Hasselblad 1600F
Victor Hasselblad’s first camera for the civilian market, 1948 – modular, cubic and Swedish.
Victor Hasselblad built aerial cameras for the Swedish Air Force during the war and showed the civilian 1600F in 1948. The system of interchangeable parts let the photographer change film in mid-roll.
The focal-plane shutter of the 1600F was unreliable, and its successors had better solutions. Hasselblad cameras went to the Moon in 1969.
Materials: Metal, imitation leather, optics from other makers
Manufacture: Made in Gothenburg; the body was styled by Sixten Sason.
A cubic form with interchangeable lenses, magazines and viewfinders.
Medium-format film, 6 × 6 cm.
Serial number and model name on the camera; the later 500 models have leaf shutters in the lens.