Manufactured by Victor Hasselblad Aktiebolag, Goteborg, Sweden Model: body: 1982, (produced between 1971-84) SLR medium format film camera, with motor drive, film: 120 roll, picture size: 6x6cm, or 6x4.5 format with special magazine Plate on top of the camera: Hasselblad Plate on the left side of the camera: 500EL/M Lens: Carl Zeiss Sonnar 250mm f/5.6, chrome finish, auto-diaphragm, Mount: special bayonet, filter thread: 50mm , serial no.4867711, producing date: 1968 Aperture: f/5.6 - f/45, setting: ring and scale on the lens Engraving on the lens: Lens Made in West-Germany **The standard lens of this camera was Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 Lens release: by a knob on front of the camera, beside the lover right side of the lens; the lens can be remowed only when the motor drive selector on "O" or "A". Important: when mounting the lens its shutter must be cocked, the simple way to cock shutter is to insert a coin into the slot on the cocking shaft of the lens and turn to clockwise. Attention that the two red dots must be opposite. Focusing: via Fresnel matte screen, ring and distance scale on the lens, w/ two movable DOF indicators Diaphragm knob on the lens for checking DOF on the ground-glass screen Focus range: for this lens: 2.5-60m +inf Shutter: Synchro- Compur (F.Deckel), central leaf shutter in the lens, speeds: 1-1/500 +B, setting: ring and scale on the lens Exposure value system: aperture and speeds move together with the lock catch on the lens; 2-18 EV index, red scale numbers and locking catch on the lens; un-lock the catch for manuel settings Shutter release: a silver button on the front right side of the camera Remote release socket: for radio control or a special cable release, above the shutter release button Winding and cocking: by Built-in motor-drive only, the shutter in the lens is cocked by means of the cocking shaft on the body Motor drive settings: dial on the right side of the camera O = Single shot normal mode S = mirror pre-release A = continual motor-drive mode as long as shutter button is held down AS = continual motor drive + mirror held up between frames SR = mirror pre-release and mirror is held up after shutter release (for the 60mm Biogon and some other lenses with deep lens rear projection) Mirror: instant return type by motor drive L O T selector lever: for time exposures, on the right lover side of the camera Frame counter: a window on the right side of the magazine w/ a smal signal window, white: the camera is ready, red: the film is not advanced Viewfinder: Waist level finder, Fresnell lens and grainless ground-glass screen, w/ central cross , w/ black lines for 6x4.5 format; hood opens by a catch on top of the hood, w/ fine focusing magnifier; focusing hood and screen are interchangeable Flash PC socket: fully sync, on the lens, select M X V by the lever after moving the catch on the lens forward just beside it Self-timer: by M X V selector lever on the lens, set to V Fitting for accessory items: on the left side of the camera, w/ a stamping "500 EL/M, Made in Sveden by Victor Hasselblad" Back cover: as an interchangeable film magazine, w/ a memory dial, removes by a latch on top of the magazine Film loading: Pull-out the film loading part from the camera via turning the un-lock lever on left side of the magazine; load the film to take-up spool; film advance pop-up lever on the right side of the magazine, turn it until zero appears in the frame counter window Caution: Before the replacement of the standard film magazine the dark slidemust be mounted in its slot; when taking the picture pull-out away the dark slide. Shutter release do not work when the dark slide is in its slot. The slot is on the left side of the camera. Tripod socket: 1/4'', on the bottom of the camera Strap buttons Batteries: two 3V Ni-Cad rechargeable battery, serial connection. If necessary only one battery can drive the motor, (not manufacturing anymore). Motor drive can work with 9V. There are many adapters in the market for 9V alkaline or L1424 Lithium CR-P2 batteries. 9V battery in an adapter takes approx. 800 shots or more . Battery compartment: on the lover left side of the camera , opens by the latch on it, there is a 1.6 amp fuse in it also DIN type connector: on the right lover side of the camera, for mains power, with an adaptor 500mA at 6VDC, and the internal batteries must be removed Note: This DIN socket also can be used as a remote control socket by a special device. On/off switch: none Body: metal, Weight: body: 1424g wo/ batteries; lens: 922g serial no. RH 1323751 Body dating: First two letters of the seial number show the manufacturing year, as to this chart: V=1 H=2 P=3 I=4 C=5 T=6 U=7 R=8 E=9 S=0 so, my EL/M body manufacturing date is 1982. Lens

Did a photoshoot of my co-worker's bike that he built from scratch. I love the old school, clean, and simple styling. I decided to experiment with some off-camera lighting in some of the shots. I was using the SB-800 with the Stofen diffuser and had the owner hold it in different locations (CLS trigger). These shots made me realize how much of a difference just one strobe can make. Being able to shoot at high ISO gave me more time to shoot after the sun was set. I also learned that you definitely need the SG-31R if you are using CLS in low light with subjects close up, especially with bigger lenses. The on-board flash was casting shadows from the lens without it. This bike is for sale. contact JP@sovereign-cycles.com if you are interested. Strobist: SB-800 with Stofen diffuser, camera right, triggered via CLS, hand-held by JP