WTF: Hasselblad Film Back Serial Numbers

[RalphLambrecht]

lots of BMW people talk about matching numbers, even in newer 70's and 80's bikes. if all this hand crafted nonsense is worth anything more then then prestige, it must be subjective. While Hasselblad and lieca make sharp lenses, and were originally an innovative design, no handcrafted thing can compete with machine and computer precision (at least in terms of reliability and consistency) which is probably why hasselblads are now made by fuji, in Japan, on a cell system assembly line (each product is built from start to finish by one person).

If the backs have such tight tolerances so that they must be matched to inserts, it kind of defeats the purpose of having inserts in the first place, that is so that you can have many inserts ready to go instead of having lots of full backs ready to go.
Just the same as selling spare parts for a motorcycle, where you cannot really replace any parts, because they will never match or work properly. With older BMW's it is the fact of life that while they are fairly reliable, they always leak, klunk and woozzie, they are very heavy, and all that for apparent reason, other then tradition... I feel the same way about hasselblads and liecas...

tell me why and howcomputer-made items are more reliable than hand-crafted parts.
your spell checker didn't catch lieca, did it

 

[aoresteen]

90% of my backs are early and it doesn't make any difference.

How early? And what 'Blad do you use them on?

 

[CatLABS]

tell me why and howcomputer-made items are more reliable than hand-crafted parts.
your spell checker didn't catch lieca, did it

Thats right. But don't ask me (and my poor spelling), just ask GM, brittish layland and... Hasselblad...

 

[j_landecker]

tell me why and howcomputer-made items are more reliable than hand-crafted parts.
your spell checker didn't catch lieca, did it

That's the story of the industrial revolution, is it not?

 

[Shootar401]

read the user guide...

Yes, read the manual. Writing a short description is usually too much work for some people. And don't you know we are supposed to have every manual to every camera ever made, even if we buy it used with no manual?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yes, read the manual. Writing a short description is usually too much work for some people. And don't you know we are supposed to have every manual to every camera ever made, even if we buy it used with no manual?

Free manuals for a $3 donation http://www.butkus.org/chinon/

 

[BrianShaw]

Free manuals for a $3 donation http://www.butkus.org/chinon/

... and:
http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/hw/hwvsys.aspx

 

[Xmas]

Yes, read the manual. Writing a short description is usually too much work for some people. And don't you know we are supposed to have every manual to every camera ever made, even if we buy it used with no manual?

No anything I might have written would be anathema to a blad groupie. Hence all these post comments.

The manual is the word from the production people. Had they controlled tolerances they would not have needed them. The matching numbers are there for a reason...

The blad back like a Rolli (and near clones) or RB67 will also give cold film a set, compounding the problem, but they are probably ok in a studio.

You are supposed to be aware of that too.

They are capable of superlative results but you need to know how to use them.