hasselblad Sun, 29 Oct 2000 Volume 1 : Number 1032 In this issue: New users 93mm Orange Hasselblad Filter For Sale unrepairable Zeiss lenses listing (besides 50mm f/4 C T*..?) WTT Leica, but FS or FT - Hass*** 80mm Lens Flare ?? SV: 80mm Lens Flare ?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:36:23 +0200 From: "M.N.G. Dukes" To: "List Hasselblad" Subject: New users Message-ID: <002801c040c2$9c888680$5c7b4382@mngdukes> I see that some new users of second-hand Hasselblads are in = difficulties, including the classic problem of loading the film back to = front. I had exactly the same problems after buying a 500 C/M second-hand in = Holland, without an instruction booklet. Finally the people who sold it = to me managed to find a brief instruction manual in Dutch - I read = Dutch, but it was merely a brief summary of the English manual, without = the pictures and thus impossible to follow. Neither the importer nor = Hasselblad in Sweden managed to send me the full illustrated set of = instructions. So I bought Ernst Wildi's book "The Hasselblad Manual." = Quite apart from being a very good general photo book it provides = complete and well-illustrated instructions for use for all the models = and all the supplementary items. The Fifth Edition (from Focal Press in = Boston and Oxford) came out this year (2000). I paid about $75.- for it = here in Norway but it is certainly cheaper in the US and UK. I do agree, however, that Hasselblad ought to put its instructions for = current models on the net.=20 Graham Dukes Oslo =20 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:51:58 EDT From: DKFletcher@aol.com To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: 93mm Orange Hasselblad Filter For Sale Message-ID: <33.bfea1a9.272c33fe@aol.com> I have a 93mm Orange Hasselblad filter I was going to take to ebay. If anyone is interested I will sell it for $100.00 shipped. The filter is mint with no marks at all but there is no box or filter case. I was using it on the 40mm CF and 350mm C. Let me know, I plan on posting it early next week. Thanks Dirk ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:57:00 -0500 From: Robert Welch To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: unrepairable Zeiss lenses listing (besides 50mm f/4 C T*..?) Message-ID: I can relate an experience I've had with my 80mm CT* lens...it had the shutter rebuilt due to only operating at the fastest speed (regardless of what speed the lens was set at). When I got it back it seemed ok, but the focusing barrel became very hard to turn, sent it back and they said the barrel was damaged due to impact (I could never figure out how because I never dropped it, oh well...). They first told me it would be $200 to fix, then they came back a month later and said Hasselblad has raised the cost on the parts to $350, not including labor. Now this lens is probably worth about $450 in top condition, and I'd already spent $100 on it. They finally cannibalized another lens (chrome) and fixed it for the original bid. Then I got it back and it was triggering the shutter release on the camera body--a 500 C/M--everytime I took it off the body, which was very hard to do. I sent it back (via a local camera repair shop, who I know well and was sending it to a legitimate company in Arizona, who will remain nameless--because I don't know their name, but was assured they are a quality company...even when I protested that this is ridiculous!). Turned out that the screw holding the shutter release pin that contacts the release on the camera was stripped, and a new back plate on the lens was needed. Guess what, the back plate wasn't available (or was was way too much money, can't remember which now). They finally took it to a machine shop and had it rethreaded larger (the manager was personally handling this lens at this point, I guess he didn't want to see it anymore). Well, I've finally gotten the lens working and it's like new in my mind, which is mainly because I've paid for it twice! The main point though is that Hassleblad seems to be getting reluctant to providing parts for this lens, and I've heard that all the pre-CF lenses are on the bubble as it were, though that was just in my casual discussions during all this. Related to this is that I was told all the pre-500 C/M bodies are getting little or no support from Hassleblad...anyone had any problems with getting a 500 C repaired? Robert http://www.rwphotography.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:53:44 -0400 From: Vick Ko To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Cc: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: WTT Leica, but FS or FT - Hass*** Message-ID: <39FB3CD7.E0117382@sympatico.ca> > To the LUG group, I just placed an order for a Noctilux, > due next week - and I'm tingly with excitement! > But - a major crater in my bank book has developed. > > I have a black Hasselblad 500C body with black A12 that > I would like to liquidate so that I can recover, or, in my > state of delirium, buy other Leica items. > > I'm willing to trade the body/magazine + cash for Leica items, > or sell the camera outright. I'm looking for: > > Leica M4 body > Leica M5 body > other interesting M or LTM items - let's talk > > Thanks > Vick, in Ottawa Canada > > The Hasselblad description follows: > > 500CM Black, serial RC129.... - $750 CAD or $500 USD > Comes with black waist level finder. > Black enamel body, fold-out wind lever, minor scuffs on outside > handle of wind lever light marks on carry-handle buttons, paint > wear on only one corner of body, adjacent to lens release button, > light wear on internal body face where magazine mates. Paint on > waist level finder is immaculate. > > A12 Magazine RU330.... $450 CAD or $300 USD > Black enamel. Inserts match - comes with dark slide. > Paint wear on top left edge between release button and corner > (1/8 metal strip is bare for 1"), paint wear on bottom edge of > magazine adjacent to where camera body attaches. Paint wear > (small spots) next to wind lever. Internal face that mates > to camera shows no wear (better than external paint condition!) > Have used magazine, film spacing is fine; no light leaks. > > The body is cosmetically better than the magazine, but the camera works great. > I don't have boxes or body cap. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 22:59:51 -0400 From: "Hugh Thompson" To: "Hasselblad Users Group" Subject: 80mm Lens Flare ?? Message-ID: <07cc01c04154$501537c0$c055059a@hughthompson> After some major problems with the shutter speed in my '74 vintage lens, now fixed by the technician, I have begun to shoot regularly with the 80 lens, but have come across the dreaded flare. I have the short plastic hood, and thought it would be sufficient, but when the sun is to the side I get a blast of streaks and white overexposure across the lens. It ends in what seems to be a line 3/4 across the print. What I am going to do is to set up my diffuser umbrella to intersect the light crossing the lens, and see if this works. However I hate to experiment with paying customers, do any of you have some experience with this problem? Would it be solved with a pro-shade? Problem there is that the price for a good one can be $300 I understand. For now I am going to try to intersect the intense light across the front of the lens, or find some shade. Your comments would be appreciated, thanks - Hugh Thompson ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:43:51 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5kan_Dennersten?= To: Subject: SV: 80mm Lens Flare ?? Message-ID: Hmm it seems to be the same problem i experienced this summer. If it is a distinct line it is more likely that your magasin needs to be serviced. I= t solved my problem. /HD > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fr=E5n: Hugh Thompson [mailto:painfree@istar.ca] > Skickat: den 29 oktober 2000 04:00 > Till: Hasselblad Users Group > =C4mne: 80mm Lens Flare ?? > > > After some major problems with the shutter speed in my '74 > vintage lens, now > fixed by the technician, I have begun to shoot regularly with the 80 le= ns, > but have come across the dreaded flare. I have the short plastic > hood, and > thought it would be sufficient, but when the sun is to the side I get a > blast of streaks and white overexposure across the lens. It ends in wh= at > seems to be a line 3/4 across the print. What I am going to do > is to set up > my diffuser umbrella to intersect the light crossing the lens, and see = if > this works. However I hate to experiment with paying customers, do any= of > you have some experience with this problem? Would it be solved with a > pro-shade? Problem there is that the price for a good one can be $300 = I > understand. For now I am going to try to intersect the intense > light across > the front of the lens, or find some shade. > > Your comments would be appreciated, thanks - Hugh Thompson > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of > Absolute Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its > content. 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