Hasselblad jam, of a different sort it seems....

Hello all, <p>

Recently got a couple Hassy bodies and unfortunately jammed one. I was

putting the 80 Planar on a 500C/M body (both were cocked) and about 3/4 of way

thru turning the lens to complete the attachment accidently hit the shutter

button at the same time. Sure enough, lens locked on the body. <p>

Using online hints from these sites: <p>

http://www.ernstweeg.com/tips.htm <p>

http://www.photoweb.net/pw_tech/hassy_unjam.html <p>

http://www.david-odess.com/faq.html <p>

I was able to go in thru the back of the body and use an unjam tool to cock

the camera and lens and I did get the lens off. I thought I was home free.

but no. <p>

Now I'm left with two problems: <p>

1. The body, although showing the white window as cocked and the lens now off,

it locked up, the crank cannot move, and the mirror is locked in the up

position and will not go down. If I push the shutter button I hear a click

and a small metal shaft sticks out the right, rear of the body. I then again

go in thru the back of the body, use the unjam tool and it re-sets something

and the metal shaft retracts into the body yet still the mirror is up and the

crank will not turn at all. And I have tried putting a back on and removing

the slide, nothing----mirror stuck up. <p>

2. The lens, after I got it off as described above, was still seemingly not

fully set or cocked as I could see right thru the lens glass and the shutter

was not closed. After reading hints on the sites above I re-set the

slotted "screw" shaft on the back of the lens but it would not take and kept

springing back to where it started. I then attempted to touch the small pin

within that small half tube on the back of the lens and heard a click and the

shutter in the lens closed. Yet the screw slot is still not in line with the

red dot and the lens with not mount on my other body, a 500C. <p>

So, I'm left with a 500C/M with a stuck up mirror and a lens that I was able

to close the shutter yet is seemingly not aligned right to mount on a camera

anymore. <p>

<b>I've tried all the hints in the links I listed above so please do not

say, "go here for your answer: " and show me one of those links. I've tried

everything on those sites. My solution is not there.</b> <p>

Anyone have any ideas here? Have anything similar happen? Do I need to send

it in somehwhere? If so, should I go straight the Hasselblad repair itself

(In NJ I believe, if not where?) or is there a repair person that has an

impeccable reputation that would be better than Hasselblad itself? (and if

so, why?) Anyone in the San Francisco area?<p>

Thanks.<br>

Oh yeah, I found this site too:

http://cesarigd.club.fr/photoe2b.htm

No luck.

International Camera in Mountain View, 720 Villa St, 650-961-5825.

Been a LONG time since I had work done there, but they did a good job for me.

Send it to David Odess:

http://www.david-odess.com/

...Vick

Rich here an answer to another lens jams from david Odess: see below

David Odess , jan 08, 2007; 12:40 p.m.

Ann,

If the cocking shaft on the rear of the lens will not turn clockwise without forcing it, try this ... just to the right of the cocking shaft, you will see a pin with a half-moon protective collar around it. Move the pin towards the outside of the lens, and then try to turn the cocking shaft clockwise. If this doesn't work, you'll need to have the lens serviced. If you need a qualified Hasselblad technician, please visit my website.

www.david-odess.com

This is why I don't use the damned things anymore (now don't anyone go getting offended

here; I'm only talking about myself). I'm admittedly hamhanded and I guess the Hassys

have tolerances that are too close for my clumsiness. I have a much easier time handling

my Mamiya 645s, but I admit that the pix don't quite reach the quality of the Zeiss glass.

My compromise: I try to do critical stuff with a Rolleiflex, whenever I can. I find all

Rolleiflex cameras easy to handle, regardless of vintage. I just wish they weren't so

expensive. I guess if I wanted inexpensive, I could go buy a Holga. Sigh.

Send the camera to David Odess.

It is beyond anything you or anybody else can do for this camera. I am certain that David will not only fix it . He will do a great job, bringing the camera to specs as per de factory and all this is not going to cost you and arm and a leg

A Fridman MD