Bought my first Hasselblad today

[Kodachromeguy]

Here is an example of a Hasselblad 501CM with a vintage 250mm Sonnar lens on a Linhof Profi III ball head. The ball head was an incredible bargain at about $150. I am using the Hasselblad quick attachment shoe just above the Linhof circular mount.

 

[pressureworld]

I use Feisol Tournament CT-3442 Rapid 4 section carbon tripod with a Kirk BH-1 Ballhead


https://www.adorama.com/fect3442.html

All I shoot are long exposures with this setup on my 501C and it's never let me down.

 

[logan2z]

Thanks for all of the tripod suggestions, I'm still doing some research. If money were no object I'd probably just spring for an RRS setup, but the tripod/ballhead would be as much as my entire Hasselblad rig

 

[Pieter12]

Thanks for all of the tripod suggestions, I'm still doing some research. If money were no object I'd probably just spring for an RRS setup, but the tripod/ballhead would be as much as my entire Hasselblad rig

This might help: https://thecentercolumn.com

 

[logan2z]

This might help: https://thecentercolumn.com

Thanks, great source of information.

 

[jerrybro]

There's a Manfrotto 3443 listed with 3047 head in the for sale section, if I didn't have 3 already I'd be all over it.

 

[anthonym3]

Congratulations, you can find manuals and other good info here; Hasselbladhistorical.eu

A great user manual site is butkus.org where one may download a printable manual for free. He asks only a small contribution.but it is not mandatory.

 

[bdial]

Hasselbladhistorical is free too, with no funding requests.

 

[Neil Poulsen]

Congratulations!
Happy shooting for a while; months, years or decades maybe, but there will be a moment in time you need to step up! Rolleiflex sl66se

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between the SL66 and SL66e?

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I've been looking for a while, missed out on a couple of good ones due to indecision. But I finally pulled the trigger on a nice 500C/M with 80mm CF T* lens, A12 back and standard WLF.

I was originally looking for a chrome version but couldn't resist this black one due to the condition, reasonable price (for this market, at least) and the fact that it was sold by a very reputable dealer and comes with a warranty. I should have it in my hands by turkey day!

Congrats. You'll never regret it but, you are also in the club of poor people now. Good thing, all you need is about two more lenses.

 

[k.hendrik]

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between the SL66 and SL66e?

http://www.rolleiclub.com/cameras/sl66/info/index.shtml

 

[macfred]

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between the SL66 and SL66e?

The main difference to the SL66 is the integration of TTL metering in the SL66e