I want A Hasselblad. Talk Me Out Of It!

[djdister]

Who says the Hasselblads are reliable? Everytime they are mentioned as a purchase one of the first things mentioned is you should send it out for a cla. A cla on the body, back and lens is not going to be cheap, and if they are as reliable as people say, they shouldn't need one as long as it's functioning they way it should. How many stories have you heard, that someone sent in for a cla only to come back with a new problem? There is a lot of truth to leave well enough alone. It certainly applied to the my 50 plus years of servicing copiers. The more a camera is taken apart the chances increase of doing damage.

I bought a second (or third) hand Hasselblad 500 c/m with 3 lenses, never had it serviced in the 10+ years I had it and it always worked just fine. I did exercise the shutters in each lens at least once or twice a year. Extremely reliable, but I should have used it more often, so I sold it since it sat around too much.

 

[Pieter12]

Who says the Hasselblads are reliable? Everytime they are mentioned as a purchase one of the first things mentioned is you should send it out for a cla. A cla on the body, back and lens is not going to be cheap, and if they are as reliable as people say, they shouldn't need one as long as it's functioning they way it should. How many stories have you heard, that someone sent in for a cla only to come back with a new problem? There is a lot of truth to leave well enough alone. It certainly applied to the my 50 plus years of servicing copiers. The more a camera is taken apart the chances increase of doing damage.

The need for maintenance does not mean it is not reliable.

 

[Arthurwg]

Who says the Hasselblads are reliable?

Most people who say this arn't speaking from personal experience but hearsay and their imaginations.