Thanks Per. I do not consider this nit picking but valuable information. The PME prism I have states: Hasselblad Sweden. Although it does not say made in Sweden this prism does not show Hensold or Novoflex as maker. ----- Original Message ----- From: Per Nordlund To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:26 PM Subject: [HUG ] Re: A16 back Just nit-picking a bit: PM(E)45 and PM(E)90 are/were made by Hasselblad. PM(E)3/5/51 too. I'm not sure about PM(E), that was way before my time. Might have been Novoflex. Best regards, Per Nordlund Optical Design\Hasselblad -----hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: ----- >To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >From: "Q.G. de Bakker" <qnu@xxxxxxxxxx> >Sent by: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: 08/31/2008 07:58AM >Subject: [HUG ] Re: A16 back > >Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>I love 645 format but the problem of the A16 or 16 back on the >Hasselblad >>is >> that its just really good for horizontals. Not verticals. Very >awkward >> operating the camera on its side with modern prisms which stick you >way >> off >> to the side. >> In the past years though I discovered the older prisms in the >catalog >> before >> the Polaroid backs came out and they were designed and made in >Germany not >> Sweden >> The HC-1 Reflex 90 degree finder first made for Hasselblad by the >famous >> Hensoldt of Wetzlar. >> I got mine for 90 bucks. > >The PM90 and PME90 are made with similar slim/low build, and have a >better >eyepoint than the HC-1. >But are more expensive. > >As far as i know, no Hasselblad prism finder was made by Hasselblad. >After >Hensoldt (Hc-1), it was mostly Karl Müller (= Novoflex) and Zeiss >Ikon (CdS >meter prism). >The latest PM 45 and PME 45 will most likely be Fuji products. > > > > >===================================================================== >======================================== >To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to >your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when >you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ====================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.