Hasselblad 1600F

The Hasselblad 1600F is a 6×6 medium format single-lens reflex introduced in 1948 as Victor Hasselblad's first civilian camera, named for its top shutter speed of 1/1600 second. It used a stainless-steel focal-plane shutter and interchangeable film magazines, establishing the modular V-system architecture that later 500-series Hasselblads inherited. When new it was positioned as a precision professional tool, and today it is collected as the starting point of the Hasselblad medium-format line.

The 1600F's focal-plane shutter is the critical inspection point: the thin stainless-steel curtains are prone to creasing, pinholes and capping, and service expertise for them is now scarce, so test every speed and inspect the curtains in raking light. Check the film magazine dark slide, frame counter and wind coupling, and confirm the lens mount and viewfinder screen are clean and undamaged. Early serial numbers and the original Kodak Ektar 80mm f/2.8 lens tend to command a premium over later configurations, but only if matched with a working body.

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