Hasselblad 500 C/M Review: The Astronaut's Camera

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The Hasselblad 500 C/M is quickly becoming my favorite medium format camera. In today's video, I review the astronaut's camera of 1969 and talk about things I like and don't like about this camera
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#hasseblad #mediumformat #film
0:00 - 0:41: Good Ass Intro
0:42 - 1:41: The Legacy
1:42 - 5:35: The Overview of the Body
5:36 - 7:40: Square Format Mentality
7:41 - 10:27: User Experience
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[@alexandermeisel4585]

nobody: Hasselblad Owners: Do you know that it has been to the moon? Jokes aside, cool video, liked the intro.

[@whoschrischu]

Hasselblad owners say "I know a place" and take you to the moon

[@alexandermeisel4585]

@@whoschrischu Lmao The average mamiya user: 🧔🏻 The average hasselblad user: 👽

[@bfs5113]

Sure, so was Nikon. Bought mine in the late seventies.

[@alexandermeisel4585]

@@bfs5113 Nikon ftw. Bought mine in the 20s, you know, that year with the virus

[@bfs5113]

@@alexandermeisel4585 Memorable. Back then = moon, present days = virus. 🤣

[@theironpumpkin]

I love my Hasselblad!!! I know many photographers are put off by the square format, but I embrace it, it can be challenging at times, but thats also the appeal to me.

[@hyuseynify]

Super cool videos man! I just love all of your videos. So informative and the quality is just uuuuuhhh! Fan from the Philippines

[@xeroframes]

Ayo, joined me once again with the cam selection! Glad your enjoying it so much!

[@dan_s_higginson]

I hold mine as designed. That just feels natural to me.

[@prkrprtn]

As to why it was designed, hahaha. I get my first hasselblad in the next week and I’m interested In how comfortable the design is, I have very large hands, and I shot with a RB67 comfortably right hand on the right left to focus. I’m excited

[@christiangordon721]

The greens in your photos look insane. Keep up the good work!

[@kevinorlando8936]

Amazing intro my man! Coming from the IG live to confirm that I did, in fact, loved the intro. (As well as the rest of the video lol)

[@ReimannPembroke]

Really great review dude! I'm really considering getting into medium format this year on my channel with a C330

[@shotsbyhailey]

love the intro great video!! i’m currently using the 500c great cameras

[@AsgarAli-mk5ll]

Wow very very cool intro! This is the special camera you were talking ab yesterday on Instagram live 😭

[@phedacbiet]

Great video, Chris. I love my Hasselblad and glad to see you’ve picked yourself one up. As far as the focus ring, yes, they tend to be slow. I suggest investing in a focusing ring or creating one yourself. It makes things much easier. Keep up the content bro!

[@shugoakatsuka6588]

I saw your insta live, the great intro as you talked about it!

[@paulhenry7]

I used 'Blads (500C/M, 500 ELX, SWC/M) for decades throughout my professional career. I used both 120 & 220 film. I always had a strap on my camera, and that was always around my neck, unless the camera was on a tripod or a studio-stand. I always used a lens hood, the bellows hoods are particularly good. Focusing can be quick with a quick-focus handle. To minimise shake the rear body shutter and mirror can be pre-released so that the shutter release button, or cable release, only triggers the lens shutter. To compare 6x6 and 35mm focal lengths for a 10"x8" print, the ratio is 11:6, so a 50mm lens roughly equates to a 28mm lens.

[@midwestgrain]

Love this bro!

[@mathieurabary]

Great video Chris! I picked up my Hasselblad 500c/m a year ago now and that has been my most used camera since then! I chose the Hasselblad over the RB67 due to its weight and convenience. Aaaaand I was also already used to shoot square format thanks to the Yashica Mat 124g haha.

[@TylerGajewski]

Excellent work. I love my Hasselblad. I bought mine with the 80mm and the 50mm. I love the 80 so much I haven't even taken the 50 out of the box.

[@achew317]

what a video, mate. good on ya! 🇦🇺

[@whoschrischu]

Ay thanks, m8

[@koishes00]

Hey mate! great video. Not sure if I missed it in the video, but when you put the focussing screen back in there are two small slide out clips that hold it in to place which you need to secure before putting the finder back on. Might have just missed you doing it but just wanted to make sure so your screen doesn't get damaged!

