New on Hasselblad Historical

[February 2012] Richard Nordin and Charlie Chernoff's second part of the series on the evolution of the packing material used by Hasselblad is online now.

Read all there is to know about the boxes used by Hasselblad from 1957 to 1970.

[June 2011] Richard Nordin's updated second edition of the "Hasselblad Compendium" is available.

An updated second edition of Richard Nordin's Hasselblad Compendium will be available starting now (second half of june, 2011.) A comprehensive, illustrated guide to all the cameras, lenses and accessories ever available, including descriptions of many rare and unusual items. The book comes with a DVD containing a lot of supplementary material. A definite 'must have' book for anyone interested in the Hasselblad camera system.

[May 2011] Calculator added to equivalent focal length section.

An online calculator is added to supplement the equivalent focal length page, producing the equivalent focal lengths and angles of view for a number of popular formats.

[April 2011] Map added.

In 1955, Victor Hasselblad entertained fellow camera maker Reinhold Heidecke at his seaside retreat at Råö, a peninsula in the Kungsbacka municipality, 45 km south of Göteborg.
Hasselblad Historical presents some of the pictures they took of each other using their respective cameras on the "Hasselblad meets Rollei" page. A map is now added to that page to help you find where this all happened.
(Notice the Chalmers University space observatory to the north and east of Victor and Erna's house.)

[May 2009] Comparison of Hasselblad and 35 mm format focal lengths.

Three tables present an answer to the often asked question about the 'equivalent' focal lengths of 35 mm format lenses used on 24x36 mm format, compared to the Zeiss/Hasselblad lenses used on Hasselblad's image formats.

[December 2008] Updated maps.

The maps that guide you on your walk through Göteborg past sites of historical interest have been updated.

[July 2008] Ross cameras - Additional parts online now.

New sections about the Ross SKa 4, SKa 4a, MK80 and SKa 5 cameras have been added to Charlie Chernoff´s article about the cameras Victor Hasselblad built for the Swedish armed forces during WW2.

[May 2008] RSS feed.

Hasselblad Historical has added a (this) list of recent additions to the site´s content, offering a one-glance chance to see what´s new on the site.
You can view the list on every page of the Hasselblad Historical site itself, but also subscribe to it using an RSS-feed reader of choice.

Hasselblad Historical is not a project run by professionals who´s only job it is to do so, but is managed by a handfull of Hasselblad enthusiasts, who can only spend a limited amount of their time on the project.
So progress will be slow, and new items will not appear as frequently as the fact that this RSS news feed is now being offered may suggest.
Please be patient. We do our best!

[May 2008] Mismatch register.

Hasselblad Historical has opened a register of mismatched Hasselblad items, offering a way to find the matching other half of mismatched magazines and other Hasselblad items you may posess.

Register your mismatched items with Hasselblad Historical, and see on the Mismatch Register page if the part you are looking for has turned up elsewhere, or if someone else is perhaps looking for the part you are holding.

The idea for this register was first suggested by mr David Miller, who is looking to reunite the mismatched items in his HK1 kit with their proper ´other halves´.
Thank you, David! And apologies for the fact that it took so long!

[April 2008] Shoot out at Råö.

Victor Hasselblad and Reinhold Heidecke, of Rollei fame, meet at Victor´s home at Råö, and have a friendly photographic shoot out.