Hasselblad 220 Backs (A24): Seen any for good prices? Good Shape?

Sirius Glass · Apr 22, 2022

MattKing said:
The C220 probably didn't get its name from the film format - it replaced the C22, it was mostly contemporary with the C330 (which replaced the C33), and both the C220 and C330 could use 220 film.
The C22 couldn't use 220. Apparently there were some late 220 modified versions of the C33 made.

I agree. It went from C2 and C3 to C22 and C33 and then C220 and C330. I believe that they all took 120 and 220 film with and adjustment made with the film pressure plate.

flavio81 · May 11, 2022

Marcelo Paniagua said:
Got it. I find curious that, although Pentax 6x7 and Linhof 220 where professional cameras, the C220 was an amateur one. Find this odd.

According to mamiya, its TLR system is professional. Get any C220 and look at the bottom, you'll see a proud banner that says "PROFESSIONAL". They want you to really know the camera is professional...

And why shouldn't they be? They're very reliable, and have enough accesories to cover most situations. The lenses, while not being the sharpest available for medium format, are good (some of them very good).

Nokton48 · May 11, 2022

"Early C22's did not take 220 film"

I have two late model C22's and both of them are now loaded with 220 Shanghai. And two C33's also loaded with 220 Shanghai. So I'm a Happy Camper too.

220 Shanghai twenty rolls. by Nokton48, on Flickr

My Stash of 220 Film by Nokton48, on Flickr

Two C22 and Two C33 220 Backs by Nokton48, on Flickr

Marcelo Paniagua · May 11, 2022

flavio81 said:
According to mamiya, its TLR system is professional. Get any C220 and look at the bottom, you'll see a proud banner that says "PROFESSIONAL". They want you to really know the camera is professional...

And why shouldn't they be? They're very reliable, and have enough accesories to cover most situations. The lenses, while not being the sharpest available for medium format, are good (some of them very good).

Thanks for the info flavio . Not real interest on C2-C220 since I've own C33 and C330 for a long time so never looked for/handled one. Make sense. Good to know.

Jeremy Mudd · Dec 7, 2022

Jeremy Mudd said:
If one is to believe the 92% figure, that means that they only needed another 50 or so backers to hit the # of backers needed. That's only 250 rolls short at worst-case scenario (if you assume 5 rolls each instead of 2 for the lesser commitment).

Jeremy

Following up on this (Cinestill 400D in 220).

Received the email a day or two ago from Cinestill stating that the 400D in 220 isn't happening. So I am getting it in 120 instead I guess.

That's really a shame. I think if they would have opened up the option much earlier during the campaign I think they could have secured the # that they needed.

Jeremy

Nokton48 · Dec 7, 2022

Hi Matt,

I have a couple of C22's with the optional 220 back on it. It's a fave of mine. So they DID make some.... And I also have a couple of C33's with 220 backs....

Sirius Glass · Dec 7, 2022

Nokton48 said:
Hi Matt,

I have a C22 with the optional 220 back on it. It's a fave of mine. So they DID make some.... And I also have a couple of C33's with 220 backs....

I thought that the Mamiya C series had backs that could be switched back and forth, or was that only the C330?

MattKing · Dec 7, 2022

Sirius Glass said:
I thought that the Mamiya C series had backs that could be switched back and forth, or was that only the C330?

The C220 and C330 were the first models (1968-69) with the rotating pressure plate that permitted switching back and forth between the formats.
A couple of earlier models permitted switching backs.

Nokton48 · Dec 7, 2022

With the C22 and C33 (later models I suspect) you remove the 120 back and replace it with the 220 one.

The C330 and later took 120 or 220, no need to replace the back, it was an integrated feature. Simply rotate the pressure plate for 120 -or- 220

eli griggs · Dec 8, 2022

Save your 220 Shanghai leaders and tails, carefully, in case someone starts to release 64mm film in bulk rolls.

If you've a bunch of these papers you do no want to use yourself, drop me a PM.

I have several 220 Hasselblad backs, later models, I believe, and use them with 120 all the time.

Any differences in size of the backs are nil, so far as I can see, so just loading the 120 format films is as simple of no fully rolling up the leader to the triangle mark on the lower bracket

That's the real value to these backs, when found in good kip and at bargain prices compared to the A12, lately.

I like to keep an empty 220 back on the CM, so I can practice handling and composing on the Camera, as well as keeping it on when I work each of the lenses shutters for top maintenance.

IMO

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