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Page 1: ... TASSfIBTAD lnstruction manual 2O2 FA i i i l iiii i tri i l i t t t t tt l t ti ltat l t ii il l l l l l a l l it t ii ii i I I 1 t ...

Page 2: ...utter provides oneofthewidest ranges of shutter speeds in themedium formatfield 34 minutesto ultra fast 1000swith l zstopincrements inmanuolmodeor90s to 1 l000swith 1 tzstopincrements inoutomatic modewith FElenses lt olsoprovides thefostest flash synch speed among medium formatfocolplane shutters l 90s Primarily designed totakeadvontage ofthisremorkable shutter aretheHasselblad FE series lenses ra...

Page 3: ...t carefully lfyouhavea querydonot hesitate tocontact yourdealer wewantyoutobe100ok sat isfied Your dealer csnalsoprovideyou withthelatest innews andtechnical developments fromHasselblad Aquarterly mog ozine FORUM ispublished withtheemphasis onphoto graphicimageryfeaturingphotogrophers fromall overthe worldtoprovide you withinspirotion Ourinternetsite http www hasselblad com isosource ofgenerol and...

Page 4: ...cusing exposure release and viewfindet diiplai 12Viewfinder display symbols 13 Double exposure 14Minorandmechanism pre release ii ii i ii 14 Selftimer i i l 15Focalplaneshuttbl i 16 Automatic exposure lock AE lock 1 liii 16Adjustmentbuttons r l1 Automatic exposure AE lock 11Adjustment buttons 11Lefthandgrip i i 12 OPERATING DETAILS I6VIEWFINDER SYSTEM 17LENSES 10Focusing screen i 10Exposure meter ...

Page 5: ... adedicated flash unit 31 Non dedicated flash units 31 CF lensgs i 31 Depth of field preview knob i i 31 F Setting Iiiii ili li l l l ll lllll ll r l1 CF lens inFmode and flash photography 32How touse adedicated flash unit 22 Prprogramming mode r i t i ii 22 How touse the P mode l iili li li i ililli li li ii iiliiii iil l li l 22Setting the film speed 23 Setting theselftimer delay r 23 Adjusting ...

Page 6: ...t 29 Automatic exposure lock AE ock 6 30 Dedicated flash connector 31 Flash connector socket cover 32 Display illumination button 33 Strap lug 34 Indicator trigger slot 35 Film plane indicator 36 System mark 37 Film load indicator 38 Film holder key 39 Film speed dial 40 Film holder 41 Film magazine 42 Magazine slide 43 Film magazine catch 44 Magazine hook slots 45 Magazine gear 46 System connecto...

Page 7: ...110 Frontprotectivecover 51438 RearcoverMlltiControi i 51020 10542 11099 11101 202FA cAMERA BoDy BLAIK 10546 supplied as10542 above butequipped with blackFocusing hoodE4z3Z5 ii lh thetex1pasitionts ofcompaninfsaido ttaiion aie described inrelotion tothecomera asseen when taking aphotagraph i e thelens otthefronttheviewfinder an np andthewinding uankonthefighthordtidr The oppropriate illustrotions ...

Page 8: ...theshaftinthedirec tionofthearrowapproximately alsof afullturn You mayfindthatholding thecamera bodyin yourlefthand andthelensin yourrighthandasshown intheillustra tion top right istheeasiest waytoattach thelens When youhave aligned theredindexonthelenswiththaton thecamera bodyasshown in theillustration thelens will fit easily intothebayonet mount You canthenrotate it clockwise untilit stops witha...

Page 9: ...d to the camera Themagazinestatusindicator it tjt tl Thestatus indicator ontherighthandside ofthemaga zineshows whitewhenthemagazine isready tooperate andredwhen thefilmhasnotbeen advanced afteran exposure If thestatus indicator shows red release the camera firstbefore attaching themagazine Then wind ingthecamera again will automatically advance thefilm byoneframe Do not attach a magazineshowing w...

