I had not picked my 500 CM up for 20 years since going digital and was having difficulty attaching the lens. I had not turned the screw far enough and watching your presentation made the subtle difference. I have two Navy Surgeon retirement portraits hanging at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. They are 40X45 and were shot with the 500CM with studio strobes on location. I also used the Polaroid back in the studio rather than meters for checking my lights and exposures. It is great to once again handle an old friend. Thanks for your help.

Minor thing you missed. Shutter speeds 1, 2, and 4. Sometimes they have a red or orange line next to them. You must hold the shutter release button in until the exposure is complete or the rear blinds and mirror will return curtailing the exposure prematurely. A locking cable release helps thiscerror.

Extremely helpful info! Thanks so Much for the C Lens tips! And on my 52nd Birthday to Boot! Cheers Nico!!

Really well done and easy to understand. Thanks for shooting and sharing.

Great video with some valuable tips

Thanks for the info. I am very new to Hasselblad lenses. I purchased a Hasselblad Carl Zeiss Distagon C 50mm f/4.0 to be used on a Fuji GFX50s. Was very confused with the dials and setting. Now I can go use the lens. thanks!!

great video and tips, own one of these as well, one more tip: for bellows use, this "stop down" lever is useful too, as this gives aperture control to the ring, not open until the shutter is triggered, so is useful for macro work, or long exposures.

Thanks for this video, just got exactly same planar model today for my 503cx!

Very well explained. Really useful information. Thanks!!!

Love it Nicos. Thanks for these tutorials. Looking forward to get one of these amazing systems. Just trying to find one in a very good shape.

Thank you Niko for the great info's. Yes, the self timer works on my 500C

Self timer tip is very cool! Been shooting with this setup lots recently.

Great video! Learned a lot!

My 503CX has the self-timer option on the shutter release. Great video by the way!

Great tips and intro Nico! I found the C lenses to be very confusing the first time I tried one - and was trying to test it for functionality but there was so many knobs and numbers! The default coupling of shutter and aperture are the biggest “gotchas”. I preferred the general usability of the CF line though wish for the self timer in the C line!

Great video and instructions. Would like for you to show us how these C lenses work with the new CFVii 50C digital backs.

Thank you! Your Video and Infos are very helpful! Cheers from Berlin Ralph

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Thank you, Nico. That certainly cleared things up for me. Of course with long exposure, you’d have to add reciprocity, but nonetheless, a very clever design.

Very informative :) my 503cx has the self timer. Everything you mentioned in the video works on my C T 60mm F3.5 lens except for the B long exposure, even though I hold down the shutter release, the lens closes immediately.

Really helpful thank you.

Have been watching your hassy tutorials and really love them! To answer your question my 500C also has the self-timer (V) and does exactly what your 500CM does here.

Now if I only could afford the camera system :) Great video, very well done!

very useful! thanks

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@9:45 the 503cx has the “O” and “T” options on the shutter button as well, T keeps the barn doors open for long “manually timed” exposures. As for shutter delay on the lens, I have only seen that on the C lenses - not the CF.

oh they jam real good. great vid - thank you!

Thank you for the great guide. I just got into this and its super helpful! I got one question. I ordered a near mint chrome CT lens. But when I try rotating the coupling ring like you do @ 4:25. there is no click into position sound. Also there is some grinding noise. Should I be concerned? Thanks!

one more tip you missed out in the explanation of the T setting, @ 10:59 ; which is like the Mamiya Rb 67 cameras, the 1 ,2,4,8 setting of shutter speed is TOO SLOW for the barn doors, aka when you let go the shutter, the exposure is cut short as the barn doors close when you release the button, so there is a red line OVER these speeds to indicate this, so to remedy this : use the T to hold the barn doors open, or use a locking cable release ( the T doesn't work for the cable release operation), this is the SAME whether you have a 500 C/M body with the barn doors, or the 2000 F C W, etc.and use the CF lenses ( Focal plane shutter bodies- even if you set the lens to C mode)- the focal plane curtain has a protection system, as the back is removed the curtain retracts into the body, so you can't touch it. but all of the f bodies, the second curtain closes after the shutter is released ( film protection from over-exposure), so you must do as I said earlier, or the Focal plane bodies employ a special "mirror-up" system to alleviate this issue- need to use the manual of the camera, or the book "the Hasselblad way" as told in the video, PS : I have this book, most un-abridged work on the subject out there, he has 5 or 6 editions, if you DON'T want to know about the H system- digital bodies, go for any of the editions prior to 2008, but if you want the latest and greatest, get the most recent edition printed.( 2012?)

