Hasselblad 500cm

The 500cm was one of the V series cameras designed by Victor Hasselblad.  It uses 120 roll film that offers superior image quality over the 35mm format.  To prove the good design, versions of this camera were produced between 1957 to 2005 - 48 years! with the 500cm being the model produced between 1970 to 1994. The earlier 500c model was used by NASA on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions before being replaced by the 500EL which  had motorized film advance.  The quality and the reliability of these Hasselblads are second to none.

For this camera I have the 50mm F4 Distagon lens and the 80mm F2.8 Planar lens.

Simply one of the best cameras ever made.

How do you tell the age of one of these V series cameras?  Hasselblad use the following coded two letter prefix to the serial number of the bodies and film backs to identify the year of manufacture:

VH PICTURES

12 34567890

Therefore, a body or back with the serial number starting with the letters RS would have been manufactured in 1980 with R being the 8th (8) letter in the series and S being the 10th (0).

 

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