Hasselblad 500c Repairs 2026. Need Repair/Service KEH ? Someone who is ready and willing.

[Ozark Wolverine]

Based on what? Did you check with Hasselblad USA before you wrote this?

From the link BrianShaw posted in #23 above.

 

[BrianShaw]

Also important might be what's not listed as it implies that they are still servicable by Hasselblad. A call or email might be more definitive on those products. Perhaps Pieter has already done that???

 

[Howie1922]

Well, the camera was delivered today to KEH, I will see how this works out first. Thanks!

No worries! I hope it goes well and you get a functional camera

 

[chuckroast]

Based on what a great job they did with my Nikon FtN Photomic, I am sending my 501C/M to ICT for a long awaited overhaul. I bought the camera new 25+ years ago and its never been serviced, but it's time.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I recommend and use both Samy's Camera on Fairfax and KEH.com.

 

[Pieter12]

Also important might be what's not listed as it implies that they are still servicable by Hasselblad. A call or email might be more definitive on those products. Perhaps Pieter has already done that???

Hasselblad will not accept a camera for service if they don't have the parts to repair it. Since they don't know what it might need, they take the safe route of just not accepting those cameras.

 

[chuckroast]

ICT did a minor miracle on my Nikon FtN Photomic meter and body. They also have extensive 'Blad experience and do a full teardown for CLA, rather than just minor tweaks. So... my 501C/M is en route to them as we speak for a full overhaul and CLA.

 

[mshchem]

I received an email from KEH yesterday, they're going to look it over and get back to me. Hopefully it's straightforward and doesn't need unobtainium.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Hasselblad will not accept a camera for service if they don't have the parts to repair it. Since they don't know what it might need, they take the safe route of just not accepting those cameras.

<<Expletive!>>

 

[chuckroast]

I received an email from KEH yesterday, they're going to look it over and get back to me. Hopefully it's straightforward and doesn't need unobtainium.

This depends a lot on the repair facility doing the work. Everyone has their own pile of parts. Barn Owl had a lot of parts, though I have no idea where they're going to go now that the owner has passed.

Before I sent my 501C/M to ICT, I checked with him as to parts availability and was assured that there is no issue with this.

ISTR that CameraWiz had a fair selection of shutter parts, springs, and so on, but I don't know that with certainty.

The only thing that no one has is replacement palpas linings for the 501 and later V bodies. The anti-reflective coating was introduced with the 501C/M and cracks with age, sometimes actually coming off entirely. I am told by People Who Know Hasselblad Things (tm) that this is no big deal and can be ignored.

The back barn doors are scare to find, though I think Barn Own had some of those as well. Unless the cracking on the coating of the later doors gets to be really obnoxious, it can be safely ignored.

 

[chuckroast]

<<Expletive!>>

Right now, I think repairs are still going to be fairly straightforward to get done unless you've run over your gear with a truck or something.

But that's going to change with time. So, I bought a second just-CLAed body (by Barn Own) - a 500C/M - last year, and my 501C/M is off to ICT for an overhaul. I bought that camera new some 25 years ago, so I figure I can get another 25 post-CLA or until I need a CLA

 

[Pieter12]

Right now, I think repairs are still going to be fairly straightforward to get done unless you've run over your gear with a truck or something.

But that's going to change with time. So, I bought a second just-CLAed body (by Barn Own) - a 500C/M - last year, and my 501C/M is off to ICT for an overhaul. I bought that camera new some 25 years ago, so I figure I can get another 25 post-CLA or until I need a CLA

I read a note about a repairman in Thailand who had to CNC new parts to repair a SWC/M gear system controlling the shutter speed. Not every technician is going to be able to do that.

 

[chuckroast]

I read a note about a repairman in Thailand who had to CNC new parts to repair a SWC/M gear system controlling the shutter speed. Not every technician is going to be able to do that.

Those are the real techs.

When I was young, I worked for one of the biggest pro rental places in the midwest US. One of my colleagues was a Romanian emigre' who was a wizard at all things mechanical. Keep in mind that rental equipment gets beaten to death.

He mostly worked on movie cameras like Arris and Eclairs. I once saw him tear down an Eclair that had been dropped off a boat and sunk in the water. He spent hours not just getting it running, but getting it quiet so it could be used on set. This involved doing things like boiling washers in oil to permeate them with lubricant. He was just astonishing.

I worked on Nagra tape recorders that also had to be super quiet on set. The tape guides were made of ruby and NOT cheap to replace. It was a pretty great gig for a early 20s dude with major photo disease

Last I saw him decades ago, he was keeping a box of old Hasselblad 500 parts by his desk, from cameras he'd fixed, to build himself a 'Blad. Very, very cool.