[HUG ] Re: an 80 mm f/2.8 1959 Synchro Compur Hasselblad lens.

The f/stop and shutter coupling is released by pushing one of the rings away from the other, using a tab that is on the ring. There should be a tab with teeth, that is the tab to push to separate the f/stop and shutter rings. 

The flash port lever is NOT the lever to uncouple the f/stop and shutter.
The WLF should sit fully into the camera body and in no way interfere with the film back. With the WLF off, see if the focusing screen is fully seated. There is an interlock that will only clear if the focus screen is seated properly. Maybe that is blocking the WLF. 

Do not grind the WLF.  If properly working, it does not need that.
If you aren't confident with what you have, I suggest you return it (unless you got it for a song). 


Vick


Sherman Bloom wrote:
I just acquired an old 500C with the above lens. The f/stop and shutter speed are coupled, and I've been unable to uncouple them. On the left side of the lens, just past the flash port is a lever that moves left <-> right in a slot, and has three positions V, X, and M. To the left of this lever is a thin metal tongue which, when depressed, permits the lever to move left <-> right. However, I can only get the lever to the X and V positions. I assume that this lever can, among other things, lock and unlock the f/stop and shutter speed, but is not functioning properly. Am I missing something or is this lens defective, in which case I would ask to seller to take it back.
Another thing. The camera has an non-functional viewer. When I try to put on a WLF from my 500 CM it doesn't fit. The lip that surrounds the bottom of the WLF protrudes over back of the body, interfering with placement of the film back. I could grind off 1 to 2 mm of the rear lip so that the finder would fit, but I wonder if there is really a different problem - like the WLF is not pushed all the way in. But that does not appear to be the case, so think I need to do a grinding job. But first, can anyone help me with this? 


Sherman Bloom







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