How to Load a Hasselblad SWC Film Camera (Super Wide Film Camera) - Smarter Every Day 2

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[@SmarterEveryDay2]

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[@JamesWilliamHoughton]

While I’ve arrived early in the comments section may I also suggest a continuation of your photography series to include lens technology? Things like focusing. How things like rangefinders and early autofocus actually works all the way up to modern autofocus with AI. I really feel this is a gap in the excellent series you made and I’d love to see you delve into it. You have a way of asking all the right questions about these things 📸

[@danhallatt4954]

yes please! It could even get into different types of microscopes such as electron microscopes (SEM, TEM, ect..), fluorescence microscopes ect... They essentially are cameras at their heart.

[@Telephonebill51]

Yes, PLEASE tell us the entire history of photography, starting with Ernst Leitz, all the companies, all the cameras and lenses. Omit nothing.

[@Telephonebill51]

@@danhallatt4954 No, all the pics you see are from an ATTACHED camera. They're only viewing devices.

[@czelendzerii3985]

Yes!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Loved helping you out Destin! Hope you get some great shots on the Hasselblad!!

[@ComanderCool909]

What brand/model was the little light meter you had on there?

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

@@ComanderCool909 Hedeco Lime

[@daffidavit]

Before digital cameras overtook film, I had a small darkroom in my parent's basement. As a teen, I idolized the Hasselblad to film photography in a similar way to the Omega Speedmaster is to wristwatches. Both were relied upon by NASA especially during the Apollo years. I still have my dad's Rollicord camera with 120 film where it is changed in a somewhat similar way, except the film spindal cartridge did not detach. Something about film photography is special and brings back old memories.

[@apresutt]

Why was I so stressed out looking for that number 1?😆

[@grn1]

We have what are known as mirror neurons in our brains. When we watch someone do something the mirror neurons kind of put us in their shoes so we can better understand and absorb knowledge. It also makes us empathetic to other people which can lead to us feeling stressed out when someone else is doing something stressful. Women tend to have a lot more mirror neurons than men which is why they tend to get more into soaps and other sappy programming (more easily empathize with the characters and feel connected) but also means that they can, in general, be more caring in the emotional sense (of course there are exceptions, we often call them "Karens").

[@XLessThanZ]

Ahh, the days of loading film. I don't miss it, but those were memorable times. Those little plastic containers the film came in were handy, and probably collectors items now.👍🏽🤙🏽

[@radioaktiv2531]

I've got a whole heap of those plastic containers in my desk drawer. I shoot a lot of 35mm but I've migrated onto 120 recently.

[@chuanyh0n]

When my dad passed, in one of his possesion is an old film camera. I kept it with me and am hoping to get it restored one day. Brings back a lot of memories, as we used to take pictures together when I was a kid. These are eras where engineers creates these magnificent piece of mechanical masterpiece. Absolutely brilliant. Great video Destin!

[@Daniel.Walker]

There’s nothing like the passing of the offset arrows to scare the bejesus out of you!

[@StevesFilmThoughts]

As a 90's kid mechanical engineer and a photographer who grew up with film but fell in love with old cameras and film photography again 10 years ago I am loving all the film content! If you can get your hands on a Rollie SL66 it is possibly the most over engineered film camera of all time. I was lucky enough to find one 6 years ago and Im still amazed by it every time i pick it up. Got to love the Finns too! Super kind and welcoming people. Unfortunatly I never made it to Film camera events there but I always traveled with film when in Helsinki.

[@cskinner89]

Hey Destin! Love all your content, especially anything involving film. Thanks for bringing it back into the spotlight for so many people!

[@spaminbox]

having used to work in the industry, on location in miami, baking in the sun, did about 90 of these an hour once, plus all the record keeping and sorting that goes along with it.

[@threefirstnames4187]

That's impressive!

[@primordial_platypus]

that’s when you get the 70mm backs

[@spaminbox]

@@threefirstnames4187 thanks! that pace would be near impossible with the one destin has, but thankfully these all had the little popout crank handle so the winding of a finished roll (edit: and winding to frame one) goes much faster.

[@cycle_path]

I’m enjoying digital photography and the simplicity of it. However it is always good to see a great reminder to see how things were

[@ebrien01]

Love that you're learning about cameras and photography! The details you notice along the way are so important to how cameras function. So cool to listen to you point them out. Excellent way to learn.

[@dangoldbach6570]

Definitely need to do more film photography vids! Love niko's news AND smarter every day!

[@danielshine5217]

The SWC was my favorite camera "Back in the Day", the ELM was a lot of fun too. Watching the video, I could taste the glue. Thanks for the wonderful content and bringing the memories.

