Analog Film Hasselblad 503CW + CFV II 50c Hasselblad Digital Back

In this video I explain in detail an analog Hasselblad film camera from the 500-series (503CW) and show how to shoot it with a digital back (Hasselblad CFV II 50c) instead of an analog film back. My conclusion is that this hybrid camera setup is a dream combination with a classic shooting experience and mind-blowing image quality.

Content:
00:00 Introduction to the topic: film camera meets digital back
01:14 Hasselblad 503CW vs Hasselblad 202FA example
03:22 Hasselblad 503CW crash course
07:34 Hasselblad Carl Zeiss Distagon 40mm f/4 FLE crash course
12:27 Hasselblad Waist-Level Finder vs Hasselblad Prism Finder
14:43 Replacing the film back by the Hasselblad CFV II 50c digital back
16:08 Going out into the field for shooting the hybrid camera
16:41 Shooting with the leaf shutter in the lens
18:01 Shooting with electronic shutter and life view on the digital back
19:40 A closer look at the Hasselblad Waist-Level Finder
20:13 Discussion of sample images
23:34 Conclusions

In the comment section, "RS" spotted a slip of the tongue at 8:03 where I said "feet" instead of "inch", what a mistake :) To be precise, 19 inch are exactly 0.4826m which then nicely lines up with the 0.5m I mentioned right after my slip of the tongue, apologies for that.

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