Snap-on darkslide holder for Hasselblad

[Pieter12]

I have no other place to put it.

In a drawer in your desk.

 

[MattKing]

My favorite slide holder for medium format is my shirt pocket.

In front of or behind the pocket protector? .
Sorry, comes from sharing some of my undergraduate classes with a bunch of engineers (long, long ago).
Although it occurs to me that my friend who still frequently wears shirts with pockets is a retired accountant.
For my RB67, I converted a space in its bag with an appropriate sized protective sheath - that is where the dark slide rested.
I use the built in slot on the backs for my 645 Pro.

 

[Sirius Glass]

In a drawer in your desk.

When you are taking photographs?

What if you are in the field and the lens misfired? How are you going to remove the back to use turn the screw?

 

[Pieter12]

When you are taking photographs?

What if you are in the field and the lens misfired? How are you going to remove the back to use turn the screw?

Simple. The only Hasselblad I own is a SWC. No misfires.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Simple. The only Hasselblad I own is a SWC. No misfires.

Anyone who owns a Hasselblad is wise, especially a SWC.

 

[Mike Lopez]

Putting it in the holder is a good way of preventing the dark slide from getting bent - which eventually happens when you keep it in a pocket.

I’d have to try pretty hard to bend a dark slide in my shirt pocket. Not sure I can flex my pecs hard enough to do that!

But in all seriousness, I put the slide right back into the holder after the exposure. No forgetting it in a back pocket and then sitting on it, no dropping it to the bottom of a bag, no time for dust or other crap to accumulate…I think that by shooting large format prior to medium format, you just learn to handle the slides as second nature.

 

[Mike Lopez]

In front of or behind the pocket protector? .
Sorry, comes from sharing some of my undergraduate classes with a bunch of engineers (long, long ago).
Although it occurs to me that my friend who still frequently wears shirts with pockets is a retired accountant.
For my RB67, I converted a space in its bag with an appropriate sized protective sheath - that is where the dark slide rested.
I use the built in slot on the backs for my 645 Pro.

Hey, I resemble that remark!

I’m an engineer myself, but my pen goes behind my ear. No pocket protectors here.

 

[eli griggs]

SWC Owners are the High Priests of Hasselblad, so take a moment to salute them, for their vigilance, before each shoot and say a quick "Thank you to Victor, The Wise, for his Marvelous Wonderments.

 

[BrianShaw]

Hey, I resemble that remark!

I’m an engineer myself, but my pen goes behind my ear. No pocket protectors here.

Pen? Some of us still use pencils!

 

[Kodachromeguy]

Do any of you use a protective cover on the front side of a film holder when it is in your camera bag? I have seen some after market snap on caps, and they seem like a good idea. But I never saw if Hasselblad ever sold such a cover.

 

[eli griggs]

An interesting question.

I wrap my backs, the face and sides, in Harbor Freight micro cloths and use the cloth to clean, as needed the dark slides and back.

I have psoriasis all over, from my time on Eniwetok Atoll, during the "Clean-up", and am a dust making machine, no kidding, do I know just how bad and attracted to skin/dust those steel slides are; I also hate spotting photographs.

I also suspect many others here also have Eczema as well, given the age of many here.

I'll likely buy the larger cloths in the future, or get the same sized as I use now, and see them into 'pockets' that will cover the back better in the future, but I also believe in, carry and use, quality Anti-Static cloths, which really do a great job, when needed.

Even if you do no use them, as I do, buy some and fold them to fit in your lens pockets bottoms, to add protection against lens damage when the bag may be dropped hard; that way you've got them just in case

Cheers and Godspeed to All and your Families and Loved Ones

Eli

Do any of you use a protective cover on the front side of a film holder when it is in your camera bag? I have seen some after market snap on caps, and they seem like a good idea. But I never saw if Hasselblad ever sold such a cover.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Do any of you use a protective cover on the front side of a film holder when it is in your camera bag? I have seen some after market snap on caps, and they seem like a good idea. But I never saw if Hasselblad ever sold such a cover.

The dark slide serves that purpose.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I've used the kind that attach with double-sided tape. They stick OK provided you clean the back with brake cleaner first. Before I learned that I had to reglue with 'Goop'.

Having said all that, I'm now a bit paranoid about light leaks and make sure to replace the darkslide as soon as I can after each shot.

Is it OK to pull the dark-slide outof the way but not all of the way to make the shot but leave itin the slot to seal the gap?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Is it OK to pull the dark-slide out of the way but not all of the way to make the shot but leave it in the slot to seal the gap?

