[Leica] Re: Hasselblad question?

[c chang <shiaokun@yahoo.com>]

Jim,
thanks so much. i bought a hardback Hasselblad manual
and found the solution. as you probably have guessed i
got the camera used and didn't have the original
manual.
best,
chang

- --- Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> wrote:
> This happens frequently with any Hasselblad lens. On
> the back of the lens 
> is a slot with an arrow (usually red and curved)
> pointing the direction 
> that the slot should be turned.
> 
> Simply take a coin, insert it on the slot, and turn
> the slot IN THE 
> DIRECTION OF THE ARROW until it stops. Your lens
> will now be open and you 
> can attach it to your camera.
> 
> There is a little pin, on the back of the lens near
> the slot, within a 
> little shield that, if touched, will trip the lens.
> This is how the camera 
> controls the lens. If you hit this pin by just
> normal handling, the lens 
> will trip. So always carry a coin when using a
> Hasselblad.
> 
> All of this is covered in the instruction manual
> that comes with all 
> Hasselblads.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> At 11:58 PM 5/1/2002 -0700, c chang wrote:
> >Dear Luggers,
> >
> >first of all, my apology to raise a Hasselblad
> >question here. i know this is a LEICA user group
> but
> >every time i have LEICA questions i always get
> great
> >answers here. i know some of you use Hasselbald and
> >very likely can help me.
> >
> >1. i came across a C series lens 250/5.6 that is
> off a
> >body and cocked (or uncocked?). anyway, the shutter
> is
> >in closed mode and i cannot attach it to a body.
> >usually when i attach or detach a lens i can see
> thru
> >the optics. is this something simple (maybe i just
> >miss a mechanism on the lens?) that i can take care
> of
> >(how?) or this is a jammed lens that requires
> >professional help?
> >
> >2. similar situation but now it's a 80/2.8 attached
> to
> >a body and it seems to me jammed. i cannot cock the
> >shutter and the little metal stud is extending out
> >(and i cannot put the magazine on.)
> >
> >please contact me off-list if you have any idea
> about
> >my problems. any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >i am thinking maybe i should stick to my Leica...
> >
> >all the best to all,
> >
> >chang
> >cchang@gc.cuny.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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