The Hasselblad 500EL Cut Away is a sectioned demonstration version of the 500EL, the motor-driven 6×6 medium format SLR introduced by Hasselblad in the mid-1960s. Cut Away examples were prepared as showroom and training aids rather than working cameras, with portions of the body, film magazine and motor section removed to expose the internal mechanism.

Public sales data for the 500EL Cut Away is extremely limited; the only recorded UK auction hammer result on file is £1,700 from 2006, which sits well above the value of a standard working 500EL. Because it is a display piece rather than a user camera, what a Cut Away is worth today depends almost entirely on completeness of the cutaway sectioning and presentation, and individual saleroom results can vary widely from this single data point. Buyers in 2026 should treat any quoted price as indicative only, given how rarely these pieces sell for at auction.