can of course be used, but many automated features are lost. Manually setting the film ISO speed can be done using the LCD. The LCD shows film type (120/220), ISO film speed and the frame number which can be upward or downward counting. The back has a CR2032 coin battery, this is used to power the LCD when unmounted. When attached to the camera body the back consumes power from the body battery. With the back unmounted and a flat battery there will be no LCD display.

Digital backs from Phase One and Kodak can also be used. A Polaroid instant pack film back is also available.

Links

• H1 at medfmt
• Hasselblad H1 by Michael Reichmann, November, 2002 at photo.net