Page 10: ...rcumnxr Place themainbodyofthestrapclipfrombehindover thestrap lugonthecamera withthestrap pointingback wards Press thetip ofthecliptowards thecamera while pullingthestrap toslide theclipover thelugtothelocked position 10 Srntpnmtoutt Holdthestrappointingbackwards andlift thelocking plateofthecliphighenough topass overthetopofthe lug Push theclipforwards toslideit offthelug This section isobriefov...

Page 11: ...ss once for on andonce again for off It works onlywhen thecamera isactivated 24l Themode selectordial i l t ltlt 1 t 126 l i l l ij g f Withthemodeselector dialyoucanselect anyofthefive operating modes Pr A D MorMtavailable onthe202FA TheA D MandMLareused forphotography andPrfor theprogramming ofcertain functions The automatic exposure AE lock Inthecentre ofthemodeselector dialisapush button marke...

Page 12: ...st key orbutton op eration butallrelevant data isstored inthememory Focusing exposure reIeose and vie y fi nderdispt ay ttffi ii Ei1 Turnthefocusing ringuntiltheimage ofthesubject ap pears sharpin theviewfinder Depress theexposure but tonhalf way intothepressure point If themodeselector dialissetattheDorAposition the display nowshows besides afewothersymbols de scribed in afollowing section theshu...

Page 13: ...tiple exposures byrewind ingthecamera without advancing thefilm Thisispossi blebydepressing thedouble exposure button inthecen treofthecrankhubandsimultaneously turningthe crankslightly clockwise Then youcanrelease thebutton andcomplete thewinding untilthecrank locks t t t tt t t ffi ilbtl fi 4 i tflt Flashes when theselftimer isactivated Appears also by programmingthe selftimer delay in Prmode Di...

Page 14: ...timebypressing thepre release lever again orbya blind rewind asfordouble exposure Theselftimer functionisinoperative whentheshutter speed issetatB Thecushionedgrip 89 Arubber cushion along thelower edge oftherighthand side provides asafe andcomfortable grip 14 l t l l ll E_x p o s u r e releaseb Inthelowerrighthandcorner atthefront withincom fortable reach ofthelefthandgrip istheexposure re lease ...

Page 15: ...ntofthe Hasselblad signisawin dowfordaylight illumination oftheviewfinder display screen Quick coupling plate w system provides youwiththemaiimum Themode selector dial ffit rhe mode selector di li i ih il iih fi elonthelefthandside Toselect anyoftheoperaiing modes ofthe202FA simply turnthedialuntilthesym bolforthatparticular modeisaligned withtheredindex mark Thedifferent operating modes are Pr Pr...

Page 16: ...ected directly tothe202FA butotherded icated flash unitswill require asuitable adapter such as theHasselblad SCA adapter 390 between theunitand thecamera The smaller connector isacommon PCsock etforanykindofflash unit You canfindfurtherinstruc tionsonflash photography in alatersection 16 Disp tay i ttu Inlowlightlevels depressing theswitch buttonontheup peredge ofthecontrol panel switches ontheill...

Page 17: ...t back onthecamera Changin g the focusing screen i ll5 iiit i r t l Your202FA isequipped withtheexceptionally bright andsharp focusing screen Acute Matte D Thearea in side thedotted circle indicates thearea measured bythe built inexposure meter lf youwishtoreplace thefocus ingscreen withanyoftheotherfocusing screens in the Hasselblad system simply follow theprocedure below l Detach themagazine and...

Page 18: ... 56l i i l Theaperture ringistheoneclosest tothecamera body Useit to pre set theselected f stop Thefull f stops marked ontheringhave clickstops buttherearealso clickstops foreach intermediate halff stop Thesetaper turevalue canbereadagainst theheavy indexlineonthe grooved ringin frontof theaperture ring It will also show ontheviewfinder display whenyoudepress theex posure buttonhalfway in i e toth...

Page 19: ... O ther HosseIb l ad I enses TheuseofotherHasselblad lenses withyour202FA is described inalatersection Hasselblod filmmogozines provide theopportuni tytovaryformat length nndtypeoffilmused They conbequickly andeasily switched mid filmwith outtheloss ofqsingle frome The followingdescription opplies toA ondEiype mlglzine Elypemlgazines havetheadditional feoture ofafilmspeed setting dial The informat...

