Hasselblad 501CM Medium Format Camera
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Following the success of Hasselblad's new 503CW camera, photographers entering the system have requested a new, lower priced, less specified alternative that incorporates the innovative GMS (Gliding Mirror System), which provides a full viewfinder image with virtually all lenses, irrespective of focal length. Hasselblad has responded by introducing a new model to the system - the 501CM.
The new camera body, complete with GMS, will be available separately or as a complete kit together with the Zeiss Planar C 2.8/80 mm lens and the new A12 magazine which incorporates an integral slide holder. Both versions are only available in chrome trim. The kit offers an ideal opportunity for those photographers wishing to enter the Hasselblad system, with the separate body being a useful item for committed Hasselblad photographers requiring an additional camera body.
The 501CM is the latest addition to Hasselblad's 500 series of cameras, which accept the razor-sharp Zeiss lenses with integral shutters providing flash sync at all shutter speeds. Lenses of 14 different focal lengths range from 30 to 500 mm and these can be extended further with 1.4X and 2X converters.
The timeless Hasselblad system is built with the photographer in mind. The modular construction of the 500 series means, for example, that Hasselblad lenses, magazines and most accessories - both new and old - are fully compatible, regardless of age.
Hasselblad 501CM: Technical Specifications
Camera body. One-piece, cast aluminium alloy shell with 3/8" and 1/4" socket threads and tripod plate for rapid mounting with the Hasselblad tripod quick-coupling accessory.
Film format. 6x6 cm (21/4 x 21/4") or 6x4.5 cm
(21/4 x 15/8") with appropriate magazines. 6x4.5 cm (21/4 x 15/8") or 6x3 cm
(21/4 x 11/5") with format mask.
Film choices. 120 and 220 rollfilm, 70 mm perforated film and Polaroid film with accessory magazines.
Film advance. Simultaneous manual shutter winding and film advance.
Lenses. Interchangeable Carl Zeiss CF- and C-lenses with focal lengths of 30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 120, 135, 150, 180, 250, 250SA, 350 and 500 mm. Converter 2XE, PC-Mutar 1.4X Shift Converter and Teleconverter 1.4XE.
Shutter. Between-lens shutter with speeds from 1 s to 1/500 s and B.
Flash synchronization. The between-lens shutter provides flash synchronization at all shutter speeds.
Exposure Metering. Meter Prism Viewfinders available as accessories.
Viewfinder. Fitted with GMS, Gliding Mirror System, which provides a full image in the viewfinder with virtually all lenses. Interchangeable focusing screens for different applications. Folding focusing hood with 4.5x magnifier that can be exchanged for: reflex viewfinders, magnifying hood, prism viewfinders (45° and 90° viewing angles) either with or without built-in light meter.
System compatibility. All CF- and C- lenses. All magazines, viewfinders and most other accessories.
Dimensions. With focusing hood, Planar C 2.8/80 mm, film magazine A12: length 180 mm (7"), width 114 mm (4.5"), height 110 mm (4.3").
Weight. With focusing hood, Planar C 2.8/80 mm, film magazine A12: 1500 g (3.3lb) Camera body only: 600 g (1.3lb)
Camera finish. Chrome, supplied with focusing hood, carrying strap and front and rear protective covers.
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