john_pluta

I've had Rotator cuff surgery so I put my Hasselblad 500 CM in my closet. I was starting to feel better and wanted to take some photos. Everything works on it except the film roll holder key on the magazine won't turn. I can't load a roll of film in it. Please tell me it's something simple. John

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Thank you, Ben.

I have an Fuji GW 670 III and I like it a lot. I did buy mine from Japan on Ebay and mine is in great shape. I must've got lucky. I'm not a professional so the noisy shutter or using the RF indoors doesn't bother me . I use it outdoors for landscapes and the 6X7 neg is great. And it's light in weight for the size of the neg you get.

No Ben it is a black looking spot off the center. I'm glad that you guys reassured me. I love shooting film and all kinds of subjects. Ed, Yes I'm dying to get out. I've been confined to my house by my wife because I'm in the high risk group. I also love fishing and target shooting. Haven't done much of either because with the density of NJ as soon as fishing opened they all crowded all the spots with no social distancing. King Murphy isn't too fond of anything that goes bang so the ranges just started opening up after 3-4 months. At least with photography you usually have more room. I did have a funny experience in Naples, FL on their public fishing pier that projects out into the Gulf for about 100-200 yards. All the tourists were elbowing each other at the end of the pier to get a sunset picture. I told a 20 something guy to just stay here on the beach where there's more space, after all it's over 93 million miles away and 100 yards or so isn't going to get you any closer. :) One last thing about cleaning. What do you guys do? My old SLR's in 35 mm didn't have much depth and a cheap blower did the job with a lens cloth or eyeglass cloth. I'm smart enough to stay away from the Zeiss lens. But what about the mirror, viewscreen or magnifier?

I'm a new Blad user. When I look thru viewfinder I see a small black spot. I gently took it apart and cleaned any surface that I thought responsible but no luck. it appeared that without the magnifier, I did not see any spot but when I added the magnifier I did. It hasn't affected any photos but it bothers me. I thought i cleaned the magnifier but no? Any suggestions besides telling me I'm overly concerned?