Re: Hasselblad 500C/M "LATE"

On Oct 31, 1:16 am, "Q.G. de Bakker" <q...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Bob Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >I have seen several references to a 500C/M "Late" model.  I know that
> > Hasselblad went to a crank winder as standard on later models of the
> > 500C/M.  Is there anything else that distinguishes a given 500C/M as a
> > "Late" model?
>
> The way the trim curves round the camera ready signal window: round on
the
> old model, more angular on the later model.
> The tripod quick shoe and lower magazine hooks: two quite separate
things on
> the old model, one metal part, running as a fork from underneath the
tripod
> shoe to the hooks on the late model.
> The molding/surface of the rear baffles: hard to describe though.
>
> Not all changes will have been made at the same time.
> The cable hook hole on the camera's left side, for instance, disappeared
> before other changes were made.

Thanks for the information.  I've looked through some old catalogs now
and I can see the difference although it's a little like the kid's
puzzle where four of the the six dogs are slightly different.  It
appears that another change is the addition to later models of the
shutter pre-release/mirror lock-up button under the winder knob.