[@joehopfield]

The tape-lick would be the perfect smarter-2 thumbnail.

[@kevinzane6947]

A hasselblad. My dream 2.25” camera. My uncle owned one but my great aunt wanted to sell it to me; and not gift it to me. I’m sad that the days of film are long gone. Thank you for bringing a Hasselblad & 2-1/4” film camera to the 21st century world.

[@Daniel.Walker]

Love both the collaborations! Really fitting the tone of both your channels. Feels like 2014 again on KZbin 😅

[@lecolintube]

I love that you’ve got a Hasselblad & exploring medium format film 🙌 Thanks for taking us on the journey!

[@jeremychrzan]

I had 2 friends in college who were photograph majors, so this brings back memories of their use of these medium-format cameras. I'd say "do large format next," but that's a far less mechanical/interesting process.

[@yrsued]

OMG, I did that so much while I was in college!! I got my first Hassy on Jan 1983, a 500 C/M, but I had used them as loaners from the placed I worked at. I still have one today, well, two of them!! Great memories from 38 years of Pro work. I miss film and shooting Polaroid on my Hassy.

[@amenra2]

Love it!

[@problemwithauthority]

I had a 500C 35 years ago. Loved the camera, but like a boat, ain't nothing cheap.

[@profphilbell2075]

That was more than cool!

[@jimjmcdonnell62]

Man alive, who knew this was such a complex procedure? As a kid I occasionally used to tag along to photo shoots with my mum and loved watching the photographers doing their thing, with the Polaroid backs then switching to the film backs, so later when I started taking photos with a 'proper' SLR I always coveted a Hasselblad. Still do, to a degree, but after seeing this, maybe slightly less so! It's an over-used word these days, but what an iconic camera.

[@ydonl]

It's actually a lot easier the second time (or maybe the third!). You learn what to grab and which way to twist... easy peasy! :)

[@stunmi]

this is so cool

[@edisonlee4453]

The best camera I owned.

[@JamesWilliamHoughton]

Hey Destin, next time you are in London you should check out the Camera museum cafe. Not just a cute little cafe with a tiny museum in the basement, but also with a tiny repair shop and what seems to be a little neighbourhood of vintage camera stores all around it.

[@amaniahnuar]

Dang a SmarterEveryDay video on FILM CAMERA TUTORIAL

[@primordial_platypus]

You do clamp the film prior to inserting in the magazine that will prevent the film from getting hung up on the magazine while being inserted. The slide also has a slight curl on one side for the handle, if you insert the slide so that the curl is towards the lens the magazine insert is easier to remove. The back flap for the inspection hole does not alter the camera function, it is there just for your reference if you want to use it.

[@engarneering]

That's incredible the details get lost in so short a time. YES! The edge clamp is to hold the film down and the 'little jiggle' he had to give it to fully close it is because he released it before it was closed instead of leaving it clamped until fully inserted. Those designers were clever.

[@chumleyk]

That camera is a legend. Astronauts used one during the mercury and gemini missions taking pictures of earth from space

[@arthouston7361]

This reminded me of my childhood….. changing the 120 film in one of my early Kodak cameras, with very much the same procedures involved.

[@owenbutcher]

I'm a film photography hobbyist but also an audio engineer. Have you thought about doing a video about Ultrasound machines? The fact that they're super interesting devices which have a speaker and microphone in one transducer that can display images in real time using sound blows my mind. Very niche crossover for me but would love to hear your take on it

[@allainpalma2571]

Destin, you should look into hydrovac excavation! I want to see the science and slow motion footage of it! I have 6 years experience on it and it still amazes and thrills me everyday!

[@trevorcarlisle5447]

My dream camera

[@nate_0723]

Oh hey I have that same light meter. I do recommend!

[@wholesomeengraving]

My father had a Hasselblad. NASA used those to take picture in space! Amazing piece of engineering.

[@WashyBanjo]

Love your content Destin, especially since youve gotten into film. Been subbed for almost 10 years now. I started getting into motion picture film after your kodak tour video and have just finished shooting a half mile of 16mm over the last year. Even developed about 1200 feet of it by hand using a ukrainian lomo tank. Would you ever consider getting into 16mm or other motion picture film photography?

[@giovannibistolfi515]

Hey Dustin, first of all: love all of your videos, your kodak series was amazing and i've enjoyed your content for so long i can't remember. Have you ever considered doing videos on photography optics as well? There's sooo much going on even inside the most basic of camera lenses.. I reckon it would be super interesting to investigate in detail how aperutre works, how the interface between glass/air affects the image quality, the dispersion of light based on wavelenght, the types of crown and flint glasses used (including the ones with rare earths or thorium) and so on... Astigmatism, coma, Petzval field curvature, aberrations... so many things i'd like to get a better understanding on. Sadly everything you can find online it's either semplicistic or overcomplicated to understand. A channel like yours migth do wonders.

