[HUG] Re: SV: Re: THE SWC

Hi Tom,

The SWC is an amazing camera.
There are a few of those in my cupboard starting with its
predeccesor the Supreme Wide Angle of 1954.
I once took this oldtimer with me when I was invited with a few friends to visit Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen.
One of the older gentleman explained to us that in those days they used different kinds of glass for specific purposes. 
He admitted this was no longer possible with later SWCs.
When driving through Gothenburg take some time to visit the factory.
I am sure they serve a decent cup of coffee.
The Hasselblad site still shows quite a few lenses that are discontinued.
It is the price of progress that all good existing products
will be replaced by new ones that still have to prove their excellence.

BTW do not worry too much about shutter springs.
In 35 years of Hasselblad use I only had one shutter fail me because of a broken spring. 
It happened with the first lens I bought new.
Since then I firmly believe in pre owned lenses.

Richard.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Just Olsen" <tjols@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:09 AM
Subject: [HUG] SV: Re: THE SWC
Planet? Despite that I drive through Gothenburg several times per year, I did not know about this.
They had an article on the Hasselblad web site, that I am no longer able to find, telling about a new sort of spring steel that increased shutter life, from this number of exposures to that number of exposures. Anyone who do remember? It could have been a Hasselblad Magazine article.
I am glad I secured myself one of these unique cameras. One of the best ever made. 

Tom of Oslo


From: Jim Brick [jim@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 2008-01-27 02:00:09 CET
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HUG] Re: THE SWC

No, only the Shadow do... oh... he just told me.  47,369,245  unless
you are Norvegan (a vegan Norwegian), then only a couple of dozen!

;-)

The SWC is no longer made. My local distributor has only one new one
in stock. When it's gone, that's it for the US west coast!

Jim


On Jan 26, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Tom Just Olsen wrote:

> Have you noticed that the SWC905 is no longer to be found on
> Hasselblad's V-series pages?  Is it no longer offered? I looked it
> up to find something about the number of exposures that the Compur
> shutter is supposed to take.  Do anyone remember?
>
> Tom of Oslo


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