What kind of Hasselblad 'setup' for archetectural photography?

[essensebe]

I love my Hasselblad SWC for interior photography. The sharpness and perfect straight lines are amazing.

For true architecture photography with perspective correction you need shift on the lens.

Only the Arcbody with Rodenstock wide angle lenses is capable of this.

The flex body isn't really built for architecture photography as the image circle of the Hasselblad lenses is too narrow, you 're only able to shift few millimeters which is not enough.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I bought a 50mm F/4 Hasselblad Distagon in a Synchro-Compur for my 500C/M and found the corner resolution was surprisingly poor. A couple of camera shop techies told me that this was resolved in the later version with floating elements (and two focusing rings!)...

I've used my SWC for architecture when I needed perfect verticals in the corners and I've not been disappointed - it's the best.

But the 50/4 CF FLE is still impressive. I have 16x20 photos made with that lens which are just amazing in their sharpness. One photo on Kodak Tech Pan film, made from Crown Point and looking eastwards in the Columbia River Gorge, shows distinct images of cars four and a half miles away. The corners are sharp as well. The two focusing rings are fun (I enjoy playing with as many controls as possible): the front ring selects one of four ranges and the main ring is used normally. Awesome.

 

[Sirius Glass]

ditto

 

[RobC]

methinks it depends a lot on what you are photgraphing. Indoors where you can control your camera and position, maybe with a step ladder, so you can keep film plane vertical will I'm sure work very well with an SWC. But I bet it doesn't work so well out in the street where you are limited with how far back you can get from a building, are at street level and need to point the camera up to get the top of building in shot. Its a question of the right tool for the job so there aer several cameras that might work and shift may not be necessary depending on your subject. But sometimes it will be so the OP just needs to be aware of this if he hasn't considered it.
A cheap mono rail 4x5 with short focal length lenses and a bag bellows should cover all needs. Infact most lightweight field cameras would probably do it.
A tecknikardan certainly would but is a bit too lightweight IMO. Not stiff enough although with short lenses its fine.