j._mose

Quinten...It is so good to hear from you after 15 years!!! Unfortunately, this didn't free up the lens! I had no choice but to tear the shutter and pry apart some of the mechanisms to free the lens w/o any damage to it! A damn shame! But I saved the Acute-Matte screen, A12 back, crank knob and viewing hood. I purchased a mint condition 2000FCW and transferred the Acute-Matte screen to it. So...essentially I have a 2003 w/o Palpas coating (which as always been up for debate whether it is a noticeable improvement). I kept the 2003FCW shell as a paperweight! At least I had a lot of good times with her up until 2006. Since the post above, I did find a source that will CLA 2000 series cameras! Barn Owl Cameras - barnowlcameras.net in Massachusetts, USA will work on them. Unfortunately, he cannot replace a shutter as he has no curtains and I think it takes a great deal of training to do so. He worked with David Odess and has a lot of tooling. They are also very close friends! He can also work on the F/FE lenses with frozen apertures. Most of the time they just need cleaning. However there is a plastic washer that can crack and it isn't available. This is what causes the aperture to freeze (other than being sticky -- just needs a cleaning). I am trying to convince him to have a reproduction made as it isn't complicated!! Imagine being able to restore otherwise useless F lenses (other than shooting wide open)!! He can also work on the 500mm "C" lens as he has the tooling to disassemble them as well! All the best, JP

There isn't any source that works on the 2000 series. According the the "Hasselblad Compendium" dated 2011, "The factory spares parts inventory for the 2000 series cameras was disposed of during factory move and downsizing 2002-03," A damn shame in my opinion! They should have allowed an auction for the parts! The only source I knew who could work on the 2000 series is David Knapman, but he passed away 2-3 years ago. There is also a referenced Dr. Emmett in UK that could replace the shutter with another material, but this has also been 10 years since referenced. His e-mail address is (was): je@bpr.org.uk Personally, I would leave your camera alone and just be careful not to touch the shutter!!. My worked perfectly, yet I sent it to Hasselblad USA in 1995 for a CLA. I started to lose interest in photography, so the camera was hardly used. After the warranty period ended, the shutter acted up and never worked properly again. Last week I bought a mint 2000 FCW. I also got my 80mm lens off the 2003FCW along with the screen, back and winder knob.

WOW...it's been years! I haven't been on this forum for a long time. So...I have a Hasselblad 2003 FCW that was used frequently, but hasn't been used since 2006. I got a new battery and installed it. Now the shutter winds and I can release it but the slow speeds don't work! I removed the lens but when I tried to remount it...it got jammed about 2/3 of the way and I can't remover it!. I know a lot of repair shops have abandoned repair of the 2000/200 series. PLEASE tell me that someone out there will tune them up it the curtain is still good? My word...you can find repair sources for vintage cameras for the '30s though '50s, yet there is no one that will work on the iconic 200 series Hasselblad's that were flagship models up until the late 2000's HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<p>Hello everyone!! I hope all of you are well! I haven't been on photo.net in several years!<br> Has anyone been in contact with David Knapman? I have tried to contact him several times in the past year! I've left messages and sent texts. He has four cameras of mine for repair. He his very nice and honest, but I'm concerned something has happened to him. I have performed Google searches will no success.<br> Please let me know if anyone has been in touch with him. I called Dave Odess and he hasn't spoken to him for over 2 years. Any help would be much appreciated!</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>JP Mose</p>