[@Quetzalcoatl0]

:O, i did order stuff 2 days ago from Kamera Store, and will do it again, as soon as some items appear ^w^

[@juliennapoli]

Incredibly technical piece of hardware, yet very smart. Thankfully 24x32 is much easier.

[@Zeuskabob1]

Pretty awesome stuff. Very technical, so those without film camera experience (like me) might have been a bit lost for this episode, but I'm glad you're sharing your experience with us so we can more reasonably see the full experience of using film cameras. The Hasselblad camera seems fairly complicated in its operation, I wonder if it's typical of many traditional film cameras. Are the complexities gone for modern film cameras?

[@primordial_platypus]

It’s no more complicated than any roll film camera that is manually operated (no auto focus, no auto aperture/programmed modes, no motor drive for film advance, no auto feed and wind for film insertion). In some ways it’s easier than a manual 35mm just because everything is a little bit bigger and easier to manipulate. The downside to all of the automatic functions of today’s cameras (film or digital) is that (for an advanced user) manual settings are often harder to implement so if you want to control the camera instead of point and shoot it’s often more complicated than a manual camera. Of course you do give up all the nice features of an automatic camera.

[@Gunbudder]

i HIGHLY recommend a stamp licker! they cost about a dollar and are worth about a million dollars. its just a little plastic bottle you fill with water and it has a sponge tip that you rub on whatever needs licking. accountants or anyone who needs to lick a lot of envelops tend to use them, but its worth it even for licking a few things

[@coriscotupi]

11:23 - Is that the glass plate that was etched with all the "+" markings in the Apollo cameras?

[@Alsacien]

I used to own a Hasselblad 500C/M in like new condition with a CF 80mm F/2.8 T* lens and a pistol grip (which made me feel like a moonwalker) around 10 years ago, but I never shot on medium format film with it, which is a shame. I only used it with its polaroid back. I should never have sold it. These days I could probably afford a digital back for it, it would've given that phenomenal camera a new life.

[@primordial_platypus]

That digital back alone is worth the price of a new car (a cheap car but still a car).

[@daffidavit]

I still have my Dad's Rollicord which he used to take pictures of me as baby. It has a beautiful leather cover made just for the camera. The memories are precious. The 120 film made for some very "hi-def" photos, especially with the german Schneider lens. I keep is as a museum piece on a living room table along with my other old film cameras. Something special about older cameras.

[@primordial_platypus]

⁠​⁠@@daffidavitI used to love using Pan-X and Tech Pan in the ol’ ‘blad. And you couldn’t beat the Zeiss glass.

[@AIM54A]

I think I like the film winder on my horseman VH-R a lot better then that. Great to see the analog film videos.. Thanks for sharing.

[@paulrapp613]

Destin, Forget thee not to the dark slide remove prior to messing up the first exposure 🤪. Keep the aspidistra flying! God bless, Paul

[@kansaIainen]

I remember the days when I was in a Camera club. We bought TRI-X and PLUS-X film in 30 meter spools and reloaded old film cassettes in the dark room. The film should be 176 cm long, that is the length between your hands when you spread them. Then just cut the film, if you find the scissors in the dark room, otherwise you bite it and rip it. Then spool the film in the spool, put the spool in the cassette and close the end of the cassette. You saved some money if everything went ok.

[@jdrew500]

What a Hasselblad!.😜

[@samjones1954]

I have wished I could afford a hasselblad my entire life. Still can't justify thousands for a film camera. I ended up with a Mamia for $800 cnd

[@herbstwerk]

I feel my Pentacon Six giving me dirty looks for watching this.

[@sirvere4840]

how do i know what a Hasselblad is? you can thank Bliss n Eso - Home Is Where The Heart Is for that one, which is why i clicked on this video, i was super curious and you Dustin always explain things in such a way that i understand it. thank you

[@grantkauffman8578]

You should show us what you use your 3d printers for

[@jeromearnould9940]

Hello nice video . Question : where can I find this little double cold shoe ? I need the same one for my SWC903 Thanks 🙂

[@SnowmansApartment]

interesting. the peeping holes i have seen so far always have a red coloring.

[@elivaughan1192]

Your thumbnail made me think this was an AVE update. lol. that selfhealing mat

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

That's a very good camera, it has lots of accessories and they make a digital back for it as well (some models) with a massive sensor. It's hard to tell but the original negative is about the size of a credit card but square. I hope you bought that camera.

