Club Hasselblad

 so i have two 500  c/m's one   chrome  one  black and i have two backs  for my   chrome one but its starting  to  develop  shutter sag and   my black one has now  become my shooter  and ive  found  myself in  quite the pickle should i keep both or should  i sell  my black one as an outfit and  buy a 501  c/m leaving me with a down 500 c/m and my 501 with  a 50mm f4 cfi lens  and two backs is selling  my  black  camera worth the 501?  ive never  played with one sadly but  they are just beautiful and from what i understand they have the floating  mirror  that will be  very  nice when  using  my  50mm. please leave input im stuck  haha

Hi, 

I just purchased my first two hasselblad bodies (500c 500CM), and correctly loaded my film back in the 500CM, cranked to number one, 2 circles are both white, but the release button will not depress.  I would love to know if I am not doing something, or is there something else I must do.  Any advise or guidance is welcome, and MUCH appreciated! : )

 I'm new to Hasselblad and have a question. I have the 503 CWD kit that came with the 40MM Zeiss. Can I use my Nikon SB-800 flash with this camera? Nikon makes a double male PC flash cord so one end would go to the PC socket on the lens, and the other end to the PC socket on the Nikon SB-800. I realize this would be all manual control if it were to work. I just don't want to mess up the electronics on my new Hassey. Can anyone help? Thank you so much for your time!-Doug

I just answered my own question. But I want to leave this posted in case someone can use the information. I ordered the Nikon SC-15 cord which is a double male pc flash cord. The Nikon SB-800 works beautifully with the 503 CWD. This is all manual mode of course, and one has to "wake up" the SB-800 by pushing any button when it goes to stand-by. (It does this to conserve battery life) The flash will not fire in stand-by mode. I use the 503CWD mounted on a Stroboframe with the Nikon for portable fill flash and so forth. It's a wonderful camera, and the results remind me of when I used high quality film.

I have a problem with my SWC with chromed Biogon: The shutter in the lens works for 3 or 4 times properly but than he refuses any work. I tried it again next day. Same result: shutter works for 4 times and stopped working the rest of the day.

Has anyone an idea what it can be? Can it be that the mechanics in the lens have to be cleaned up due to long not-using?

regards Hardy