Hasselblad CF 50mm f/4 FLE Help

[MAubrey]

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!

 

[mpirie]

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

Mike

 

[eli griggs]

That switch is sort of a teeter-totter affair.

Enjoy.

 

[etn]

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]

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.

 

[MAubrey]

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

Mike

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!