Pull the dark slide out completely. It is boolean, the seals are either good or bad. There is no "little bit" bad"; that is like being a little bit pregnant.

 

[itsdoable]

...I suspect that most Hasselblad people always keep the dark slide inserted between the back and the camera, only pulling it out to make a shot. This is probably the reason why Hasselblads do not have a trigger prevention/lock button (the dark slide serves this function).

Yes, the dark slide also serves as the shutter button lock. And if you accidentally trigger the shutter with the lens cap on, you need the dark slide to enable the multiple exposure sequence to save that frame... unless you use a 200/2000 body (which I do!).

I started photography with a camera that did not have a shutter button lock, and although accidental exposures did happen, it was pretty rare. I don't know about you, but most of us at that time left the shutter button lock OFF, because it would always be "on" when you went to take a quick shot. Nikon fixed that with the combined meter/shutterlock switch on the wind lever. As did electronics. I also don't wind on until I'm ready for a shot, which helps. So I'm use to avoiding the shutter button when pulling out a camera.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yes, the dark slide also serves as the shutter button lock. And if you accidentally trigger the shutter with the lens cap on, you need the dark slide to enable the multiple exposure sequence to save that frame... unless you use a 200/2000 body (which I do!).

I started photography with a camera that did not have a shutter button lock, and although accidental exposures did happen, it was pretty rare. I don't know about you, but most of us at that time left the shutter button lock OFF, because it would always be "on" when you went to take a quick shot. Nikon fixed that with the combined meter/shutterlock switch on the wind lever. As did electronics. I also don't wind on until I'm ready for a shot, which helps. So I'm use to avoiding the shutter button when pulling out a camera.

Hasselblads and their lenses are designed to be stored in the cocked position. Therefore I use the dark slide.

 

[itsdoable]

Hasselblads and their lenses are designed to be stored in the cocked position. Therefore I use the dark slide.

The store tensioned / untensioned comes up a lot.

By design, the springs are engineered to withstand life in the tensioned phase. This is true for all shutters, especially in the motor drives / auto wind / digital world. This does not mean that then cannot be left in the untensioned phase, it's just standard materials engineering.

However, uncocked Hasselblad V lenses have a tendency to jam if you try to mount them on a cocked body, so they recommend you leave them cocked. This is not true for a body with a mounted lens.

The other thing is, I grew up shooting 35mm SLRs with the habit of leaving them uncocked. So it just carries on with age... The down side about that is that you might think it's cocked, and miss the shot - that is not true for Hasselblad 500's because there would be no image on the screen.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Pen? Some of us still use pencils!

Pencil people are so noncommittal; I am a fountain-pen man all the way.

 

[drmoss_ca]

Pencil people are so noncommittal; I am a fountain-pen man all the way.

Please confirm for me that you don't use black ink. Otherwise how could you have written 'Way Beyond Monochrome'?

 

[BrianShaw]

Pencil people are so noncommittal; I am a fountain-pen man all the way.

I'll give you that. Especially those who wear out the eraser. On my desk at work was a bucket of pencils, an electric pencil sharpener, and a Pink Pearl (as well as another more gentle eraser)... so I can attest to the veracity of your sentiment.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Pencil people are so noncommittal; I am a fountain-pen man all the way.

And that would include when you are working on crossword puzzles too? Now that is what I call hard core committal.

 

[Mike Lopez]

Pencil people are so noncommittal; I am a fountain-pen man all the way.

I almost made a snarky response to Brian's reply to my post. I would have said something like "I'm senior enough in my career that I don't need to erase things, hence the pen." But I figured the sarcasm might be lost on some.

 

[Mike Lopez]

And that would include when you are working on crossword puzzles too? Now that is what I call hard core committal.

There's no other way to do a crossword puzzle.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492506/

 

[BrianShaw]

I almost made a snarky response to Brian's reply to my post. I would have said something like "I'm senior enough in my career that I don't need to erase things, hence the pen." But I figured the sarcasm might be lost on some.

It sure is great that you never made that snarky remark. I would have understood it. LOL

I know what you mean. My Pink Pearl got less and less use as time went on. BTW, I got that Pink Pearl when I was in high school and it was with me through college and a 40+ year career. Same with the associated gentle black eraser.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Well the only time that I made a mistake was when I thought that I had been wrong once, but it turned out that I had been correct.