27 Detailed Pictures of Hasselblad Flexbody

[brucemuir]

I always figured once you put Horseman rollfilm back (with a winding lever on it ) and a lens with some coverage to use the movements, there would not be much "Hasselblad" to it anymore

I'm not getting your point?

[Sirius Glass]

I always figured once you put Horseman rollfilm back (with a winding lever on it ) and a lens with some coverage to use the movements, there would not be much "Hasselblad" to it anymore

Why bother? I have better things to think about.

Steve

[ic-racer]

I'm not getting your point?

Actually now I see the wind crank. For a while there I thought they had marketed that for the digital crowd. Now I see it is a film camera.

Here are some color pictures of the 'Flexbody' and a list of the movements available with various lenses:
http://harrysproshop.com/Hasselblad_...blad_flex.html

[brucemuir]

Well the "Flexbody" allows use of the Zeiss glass for hasselblad & filmbacks that some already own. Although movements are indeed limited.
I believe it used a smaller image area by way of a mask but you could remove the mask it desired to get full 6x6. (I'm not 100% sure of specifics on this so please no one flame me on this, I got enough of that on the Cindy Sherman thread)

Okay I'm kindding about the flame remark. When someone that knows specifics please set me straight.

Now the "ARCbody" indeed uses a Rodenstock lens that affords a lot more movements.

I would image the Flexbody would still be awesome for portraiture but maybe not architecture.

[Laurent]

Looks like a very nice project.

Just ni case you need ideas, here's a link to a less ambitious project, built by a member of the French LF forum :
http://www.galerie-photo.com/constru...ambre-6x6.html

[erikg]

Maybe I'm off base on this, certainly wouldn't be the first time, but wouldn't there be patents on this design? I would think Hasselblad would still protect their ownership even though they are no longer making these.
Neat cameras anyway. I think Keith Carter used one.

[ic-racer]

In terms of reverse engineering, this simpler, supposed "prototype" may be easier to make: http://cgi.ebay.com/Prototype-Rare-H...#ht_7229wt_907

[ic-racer]

If I were going to do a project like this on a budget I'd just make a hassy lensmount adapter from an old body and put it on a baby Speed Graphic.

For a more involved project I'd look for a 6x9 monorail and do both a lensmount adapter and hassy film holder adapter for the back from a beat up body. Here is a neat Cambo 6x9 monorail (but the price is way off). http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Cambo-6x9-...ht_2184wt_1282

[brucemuir]

The whole idea I think...
was for it to be compact.
A baby speed would probably meet that criteria but that Cambo, maybe not so much.

[ic-racer]

The whole idea I think...
was for it to be compact.
A baby speed would probably meet that criteria but that Cambo, maybe not so much.

Yes, since the Hassy lenses are either 80mm or retrofocus or telephoto, that 'baby' twelve-inch rail is on the big side. But it could be cut in half .