Page 20: ...ldoutthefilm crankandrotate it clockwise about tenturnsuntilit stops Then turnit counter clockwise andfoldit in Thefigure I willnowbe displayed in theautomatic frame counter window indicating thatthemagazine isloaded andready foruse Themagazinet filmwindingcrankisonlyblocked at framel Apartially exposed filmmaybewound offat anyframeafterwards Donotputthefilmholderdownonanunclean surface orwhere it...

Page 21: ...control ponelandhowtousethem This section describes indetailthemetering system ondthedifferent operoting modes Themetering system u S i see earlier section fo aJe fi i h Jir r nt tn ods used toactivate thecamera and metering system The system turns offautomatically l6seconds after the last button operation tosave thebatteries butallthe im portant information remains stored inthememory and returns ...

Page 22: ...hemomentof lifting themirror Intheillustrations changing indications arenoted with grey symbols andflashing indications byrays around the symbol Thedifferentoperotingmodeslre describedin the ordertheyoppearon theModeSelectorDiol Pr p ro g ram m ing rno d ThePlmodeisnotanexposure mode butused toenter certain userdefined values different fromthestandard settings whicharebuiltintothecamera Thestandar...

Page 23: ...o startthecamera and then repeatedly if required toselect thePrlfunction 3 Press theadjustment buttons tochange thefilmspeed value Theupperbuttonincreases andthelowerde creases thevalue in steps of 1 rEV 4 Reset theModeSelector Dialtothedesired exposure mode orpress theAE lock button toswitch tonextPr function 7x Afilm speedvaluemanuallyinsertedin thePrl functionisstoreduntilchanged again by thesa...

Page 24: ...ough totakeseveral different meter readings in ordertocalculate thefinalexposure The con trastrange ofasubject canalso bechecked inthisman ner Bylockingandstoring thelightvalues ononepartof thesubject andthenmoving themetering area toanoth er thedisplay continuously shows thecontrast difference between theinitiallymetered partandthepresent loca tionofthemetering area Thestored lightvalue remains f...

Page 25: ...hepressure point Permanent adjustment ofthecontinuous orstored light value 5EV steps in l r step increments Normal exposure Functions Manualpre setting of aperture aswellasshutter speed Features Completely manually controlled exposure Continuous metering ofthelightvalue Continuous indication ofthedifference in EVbetween thepre set exposure andtheexposure calculated by thecamera s CPU Ho1wto use th...

Page 26: ...erymay causethe bat terysymbolto disappearafter the two seconds Shutterspeedwa rning l t i tlt l l t l tt i I ffi I A When thecalculated shutter speed isslower than90sor faster thanI I000stheshutter speed indication andthe redwarning trianglestartflashing Lightmeterrangewarning 1 t tt t tt t t t l t tt t t t il ffilt l 89 When thelightvalue fallsbelow orabove therange ofthe lightmeter theindicatio...

Page 27: ... thanI 90s Note thateven thedisplayed l 90scould beflashing lf theshutterspeedisfasterthan I 90 s theshutterspeeddisplayflashesand no syncsignalisgeneratedto trigger the flash Usinga de dicoted flash unit Described below orethree different methods ofus inga dedicated floshunit occording to mode nomely FlashsetatTTLmode Flashsetatautomaticmode Flashsetatmanualmode Fortheoperation oftheflashunitsee ...

Page 28: ...ars atshutter speeds faster thanl 90swhen theflash triggering was disabled andtheexposure wasmade ln bothcases the suggested remedies could becombined in anydesired way Bothwarnings appear fortwoseconds afterthe flash exposure together withaflashing triangle and backlighting appearing inboththeinternal display as 28 wellasinthedisplay backlighting window ontheout side ofthecamera 6 Rewind thecamer...

Page 29: ...Theflashunitshould besetformanual control see the flash unitinstructions Functions Exposure with pre set aperture andshutter speed determined bytheoperating mode Viewfinder indication whentheflashunitischarged andready toflash Viewfinder warning atover andunderexposure and disabled flashtriggering Suggested procedur e tiiffitiiriffii ii l Attach andconnect theflashaccording to theflash manual With...