[@mp3remix171]

Sweden represent! Shot one of these in a studio once, would love to own one someday! As a swede it should be my birthright ;)

[@whoschrischu]

oh ABSOLUTELY!! Get a tattoo while you're at it too

[@TheBrotographer]

Love my 500 C/M. Literally just pulled the trigger on the PME5 metered 45 degree prism after watching this.

[@nateeames6826]

Yoooooo I’ve been trying to figure out if a hasselblad would fit in a 3L peak design bag for FOREVER. Thanks for showing that, looks like a great setup! I’m gonna pick up one of those bags.

[@_norahwashere]

I got the opportunity to shoot with the 500C/M and H6D-100c and freaking loved every second of it

[@Dominic_]

you make me want to get myself one of these cameras!!!

[@hausofelysia9870]

Hmm maybe I should start shooting film... This video was great and very interesting, good job!

[@martinwikestad]

that camera looks sick! Would love to shoot with it one day

[@chrismehmet3463]

Damn that intro was creamy! I just got the Yashica Mat 124g recently, still getting used to shooting square format but been really enjoying it!

[@CHXXVI]

i wanna know. what font do you use?

[@analoguestills]

The one information I needed: Whether the Hasselblad 500cm could fit into a 3L peak design sling. Thanks a lot mate.

[@Viralvow]

Hello! I love your videos. 0:24 You could tell where you bought the old movie footage. Sorry for the English, I'm from Spain. Thank you!!!

[@whoschrischu]

Artgrid! Link is at the top of the description

[@Viralvow]

@@whoschrischu Thank you

[@davidruelas6611]

the idea of photographing like album artwork is a nice approach

[@MARKLINMAN1]

I just picked up a 501cm with the 80mm, freakin love this camera. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@joymae]

What a beautiful camera

[@andrew_nayes]

great video! I was wondering if the Hasselblad prismfinder corrects the horizontal flip, or if it is still reversed? I know that the prismfinder on the RZ67 flips the view so left-is-left and right-is-right, and I wonder is the prismfinder on the Hasselblad does the same?

[@ezekielkokspeaks]

I believe the prism corrects it and left is left, right is right. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@mirandaisergio]

Looks dope might buy this camera

[@whoschrischu]

get on it before the prices rise!

[@fyzd3r]

Great review! I bought my 501c 2 years ago and won't sell it any sooner. I too was a bit feared about 6x6 and I got my self a 645 back. It's not the 1.16 factor from 6x7 but it gives you a 1.33 form factor equivalent to a bit more than 5x4. 35mm being 3x2 (1.5), the 645 sits in between 35mm and 6x7 form factor and it gives you 15 shots per roll. It's kinda satisfying to be able to change your form factor on the go.

[@bfs5113]

While 6x6 is smaller, especially when cropped, but one doesn't have to rotate the camera between portrait & landscape. I used Artist Transparent tapes to add the grid lines on 500 C/M viewfinder screen back then to assist composition. Other things I liked the Hasselblad 500 C/M are EV lock lenses, good Zeiss lens collection, interchangeable backs, including the Polaroid one, system camera concept for personalization, form factor and good local & regional supports. Of course, it was a personal preference, user case, differences in time and region. While I loved my primary SLR, the Nikon F2A + motor drive, but MF + Polaroid back option offered an advantage in certain photo opportunities, such as posters, studio portraits, etc. Nevertheless, those were just some memories of the old days that needed not to remember.

[@messsucher]

From what I've seen from my friend's Hasselblad medium format, the lens in the system is simply excellent; because they were intended for the commercial/studio photographers, those lens are extremely sharp, and controls the flares really well. And I also believe that there is this one Hasselblad lens that opens the aperture up to f2, wider than any lens available from Pentax 67, Rolleiflexs, or Mamiya rz/rb systems. (so if thats something you want in the midst of medium format film cams...) But personally I really never liked the square format from what I've experienced in Rolleiflex cameras, and choosing the rz was much better with the rotating back etc. tho...mamiya is just gigantic in your hand... It really just comes down to the format, size, and maybe lens.

[@Roydaboi]

Need a video on how to edit photos and make it pop out

[@KylerSteele]

This made me reconsider selling mine and only keeping my Mamiya 7ii

[@BetoAlves]

Omg I have one of this with this viewfinder too! Loooove this camera!!!

