About Hasselblad 500C Chrome
The Hasselblad 500C/M is the satin-chromed Swedish medium-format SLR whose lineage went to the Moon. A brushed silver-grey metal body, black leatherette grip panels, and a matte-black A12 film magazine combine into an instrument-grade object of cool, mechanical precision.
This system translates that camera into an interface language: cool chrome silver-grey grounds with a fine directional grain, crisp semi-condensed engraving type, tight mechanical radii, and matte-black leatherette insets for contrast and grip.
- Origin
- Gothenburg, Sweden (Victor Hasselblad AB)
- Era
- 1950–1990 (500C introduced 1957; 500C/M from 1970)
- Key figures
- Victor Hasselblad · Sixten Sason · Carl Zeiss (lens partner)
- Movements
- Precision Scandinavian instrument design · Modular medium-format photography · Apollo Hasselblad lineage
Hasselblad 500C Chrome design spec
Colors
Typography
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