Lot 235181:
HASSELBLAD CAMERAS LOT 2 BODY 3 MAGS 3 LENS +MORE
Description
Lot of vintage Hasselblad cameras and accessories. To include two camera bodies, three film back magazines, three lenses, a waist-level viewfinder, a Prism viewfinder, a tinted accessory glass, and two extra glasses.
The camera bodies are 500C/M model. One has the hip viewfinder, the Distagon lens, and a film back attached to it. The piece appears to function, it winds up and shutters when the mirror has been slid out, though the piece has not been tested with film. The other camera body has the prism viewfinder and another film back attached to it. This piece seems to require repair as the mirror does not activate the spring when inserted. Attaching a lens is difficult as well.
The back magazines are A 12 models. One is a 1968 model and is attached to the non-functional body. The other two are 1982 models, one of which is attached to the functional body.
The lenses include a Carl Zeiss Synchro Compur Distagon 1:4 f=50mm (no. Nr5898471), which is attached to the functional camera body and works, a Carl Zeiss Synchro Compur Planar 1:2,8 f=80mm (no. Nr3689625), which may require repairs as the aperture does not appear to close when twisted, and a Carl Zeiss Synchro Compur Sonnar 1:4 f=150mm (no. Nr4589750), which may require repairs on account of scattered surface corrosion and rust on one of the apertures, which moves inconsistently when the lens are twisted.
The viewfinders include the default waistline viewfinder and the NC-2 Prism viewfinder. Both are functional.
Other accessories include a tinted lens insert, a Hasselblad/50 lens glass, and a Japanese Niko LMC-HAZE B50 lens glass.
The Hasselblad camera was widely used by journalists and photographers in the mid-to-late 20th century, not only on account of its quick and adjustable shutter time (the shutter was located in the lens rather than the camera body) and its relative portability but also because of its use by NASA for photography on the Apollo missions. With this history in mind, please consider adding these remarkable pieces to your collection.
Condition: Many of the pieces suffer corrosion on their original chrome and metal surfacing and a heavy wear on their leather (to the point where it appears stripped in some pieces, especially on the Prism viewfinder). This is in addition to dust and other wear from age. One camera is functional, the other appears to be jammed in some way. Please see pictures for more detail. Cameras
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