Hasselblad reliability

M Stat said:

Just my two cents worth, but when I worked at a camera shop (oh so many years ago), the repair guy used to refer to Hasselblads as "Hassel bombs" because he would get more of them in his shop than any other camera, and yes they were, shall we say, "tempermental". That having been said, I own a Hasselblad system and even though I enjoy working with it, I feel that it could be much more reliable. Luckily for me I have a very good and reasonable repairman to work on it.

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Those problems can be grouped under Operator Assisted Failures. Better known as Oafs. Oafs complain about cameras [any brand] because they are too lazy to read or follow the instruction manuals.

QC has outlined the source of the problems the oafs cause in post #9.

Steve

Q.G. said:

I have one 500 C/M body, in regular use, that hasn't been serviced since i got it new 30 years ago, i.e. never. Never a problem either.

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I certainly agree with Q.G. on this.

I've been shooting Hasselblads for over 40 years, and I repair them.

The equipment is built like a tank. By far the most rugged design I've ever seen among all the camera brands that I've serviced, and I only work on pro-grade gear.

All of my Hasselblad equipment except the CFV-39 was purchased used, because I can't afford the new stuff. I've never had a problem with any of it. I must confess that I never CLA any of the gear, although I should. I have serviced a couple of shutters, but that was years ago.

Anyhow, if you hear somebody griping about Hasselblad being unreliable, close your ears.

I can't address the quality of the new H series since I've never used or serviced any of it.

- Leigh