Hasselblad Flexbody
The Hasselblad Flexbody is a medium format body introduced in 1995, designed to accept V-system lenses and film backs while adding view-camera style tilt and swing movements. It was aimed at product, still-life and architectural photographers who wanted Hasselblad optics and 6x6 film results with perspective and plane-of-focus control.
At UK auction in 2026, Flexbody bodies typically sell for somewhere between £900 and £2,400 at the hammer, with a median around £1,500 for recent results. These are saleroom wholesale figures rather than dealer retail prices, and condition, completeness of the bellows and the presence of the original ground glass back meaningfully affect what a Flexbody is worth; the highest recent hammer, £2,400 in mid-2024, was an outlier tied to an unusually clean example.
Sales History
Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.
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| Nov 2025 | £1,225 | Flints Auctions | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica (Lot 290) Title: A Hasselblad FlexBody Medium Format Body
Description:
1998, black, body, VG-E, complete with ground glass screen, correction slide 10 & 20 degree and stray light correction slide, all in maker's soft |
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| Nov 2024 | £1,500 | Flints Auctions | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica (Lot 239) Title: A Hasselblad FlexBody Outfit
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1996, serial no. 451ET1073, body, VG-E, complete with ground glass back, 10 & 20 degree correction slides, caps and maker's soft case |
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| Oct 2024 | £1,500 | Harper Field Auctions | |
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Auction: Buying & Selling (Lot 1962) Title: Hasselblad Flexbody CP medium format camera, serial number 451EE1159, with Carl Zeiss Sonnar 4/180
Description:
Hasselblad Flexbody CP medium format camera, serial number 451EE1159, with Carl Zeiss Sonnar 4/180 |
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| Jun 2024 | EUR 2,400 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 44 (Lot A00534) Title: Hasselblad Flexbody
Description:
Special body permitting movements like tilt, shift and extension, in absolute mint condition, with both caps, instructions, cable release, complete focusing screen set, reflex viewfinder 47070 (complete in box), canvas case and original maker's box. Estimate: EUR 2,000 - EUR 2,400 |
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| Apr 2022 | £900 | Flints Auctions | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica (Lot 115) Title: A Hasselblad FlexBody Medium Format Body
Description:
1998, black, serial no. 45ER1147, body, VG-E, complete with ground glass screen, 45 degree finder, Ccorrection slide 10 & 20 degree and stray light |
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| Jun 2019 | EUR 550 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 34 (Lot AI_34_37361) Title: Hasselblad Flexbody
Description:
near mint body with focusing screen, stray light protection slide and magnifying angle finder, perfect working order Estimate: EUR 800 - EUR 1,000 |
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| Dec 2009 | EUR 1,000 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 16 (Lot AI_16_19550) Title: Hasselblad Flexbody Prototype
Description:
original prototype in near mint condition with caps, cable release - this was the first prototype shown at the Photokina Cologne in 1995 Estimate: EUR 1,600 - EUR 1,800 |
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| Nov 2007 | EUR 550 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 12 (Lot AI_12_20246) Title: Hasselblad Flexbody Design Model
Description:
design model for Flexbody, some differences to the production version (no engravings, different knobs, etc.) Estimate: EUR 600 - EUR 800 |
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