[@rollertoaster812]

Now I see why photogs always carried around several of these film backs pre-loaded, not a quick easy process while shooting!

[@petercunningham3469]

Funny stuff😂

[@kenowens9021]

Loved that camera. But, you had to remember to take the lens cap off.

[@BlackEagle352]

That look at the camera before the lick though

[@morepassionfoo]

Was there no need to line the roll up with the start arrow before closing the magazine? Might be why it took so many cranks to get to the first frame

[@berndeckenfels]

Is the shutter included in those filmbacks? I would not have wound to position 1 in detached. Interesting to see that there is no complex coupling involved for the curtain action

[@LordPodlington]

The silver plate you can see on the camera side of the back is a dark slide, making it a light tight container. You take it out before shooting then put it back when you're done. Really useful feature enabling you to have multiple rolls of film on the go at once.

[@berndeckenfels]

@@LordPodlington ah got it, I know the slides from large frame devices. most important information forgotten in the “tutorial” ,)

[@LordPodlington]

What is the light meter you're using there Destin? I've been after something small like that for my TLR.

[@zeugundso]

It's a HEDECO light meter, a bay-1 TLR mount is available

[@LordPodlington]

@@zeugundso thanks for that. Looks like exactly what i'm after!

[@Phootaba]

Hey Destin. I have old APC camera. Where would you recommend I send it? It's in my pile of: Things I don't ever will use but still have some sort of value to someone

[@sbills]

Any of the Hasselblad cameras are really a joy to use (as a 500CM user I'm bias of course). The real question is did you take any photographs with that camera??! If so, I for one would love to see them.

[@allenjcarter]

The A series magazines (made from the early '70s on) are somewhat simpler to load. A is for Automatic. While not even close to automatic, you dont have to peep down that tunnel to load, or reset the film counter.

[@drmathochist06]

4:15 there actually still is tungsten-balanced film! Cinestill 800T, for example, is a tungsten-balanced color negative film that's great for indoor and evening use. Fast for the lower illuminance you'll get from indoor lighting, and balanced to minimize the color cast you'll get from the typically warm ("soft white") American and European indoor lighting.

[@dadthejedi]

Used one daily for 12 years. I could load and unload a mag with my eyes closed. Also me and my coworkers (photographers) would compete to see who could unload/load the fastest.

[@nexpro6985]

Me too.

[@jacquestheron8460]

Hi Destin!

[@tombuster]

4:16 There actually is Tungsten film available nowadays! My local lab stocks and develops Kodak's Vision 3 film, and they have a tungsten 500 ISO variant! Great film with amazing results, but the chemistry is tricky - since Vision 3 is a motion picture film, there's a RemJet layer that serves as an electrostatic ground, preventing sparks from forming when the film is going through a camera at 24fps. It requires special processing, and I was very surprised they develop it on site!

[@leeguanxue]

There is vision3 tungsten film but only for 35mm. That being said, only tungsten film available on 120 format is the cinestill 800T which was originally a vision3 500T processed to have the remjet layer removed

[@selkiemaine]

Wow! No wonder photographers used to bring a bunch of pre-loaded Hasselblad backs and switch them out during the shoot. That's a fiddly pain in the butt. I've known folks who had difficulty loading 35mm - they'd NEVER manage the 120!

[@zounds010]

NASA used these Hasselblads extensively in the Apollo program. A few years ago, they rescanned the original film, getting a resolution of 12000x12000 pixels...

[@gordonauld5945]

I remember that from when I was in grade school 1975😂

[@gustavoossandon2363]

You should try loading/unloading a 4” by 5” plate. 😊

[@spaminbox]

put the notch in the top right, can't go wrong.

[@thomashenden71]

Not to say 8" by 10"! 😀

[@primordial_platypus]

I believe Ansel Adams would occasionally use a 16”x20” view camera. Not sure if he ever lugged it up a mountain though.

[@paulrapp613]

Been there. Done that. I once took a job as an assistant for a friend of mine. On location, changing bag only for 8 interminable days! I was deliriously happy that he left the 8x10 at home.

[@kalrandom7387]

So pretty much like the old school 110 and 35 mm cameras. That is if you're old enough to remember having to buy film and take it to be developed in order to see if the picture you took was actually worth a flying frack. That 7 to 10 days, not counting weekends, was some of the most tense days you could ever live through.

[@dlsjunk]

Does the Hasselblad have a interlock that will stop you from trying to take a picture while the dark slide is still in place on the film body? Could be embarrassing if it doesn't.

