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why Hasselblad 500cm is so cheap?

I am just reasearching
but I am sure I need to rent it somehow and test it out... (doubt that they have a place in dubai, to rent hasselblad)
 
Thank you for the tip, even though I am not in US
 
Doesn't the 500 C/M use a 50mm lens connection whereas the new Hasselblad lenses use a 60mm connection? Even if that is the case though, you can always step up.
 
I think you're thinking about the bayonet (filter) mounts on the lenses. The older C lenses use a bayonet 50 mount, while the CF lenses use a bayonet 60 mount, and the newest/current ones I think mostly use the bayonet 60 mount, but I know the wide angle CFIs use a different filter.
 
Paul Howell said:
Another reason that the 500s are inexpensive is that many fine art photographers want the 6X7 or 6X4.5 format[...]
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With respect, that's a crock o'you know what.
 

The 500 C/M is a great value system camera. I would not have said that a few years ago. This Christmas my wife gave me a 500 C/M with a 50mm Distagon, 80mm Planar, 150mm Sonnar, two A12 backs and a slew of accessories. I was in tears when I opened the box. Tears of joy along with a fear that she had emptied our savings account. I recently discovered how much she paid for the outfit and I was absolutely gob-smacked on how cheap it all was. She had gotten the outfit from a local Pro who had gone over to the other side.

I took the backs, body and lenses to my local repairshop for a CLA and the bill was almost as much as she had paid for the outfit!

So there are some amazing bargains out there!

Mike
 
vladimer said:
gliding mirror system is the one that reduces mirror vibration or vigneting?
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The gliding mirror actually retracts prior to being raised so that it will clear the rear element of longer lenses. In my 503cxi, which lacks this feature, the mirror is mounted farther back in order to clear instead of moving so with my 250mm lens there is vignetting at the top (a narrow stripe across the top of the viewfinder). The effect is negligible with my 150mm, but you cut off the tops of people's heads in the viewfinder with the 250mm and have to interpolate.
 

c6h6o3. I have 503 Cxi too, but I`ve only the 80mm 2,8 CF, my question is with the 250mm lens the vignetting occur in the waist level or in the film too?
Thanks.
Sorry for my bad English
 
The vignetting only occurs in the waist level finder; the vignetting is caused by the mirror so there is no vignetting on the film.
 
the vignetting is a minor occasional annoyance that really doesn't bother an experienced 500c user.
 
vladimer said:
is there any way to mirror lock up? I mean trigger mirror before actualy shutter opens?
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Yes, there's a small button under the film wind knob. If you press this, the mirror flips up, and the diaphragm stops down. You can then trip the leaf shutter in the usual way.It's pre-release rather than mirror lock-up, since once you've flipped the mirror, you can't bring the mirror back down to refocus or reframe, you have to trip the shutter to bring the view back.
 
I've been having to deal with a long standing Hassie outfit lust at a point in life that just isn't going to allow it. I have, as a result, grown more and more fond of the completely competent P67 system I already have. As a result I always leave it in the landscape orientation with the notion that I can easily crop what doesn't fit my preferred square format in the print while allowing a rectangle full reign when approptiate.
 
Yes, the 500cm can take all the lenses for the V-System. The newer Hassels (501 etc) have the sliding mirror, which is more convenient for lenses above 150mm.
 
canonman said:
Yes, the 500cm can take all the lenses for the V-System. The newer Hassels (501 etc) have the sliding mirror, which is more convenient for lenses above 150mm.
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I do not have the Gliding Mirror on my 503 CX and the small band of vignetting does not bother me with the 150mm and 250mm lenses.

Steve
 
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