[@andrew_nayes]

I was wondering, do the viewfinder reverse the view? or is it still horizontally flipped? I know the prismfinder on the RZ67 corrects the reversed view.

[@BetoAlves]

@@andrew_nayes inside this viewfinder it's a mirror that flips the image so you can see correctly like seeing with your eyes.

[@Weezot97]

The difference in size compared to the RB67 is greater than expected due to the fact that the RB is actually a 7x7 camera, due to the physical requirements of the rotating back.

[@heres_the_sauce]

Love blads. Def hope to own one some day. For now I'm happy with my mamiya 😁. Also portra price went right when i run out 😭

[@EricFloberg]

absolutely epic.

[@whoschrischu]

ABSOLUTELY HONORED

[@goephilms6130]

Discord Gang is here Brooo

[@whoschrischu]

always good to see the gang here!

[@ezekielkokspeaks]

Discord for blad? Where?

[@goephilms6130]

@@ezekielkokspeaks not for blad, is the channel discord

[@ezekielkokspeaks]

Can I join

[@Arif-oq3td]

i want one of them actually

[@King-zo4vv]

Would love to get into film photography tho but I dont even have a digital camera yet😐💔

[@ValRalTal]

The intro was in fact a good ass intro ✊🏽

[@whoschrischu]

ayyyy real recognize real

[@codedfotography]

Asmr intro! Grammy nominated

[@whoschrischu]

oh. hell. yeah. I would like to thank the Academy...

[@zerixos]

You can buy a “a16” back, it’s a 6x45 back giving you 16 shots on a roll, saving you a little money and giving you a landscape orientation, but only landscape as you can’t rotate the back like the RZ or RB67, and the Waistlevel and 45degree viewfinders are horrible to shoot vertical. So for portrait orientation it’s not the best system(Although Hasselblad Made a vertical back it’s just a waist of film).

[@GindahouseC]

I got my first Hasselblad about 3 years ago and the V-series still don't suit me that well. The only Hasselblads that I really enjoy are the XPan and SWC. Both offer something almost no other medium format camera can. I assumed I didn't like the 6x6 aspect ration but I think the main reason why I don't like the 500C/M's that much is the focusing system. It's too uncomfortable for me. My go-to format is still 6x7 (RB67, P67 and Mamiya 7) but I get why people enjoy these so much to be honest. I just got in a Kowa Six kit, (Japanese rival to the Hasselblad system) and I feel like for me, that's a way better fit. Anyways, great video!

[@whoschrischu]

I think the XPan was the one that kind of made me lust after the Hasselblad ecosystem

[@GindahouseC]

@@whoschrischu The XPan is making me lust after a 6x17 camera haha. Looking forward to seeing more content! If the world gets a bit more normal and you ever visit Belgium, let me know. You can come and try out a whole bunch of analog cameras. From Leicas and Hasselblads to Nikons and Polaroids, I've got something for everybody in the collection. Hit me up on IG: @the_achromatist ;) Keep up the sweet work!

[@dmystify1381]

...if you use the camera in your left hand to shoot...you will find your shots will be a lot more steadier.Its like a counter-balance.

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

good ass intro? good ass video! 😀

[@whoschrischu]

RIGHT ON!!

[@carlestrada]

man building a film camera looks so much fun compared to building a pc

[@whoschrischu]

Unfortunately it’s just as expensive haha

[@robertosierra16]

Freestyle photo !!! Also you selling your RZ ??

[@genelegend]

nice intro

[@boopboop4909]

Pog intro

[@whoschrischu]

Ca$h Mon3Y

[@adventureStaley]

Solid vid. My next camera. Dont buy them all youtubers...

[@mattskie2.0]

420th I got u fam

[@King-zo4vv]

I hate how I still don't know how film cameras work

[@whoschrischu]

I'll make an instructional video, don't worry :)

[@King-zo4vv]

@@whoschrischu aiiiiiii... thanks!!

[@rolanjimenez2688]

1,237th view

[@whoschrischu]

My favorite 1237th viewer!

[@angelisone]

ATG & I say give this camera to many today photographers and most will be lost. Today cheaters need AF lenses, Auto camera meter, TTL, 10fps+ and a computer to cheat & correct mistakes. ATG/DJI (Asia) now own & departed dated manual Carl Zeiss T*. Lenses are now made by Fuji for beginners & cheaters with PC. 60mm X 60mm does not exist in digital format.