Page 30: ...meteringsystem and the viewfinder display inthecamera will worknormally in alloperating modes asif noflash wasconnected i e the flashsymbol in theviewfinder will notlightupwhenthe flashisready rt Thefastestshutterspeedfor full flash tvnrnronization is l 90s At faster speeds thePC terminal isdisconnected and theflashisnot triggered Usethe camera s M modeand the 1 90sshut terspeedto ensurethat the f...

Page 31: ...usly described 2 Pre set thedesired aperture value 3 Setthemodeselector dialto thedesired modeof operation 4 Stop down thelens bypushing thepreview knobdown untilit locks 5 Follow theinstructions for theselectedmodeof operation Flosh ph otograp hyyith F Ienses Theoverall similaritybetween theFE andF lenses makes theflash photography procedures almost identi cal Theonlydifference isthattheaperture ...

Page 32: ...y tofire 5 Select shutter speed onthecamera andpre set aper tureonthelens 6 Press andrelease theexposure buttonto makean 32 exposure observing theviewfinderdisplay forwarn ingindications 7 Rewind thecamera tococktheshutter andadvance thefilmtothenextframe Allaccessories originolly designed forthe202F4 aremarked withdouble bluelines This marking is olwayslocatedon thot sidewhichisto theleft whenthe...

Page 33: ...t conbeusedon the202FAwithoutaffectingtheme teringfunctionsincludesdifferentfocusingscreens lensshodesand filter adapters Thereis olso the Hasselblad D Flash40 dedicotedflashunit ther dedicatedflash units can beconnectedthrough flashadapters suchastheHasselblad SCA390 Other accessories These accessories canbeused butwill resultin certain Iimitations tothemetering system TheFandCFlenses belong toth...

Page 34: ...orreplace thebattery Insert thebattery according tothe markings onthebattery cassette Wind thecamera withonefullturn ofthewinding crank Activate thecamera bydepressing theexposure release button Rewind thecamera withone full turn ofthewinding crank Remove themagazine slide com pletely Insert anew filmorchange toa fully loaded magazine or w ofilm remove and re insert filmholder Remove thelens front...

Page 35: ... flash unit andcomera isdefective fheviewfinder isnot properly installed Defective contact between lens and camera body nGmcd l t Cock thelens Release and or rewind thecamera withone fullturnofthewinding crank Release and or rewind thecamera withone fullturn ofthewinding crank Push themagazine slide inuntil it positively stops Switch ontheflash unitand or wait until itisfully charged Check theconn...

Page 36: ...with your fingers Take thecamera toanauthorized Hasselblad Service Center Describe what appears inthedis play totheservice technician The display indicates Err 1 Err 2 of Err 124 possibly together withA orM Elettronic system error tfthere isa contact failure between thelens ondthecomero body youcanstilluse yourequipment occording totheinstruction fortheF lens Contact failure between the magazine o...

Page 37: ... 000 sand B Manual shutter speed setting in half stop increments TTImetering atfullaperture withFtlenses Selective metering measuring approx 20 oftheimage area Metering range EV 0 5 EV 2 5 at150100 and f 2 8 fuposure adjustment 5stops in1 i stop increments Aperture priority automatic exposure using A mode orD mode Manual exposure using M mode Electronic shutter speed lock Automatically transfened ...

Page 38: ...eleconverter 2XE Pt Mutar 1 4X Shift Converter lnPr mode theuser can program camera functions manual 150 value self timer delay and flash exposure adjustment Smooth frontrelease Buih in self timer programmable from 2to60sdelay withoperating signal 0ncamera Double exposure without removing the ma gazine Instant return minor 6V PX2SL lithium type orequivalent Automatic battery control inviewfinder A...

Page 39: ...fin anydoubt donot ottemptto cleanlens glass surfacesyourself but allow a Hasselblad Authorized Service Center to treatthem Impact Yourequipmentconbedamagedbysevere physicol shocks sopracticalprotective precautions should betaken When notin use trytomakea habit ffi ffir of storingyour cameraequipmentin someform of protectivecase orbag to avoidaccidental damage Loss Hasselblad equipmentismuchsought...

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