Operation Manual

Hasselblad lenses
made
since
1957
can be
separot-
ed in two major
groups,
eoch with
two sub-groups:
Lenses with
a built-in leaf
shutter:
C lenses
and CF lenses
Len ses without
sh utter :
F lenses
and FE lenses
CF,
F
ond FE lenses
con be used
on the
202FA,
but
only the FE lenses will
give you
lccess to the full
range
of
exclusive and sophisticated features
of
the
202FA.
FE lenses
are mentioned here first
as it is as-
sumed this
will
be the main
type of lens
used.
The
built-in leaf
shutters
of C and CF
lenses
cannot be used when fitted
to a
202FA. Please
see specific
sections later
in
this manuol
about using these lenses.
The
Hasselblad FE lenses,which
have no
built-in shutter.
can easily be identified
by their system
sign,
i.e.
the dou-
ble blue
lines
on the left hand
side of the aperture ring.
Another
sign, visible only when
the
lens
is detached from
the camera
body, are the four data-bus
contact
pins
in
the
bayonet plate
at the rear of
the
lens.
They are used for
the
data
transmission between
the lens electronics
and the
electronic system in
the camera body. The
contact sur-
faces
of these pins
are sensitive to contamination
and
should not
be touched with your fingers.
Attach the pro-
tective cover
after removing
the
lens from
the camera
and
never
set the lens down
on the unprotected
bayonet plate.
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Setting the aperture
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The aperture ring is
the one closest to the camera body.
Use it to pre-set
the selected
f-stop.
The full f stops
marked on the ring have
click stops, but there are also
click stops for each intermediate half f-stop.
The set aper-
ture value can be read
against the
heavy
index line on the
grooved ring in front
of the aperture ring. It
will also
show
on the
viewfinder
display when
you depress the ex-
posure button halfway in, i.e.
to the pressure point. The
aperture
ring
has two
grooved grips
for handling
conve-
nience.
One of these grips has
a
push-button
which has
no function
on the 202FA.
Focusing.and
depth-of-fietd
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The focusing ring
is the rotating ring
with a
knurled
rubber
grip closest to
the
front
of the
lens.
It
has
two
scales for the focusing
distance, the
white
metre
scale
and the
orange
inch/foot
scale. Rotate the focusing ring
until the image
of your subject appears absolutely
sharp
on the focusing
screen.
The
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The depth-of-field
scale repeats the
aperture values on
both sides of the heavier index line
between the fixed
ring
with the
index
line and
the
focusing
ring. When the
image is focused
on the
screen
you
can read the focusing
distance opposite the index line in
the depth-of-field
scale. The depth-of-field limits
can be read opposite
the
left and right values
corresponding to the pre-set
aper-
ture value. The illustration
depicts
the depth-of-field for
the
pre-set
aperture value off/8.
Dep'th.-of-field
previ
The lens is normally
set at the largest
aperture to
provide
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