In article <4emhbe$1722@stealth.mindspring.com>, bgi@mindspring.com says...

>Roger Urban EUC wrote:
>>So how much money does it cost to keep the Hasselblad working on a >>yearly basis if you shoot on the average 500 rolls of 120 film a
>>year? Is that what you mean
>I know some pros here in Atlanta who refuse to use Hassy's because
>they're always needing expensive maintenance. Shutters, flash
>contacts, all that jazz. They use old Mamiya 645 and RB/RZ's and they
>hardly ever need any work. Funny how folks who don't shoot every day
>never complain about their Hassy's. ;-)

But, then, the leaf shutters jam from lack of use! (EVERY Compur
shutter [on view camera lenses, in Hasselblad lenses, on Rollei
twin-lens cameras] that I have encountered has at one time or
another stopped working. I need to work the one in my Rollei 3.5F monthly, and it still shows some hesitation at the slower speeds.)
And then, with the 500C, there is that interesting repair needed
when one absent-mindedly tries to mount a lens when both the lens
and body are not in the same wind state.....;-)
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