Hasselblad 503CX User Manual

Changing the Focusing Screen
The screen is easily interchanged without the require-
ment of special tools.
Detachthemagazineandviewnder.
Slide the screen latches to the side. Cup your hand
over the screen, and invert the camera.
The screen will now drop into your hand.
Insert the replacement screen , ensuring that the
smoothatsideoftheframeisuppermost,andthatall
four corners are seated on the support pins.
It is not necessary to return the screen latches. This is
doneautomaticallywhentheviewnderisreplaced.
IntheHasselbladProductCatalogyouwillndtheen-
tirerangeoffocusingscreensofdierentdesignsfor
various applications.
The 503CX and CXi models are equipped with an
Acute-Matte focusing screen which provides a consid-
erable increase in the brightness of the focusing image
when compared with the focusing screens used in the
500Classicmodel.On page24youwillndinstruc-
tions on how to adjust the PME and PME3 / PME5
Meter Prism Viewndersto compensatefor thelight
leveldierencesonthedierentfocusingscreens.

Hasselblad 503CX Specifications

General

Camera Type	Medium format SLR
Image Size	6x6 cm
Focus	Manual
Film Format	120/220
Lens Mount	Hasselblad V-system
Shutter Speed	1/500 sec to 1 sec, Bulb
Viewfinder	Interchangeable waist-level or prism
Shutter Type	Focal-plane shutter