[Leica] Hasselblad sighting (movie)

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Since Hasselblad is occasionally mentioned on this forum, I hope this isn't
> too far OT. Spotted a black 500CM or some such on "Inspector Lynley 
> Mysteries"
> last night, the episode entitled "In Divine Proportion". IIRC, it sported 
> the
> big 70mm mag. Humorous part was that it was the property of a penniless,
> unemployed ne'er-do-well slacker in a tiny English village who used it to
> surreptitiously photograph the object of his obsession. And I suppose
> developed the film himself.
> 
> But that's just an excuse for soliciting advice from the Forum members on a
> topic that's OT but well within their eclectic range of knowledge and
> experience. I have a Hassy 500CM that I bought almost 40 years ago and was
> always very fond of and would like to put back into service on an 
> occasional
> basis. The film sometimes fails to advance fully, causing overlap in the
> frames. Don't know whether the problem's with the body or the mag.
> 
> Any recommendations on where to send it for repair? As well as CLA.
> 
> ?howard

Probably the back needs a CLA. They need that every few years.

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Mark William Rabiner