A touching story involving a Hasselblad 500 C/M

Mistral75 · 07-01-2017, 07:17 AM - **7 Likes**

**twilhelm** · 07-01-2017, 02:17 PM

Great story! Thanks for sharing. You never know who you are talking to sometimes.

jeallen01 · 07-01-2017, 03:01 PM

A somewhat very slightly related but different story about the 500 series: around 40 yrs ago I went to work for EMI Medical (they developed the original CT scanners!) in Hayes in London, and came across a motorised (battery electric motor IIRC) version in the cupboard - I wanted to use it for work purposes, and "lusted" after it (!), but no-one seemed to know anything about it or how it got there. Got laid off a couple of years later, and so I still wonder what happened to it?

**NZ_Ross** · 07-02-2017, 01:47 AM

Very nice story, thanks for the link. I enjoyed the subtle Star Wars reference in the story.

tuco · 07-12-2017, 02:44 PM

Good story thanks for sharing. While I like my 500C/M a lot, it is not the perfect camera for me. I have to 2 other medium format cameras I use for other styles of shooting that medium.

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07-01-2017, 02:17 PM	#2
twilhelm Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,369	Great story! Thanks for sharing. You never know who you are talking to sometimes.

07-01-2017, 03:01 PM	#3
jeallen01 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,697	A somewhat very slightly related but different story about the 500 series: around 40 yrs ago I went to work for EMI Medical (they developed the original CT scanners!) in Hayes in London, and came across a motorised (battery electric motor IIRC) version in the cupboard - I wanted to use it for work purposes, and "lusted" after it (!), but no-one seemed to know anything about it or how it got there. Got laid off a couple of years later, and so I still wonder what happened to it?

07-02-2017, 01:47 AM	#4
NZ_Ross Kiwi Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Timaru Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,225	Very nice story, thanks for the link. I enjoyed the subtle Star Wars reference in the story.

07-12-2017, 02:44 PM	#5
tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,026	Good story thanks for sharing. While I like my 500C/M a lot, it is not the perfect camera for me. I have to 2 other medium format cameras I use for other styles of shooting that medium.