[@primordial_platypus]

Yes it does but if you pull the slide out just a little bit (entire exposed area is still covered) you can release the shutter and wind to the next frame.

[@johncage5368]

Hassel(blad) and hassle ... words who have more in common than you'd want them to have. ;)

[@pyroactivatorandsensorydev9817]

looks like a old box camera to me ! so you still can buy the old codack film?

[@tommiller1315]

Give me a digital back every time 🤣

[@timwatley4793]

Lee Friedlander uses that camera.

[@primordial_platypus]

Hasselblad was always a favorite of professional photographers (and still are today). Maybe more in use in studio settings than out in the wild for action shots but still highly regarded even with the high price tag.

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Im still wanting the America by car book, love his work.

[@timwatley4793]

@@NicosPhotographyShow I've always wanted that one, as well as sticks and stones. I've got western landscapes and it's incredible.

[@ShroomDay0117]

I'd love to see you collaborate with William Padilla Brown and show everyone a little bit how mycelium NDA barcoding wild foraged mushrooms helps with todays technology.

[@ShroomDay0117]

By the way, I dont work with or for Will but he's the owner of MycoSymbiotics and is doing amazing things with natural plant medicines.

[@HeinzTheBaronKraussVonEspy]

This is oddly timely as I've been seriously looking at buying a Hasselblad 500. I think I'll go ahead and do that right now. Thanks Destin!

[@primordial_platypus]

Even a used 500C/M can set you back 2,000 or so, of course the flagship digital ones are closer to 50,000.

[@HeinzTheBaronKraussVonEspy]

I mean, I know. I just bought one. 🤔@@primordial_platypus

[@JasonStorey]

"As Easy as 1, 2 .. C... Divide By 7... back to C...."

[@theonecassu3262]

PERKELE

[@CableWrestler]

What's a Hussleblaad?

[@randyharmon280]

Lawd.. But I wish I could afford one.

[@j1952d]

Rather like a Kodak Brownie box camera of old. Almost a lost art.

[@waltertomashefsky2682]

And another reason why I prefer digital: there’s nothing to lick! I forgot all about the lick. I used to lick in the old days when I had a darkroom and did B&W with a 645 camera. Now I don’t need to lick. Those who still want to lick - go ahead. There are so many paths we can take with photography; that’s what makes it such a great pastime.

[@ydonl]

Okay, half of you -- and you know who you are! -- let's say it together, shall we? "Easier is always better! Just use digital!" And the other half... let's say it... "Nope! Working for something is a noble and satisfying endeavor! It's what life's about!" :-)

[@depotmsa2362]

i'm so spolied on the hasselblad h1 lol

[@karlschuneman7960]

Pro Tip: sacrifice a roll to practice loading and unloading.

[@laptop006]

Mamiya 645 is almost the same process.

[@qrubmeeaz]

@SmarterEveryDay2 Destin, I bet you already know - NASA left some Hasselblads on the moon 🙂

[@JeffLeiseth]

Capturing a camera on camera with a camera

[@whamtheman]

TORILLE!

[@Jack-ne8vm]

Didn't Apollo astronauts on the moon use those cameras? How'd they reload?

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

I don't know if they reloaded while out of the lander when they went to the moon, but if so they would have several backs pre loaded with film and just switch the back. Any film loading would be done in the lander or capsule where they could take off the gloves. I doubt they actually even swapped the back while doing a space walk. handling these things in micro gravity with the gloves would be a chore. Just managing the basic controls was probably a pain, though the focus was probably set at infinity almost 100% of the time so exposure and framing was probably all they really touched most of the time.

[@primordial_platypus]

⁠​⁠@@blahorgaslisk7763The controls were also oversized for ease of use and they used the 70mm backs that gave them 100-200 frames (depending on film stock used). To reload these I believe you would need a darkroom (or more likely a dark bag) but I could be wrong. I believe this was in the early development of the 70mm back so there might be Apollo specific versions that held a cassette or something to allow reloading in the LM. Definitely no reloading (and I doubt magazine switching) on the lunar surface (way too much dust to gum things up).

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

@@primordial_platypus Interesting information. But about the dust... No dust! that's the thing about lacking a atmosphere. the smallest dust particle will fall to the moon just as fast as a lead ball. So no matter how much dust you kick up it all falls to the surface immediately. So no clouds no matter how har you try!

[@mirkopg69]

A lot saliva I use that time b4 digital come out 😅

[@SmarterEveryDay2]

The Second channel is sneaky creeping up in subscribers. I'm not smart enough to figure out how to put a subscribe link in this comment.

[@SahilTiwariOnPlus]

hi