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Hasselblad 500 cm

Hasselblad 500 cm

Hasselblad · Unknown Body

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Synthesized from 25 reviewer sources · Analysis as of Aug 17, 2026 (today)

What do reviewers say about the Hasselblad 500 cm?

As of August 2026, among the 25 reviews we compiled, burst & buffer drew the most discussion: 58 claims from 18 of them, which we read as 29% positive, 55% neutral, 16% negative.

Reviewers are most positive about build quality (67% positive, 27% neutral, 6% negative across 33 claims). The most criticism lands on stabilization: 45% positive, 33% neutral, 22% negative across 18 claims. Opinion is split on handling (7 positive, 8 neutral, 4 negative claims).

What do reviewers praise and criticize?

Burst & Buffer
17 pos · 32 neu · 9 neg
EVF & LCD
24 pos · 25 neu · 8 neg
“And then it is a waist level viewfinder.” — Captured By Sam My First Hasselblad
Mount Compatibility
14 pos · 22 neu · 2 neg
“and bought an adapter ring but i imagine back in the day hasselblad pissed off a lot of people who already own screw mount filters lastly my only other gripe with this camera is that putting a camera strap on this thing seems like it probably wouldn't lend itself well to the design and…” — Grainydays Hasselblad
Build Quality
22 pos · 9 neu · 2 neg
“next I would say the build quality now this is a swissmade camera and it is built with precision and the engineering and quality behind this is hard to really put into words unless you've actually shot this camera when you take this camera out and shoot with it makes you have an experience that…” — Distphoto Is The Hasselblad
Handling
7 pos · 8 neu · 4 neg
“it does give you some of that feel of using an older film camera with a waste level finder and then there's also some accessories you can buy there's a control grip which I ended up using uh quite a bit gives you a shutter release and a few dials and buttons and there's also an optical viewfinder…” — Kyle Mcdougall Hasselblad Cfv
Stabilization
8 pos · 6 neu · 4 neg
Price & Value
8 pos · 5 neu · 3 neg
“You're able to shoot essentially uh, unlimited and not have to worry about price of, you know, getting it developed, buying another roll of film, which is about, I don't know, $10 per roll for this for 12 shots, which is a lot of money.” — Coco Tolentino Hasselblad

More detail — 7 additional axes
Weight & Portability
4 pos · 9 neu · 3 neg
“said the bronica is slightly heavier but let's find out uh the hasselblad 500 cm with the 60 mil f 3.5 lens weighs in at three pounds 15 and the uh bronica s2a with the 75 mil f 2.8 lens the standard lens weighs in at uh four pounds two so there we go and that technically is a shorter” — The120ist Hasselblad
Image Quality
6 pos · 7 neu · 1 neg
Video Capability
4 pos · 8 neu · 1 neg
Dimensions
4 pos · 5 neu · 3 neg
Autofocus
3 pos · 4 neu · 1 neg
Battery Life
5 pos · 0 neu · 3 neg
Sensor Performance
2 pos · 4 neu · 1 neg

Which reviews is this based on? (25)

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