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Hasselblad 500EL
by Karen Nakamura

Overview and Personal Comments

The Hasselblad 500 series is a very successful line of single-lens reflex medium format cameras made by the Hasselbald Corporation of Sweden, using German-made Carl Zeiss lenses with built-in leaf shutters. There are two lines in the 500-series: the non-motorized 500C series and the motorized 500EL series. The motorized 500 EL series was widely used by studio photographers because it afforded excellent optics and great high-speed flash synchronization with the ease of a motor drive and remote control switch. The EL cameras are a bit heavy for handheld use. I wouldn't recommend one as your only 'blad but they make a nice second body for studio use. Using the text or images on this website without permission on an ebay auction or any other site is a violation of federal law.

This page covers just the motorized Hasselblad 500 EL body. If you want more information about the non-motorized 500C, 500CM, etc., want more information about lenses, backs or prisms, or aren't familiar with the Hasselblad 500 system as a whole, then please go to my Hasselblad 500 system page first for background reading. If you want more information about the focal-plane medium format series, go to my Hassselblad 200/2000 series page.

Like the non-motorized 500 series, the Hasselblad EL is a system camera. This means that almost everything is interchangeable: lens, prism/finder, and film back. This allows for tremendous flexibility. The square 6x6 format (56mm x 56mm) on medium format film makes the most of the image circle from smaller lens, means that you do not have to turn the camera sideways for portrait photographs, and allows for cropping flexibility later on. It also allows for 12 shots on a standard 120 roll; or 16 on a 120 roll using a 6x4.5 format back. For more information on film backs, please go to the Hasselblad 500 page, I also have a dedicated page for metered and non-metered Hassselblad prism finders.

Some people (most notably school photographers) used to use long-roll 70mm film backs on their motorized Hasselblads because they could get 200+ shots from a roll. But 70mm film is becoming increasingly hard to obtain and develop. As a result, 70mm film backs are very inexpensive on the used market. I would not recommend getting one, however, unless you can secure film for it at a reasonable cost.

History of the 'Blad
You can read about the early Hasselblad history on my Hasselblad 500 series page. In fact, you might want to go there right now before returning here.

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The first motorized 500 model, the 500EL, came out in 19xx it was was made until 1970.The next model, the 500 EL/M, wasproduced from 1970 until 1989. The 'M' means Modified. One of the major changes was user-replaceable focusing screens. In the photograph right, you can see the two tabs that hold the screen in. Pushing these outwards with your fingernail allows the screen to pop out.

Much later on (in the late 1980s), Hasselblad replaced the older Hasselblad screens in the 500C/Ms with the brighter Minolta-made Acute-Matte fresnel focusing screen. You can recognize the second-generation Acute-Matte D screens by the two small D-shaped notches in the bottom right or left corner (barely visible in bottom right corner of the screen in the photo above). Many photographers with 500EL/Ms replaced their older dimmer screens with Acute Mattes when they came out, so you'll find many 500EL/Ms with them. Ask before buying, though!

The 500 ELs took a special ni-cad rechargeable battery that isn't sold anymore, but you can buy adapters so that it can take a 9v alkaline battery or lithium CR-P2 or 2CR5 battery instead. You can see an example of such an adapter to your right here.

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After the 500 EL/M, there were other models in the motorized 500 line, most with relatively minor revisions and some features removed for cost-cutting purposes. The 503EL/X with TTL OTF (through-the-lens off the film) metering was a god-send for some wedding photographers who shoot PJ (photo-journalist) style using wide, tele or other non-standard lenses; but it's not that critical (non-TTL auto-flash works well enough for most of us).

The latest EL model, the 500 EL/D was designed especially for digital film backs. It's still quite popular for this purpose, so they are much more rarer on the secondary market.

I believe the 500EL/M is the minimum model you should buy used. The 500EL models are now almost 40 years old and some were used pretty heavily in studio settings. Some are in good shape, but others need CLAs (clean-lube-adjusts). An Acute-Matte screen costs about $100-300 separately (depending on its vintage, D's are more expensive) so try to buy a 500EL/M which has one already installed. A good condition 500EL/M body should cost you less than $500, often much less.

Model	Years	C Equiv	Features
500 EL	1957-1969	500C	+ in-lens leaf shutters + bayonet mount lens + automatic diaphragm - body focal-plane shutter removed
500 EL/M	1970-1989	500C/M	+ user-interchangeable focusing screens - body flash synchronization removed
500 EL/X	1989-	503CX	+ TTL OTF flash metering
500 EL/D	+ Digital ready
503CXi	+ winder capability - body cocked indicator removed - shutter release lockremoved
1994-	501C	+ new tripod mount - body cocked ind