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Hasselblad SWC/M

The Hasselblad SWC/M is a medium format 6×6 camera built around a fixed Zeiss Biogon 38mm wide-angle lens, with no reflex mirror and composition via a separate optical viewfinder on top of the body. It was positioned as the specialist architectural and landscape tool in the Hasselblad V-System, taking the same interchangeable film backs as the 500-series bodies. The "M" designation denotes the version with the improved body casting that accepts the standard interchangeable focusing screens when used with the ground-glass adapter.

At UK auction, recent hammer prices for SWC/M bodies with the Biogon lens and a film back have ranged roughly £780–£2,100, with most 2024 results clustering around £1,100–£1,900 and a median near £1,875. Older saleroom results from 2021 show how much condition and completeness move the needle — a clean, boxed example fetched £3,800 at Leitz Photographica, well above the typical 2024 wholesale level. As of today in 2026, what an SWC/M is worth still hinges heavily on Biogon glass condition, shutter accuracy and whether the original finder is present; scruffy or service-due examples sell for noticeably less than the price a collector-grade outfit will command.

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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.

Date Price Source
May 2025 £1,200 Special Auction Services
Oct 2024 £1,100 Harper Field Auctions
Aug 2024 £775 Flints Auctions
Aug 2024 £1,638 Chiswick Auctions
Jun 2024 EUR 1,900 Leitz Auction
May 2024 £1,875 Flints Auctions
May 2023 £2,125 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 EUR 3,800 Leitz Auction
Dec 2010 EUR 2,400 Leitz Auction
Dec 2009 EUR 1,700 Leitz Auction
Nov 2007 EUR 1,800 Leitz Auction
Nov 2006 EUR 1,200 Leitz Auction
Nov 2006 EUR 1,500 Leitz Auction
May 2006 EUR 2,000 Leitz Auction
Sep 2005 £1,140 Christie's
May 1999 £1,380 Christie's
Mar 1999 £1,265 Christie's

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