Hasselblad CF 50mm f/4 FLE Help

MAubrey

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• Nov 23, 2020

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Hey, I just picked up a Hasselblad CF 50mm f/4 FLE.

I moved the manual/auto aperture lever to the manual position and I can't get it to return back to its auto position. Not something that I've had a problem with on my other lens. Something is jammed and I cannot press it in to move it back.

Suggestions/advice welcome!

 

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mpirie

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• Nov 23, 2020

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Put your fingernail under the button and lift slightly and it should spring back to open.

Mike

 

eli griggs

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• Nov 23, 2020

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That switch is sort of a teeter-totter affair.

Enjoy.

 

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• Nov 23, 2020

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Can you try to press on the lower part of the switch (seen from above, in a normal usage condition, i.e. you looking "above" the camera).
This should unlock it, then try to slide it up.

If it does not work, can you return the lens? something might be wrong with it...

 

Sirius Glass

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Alternately, take off the film back and fire the lens. That should clear it, but post #2 and #3 are the way to go. We all have this problem every once in a while.

 

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MAubrey

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mpirie said:

Put your fingernail under the button and lift slightly and it should spring back to open.

Mike

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Thanks! That worked. This one is a lot more fidgety than my 150mm, which springs back at the slightest little bump. Relieve it was as simple as that!