Great info as always! And yes, the 500 C does have the same timer function as the 500 C/M Cheers!

Didn’t know that you had a timer on the C lenses, now I don’t wish I had the CF version of the 50mm C lens I have, just tested it now works with the 503cx. Must get that book.

My 500c also has the Selfors timer.

Thank you for your videos! They've been extremely helpful as I've started to orient my way around my camera. I have been trying to unjam my lens but no matter how much I turn the screw clockwise the shutter remains closed with no responsiveness. It will not open back up! Any hints?

553 elx (I believed all el series camera have this function)can use self timer. When you switch to T, it automatically trigger the shutter.

I have the Super Wide C Biogon 1:4.5 f=38, CT, it has the timer built in to the lens as well. Trying to figure out how to use this machine: also have the EV 500 with Sonnar 1:5.6 f=250mm . I think I will look for the book you suggested.

I love how I am waiting for my hasselblad way book and he holds up the book.

Please do a review on the 120mm Lens

Hi Nico, thanks for the video! I have a 500C/M with a Zeis Planar 80mm f/2.8 Synchro Compur. However the focus rings stops at 5m and will not turn towards infinity. Do you have any idea what s causing this? thanks in advance!

My 503cx has the shuttle button lock also, and mirror lock up. Grins

Long time since you posted this, but I do have a 500c with the timed shutter control!

Is there a mount to use the C lenses on a cinema camera?

I wonder are the aperture blades interchangeable between the 80mm T C lens and the 150mm C lens? I have a broken blade in my 80mm lens and I don't use the 150mm very much.

Hi Nico, will you be doing a similar video for the CF lenses? Just picked up a CF 80mm for my 500cm and have no idea exactly what some of the adjustments levers are for.

503cx also has O/T mode on the body

Great help, thank you. My lens is stuck on the camera and won't come off. Any suggestion?

Wish I had seen this before I went outside for the first time. Had no idea about the linked settings once EV is selected.

Regarding the depth-of-field lever on C lenses: I have the Planar 100mm C T* f/3.5, but the lever unlocks at f/4 rather than at f/3.5. Is this normal?

pardon my ignorance but I was wondering what is the Depth of field Button for? Thank you I hope you can enlighten me

Is there an interchangeable head with a light meter available?

My 500C does the selftimer aswell

9:40 you say "or doing a multiple exposure" but how? you need to reload the lens, so do you need to remove the back, correct? Thanks :)

Hello, im having a problem here, when try to turn the circle thing; it automatically springs back to its original place (doesnt with the red dot). can you please help? Thanks!

Cant You show wheres the infra red marking on the T lense? I cant find one on my 50mm

Hi Nico, great timing as I've recently bought a 2000 fc/m with a C 50mm f4. I managed to figure most things out, put about 5 rolls through the camera. I have a problem however, I'm getting a blank first frame on every roll. I've carefully loaded the rolls properly (as per your videos). Shutter, lens cocked together, film back first frame at no. 1 ok, white dot / white dot etc. I even sacrificed one film roll and checked the exposed roll, how it was positioned in the camera. The blank roll looked ok too (the first frame did not look mis-aligned). Do you have any idea why I am consistently getting a black first frame? Thanks in advance!!

I attached a B50 to 77mm adapter to my 80mm t* and it locked with the small pin. How do i get it unlocked to remove the adapter?

Great video, and even a Hasselblad owner can get confused about the differences. Only complaint is who is the overly casually dresses presenter?

I noticed at 13:45 that your aperture blades are bent on the ends, were the lenses designed like this?

Hi sir, I have exactly the same model and it’s aperture is not fully opening when cocked. Do you know what the problem would be?

I think the ELX has this

nice video, but your not giving explanations for all of the settings for the lens. for example you say that the shutter speeds and apertures have to be synced but you don't give any reason why or explain it. it actually makes it more confusing after watching this video. why do you have to have the shutter open for 8 seconds on f22?

Love the video , but never ever use a screwdriver to re-cock the shutter, use a small coin, unless the lens is jammed onto the body, This is when great care is required as there is no other option.

Screwdriver is not good , I 've used 5p much better

love all your vids,but this one leaves me suitably confused...too fast..not one of your best sorry.

lol such a big book :D I wonder how much rubbish in it, as there isnt that much info you need to know, just several generation of lenses and essentially you need to know 3 things, shutter not shutter old not shutter, and the other is regulated by how rich you are :D