The original Hasselblad from 1957, the modular medium format SLR that defined professional photography for 50 years.
The Hasselblad 500C is the original model in Hasselblad's iconic 500 series medium format SLR system, released in 1957. The camera that established the V system and the 6×6cm format for professional photography. Hasselblad V mount.
6×6cm format (120 rollfilm, 12 exposures). Hasselblad V mount (interchangeable Carl Zeiss lenses). Waist-level finder (standard). Leaf shutter in lens (enables flash sync at all shutter speeds). At approximately 1050g. Hasselblad V mount.
The Hasselblad 500C became the standard professional medium format camera — used extensively in fashion, portrait, and documentary photography, and famously used on the Apollo moon landings. The V system's leaf shutter in the lens enables flash sync at all speeds. A landmark camera in photographic history.
On the used market the Hasselblad 500C is a premium collectible professional medium format camera. Condition checks: shutter at all speeds (in lens), film back light seal, finder condition. Hasselblad V mount — Zeiss V-system lenses, CF, CFi, CFe lenses all compatible.