How to Load a Hasselblad SWC Film Camera (Super Wide Film Camera) - Smarter Every Day 2

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While I’ve arrived early in the comments section may I also suggest a continuation of your photography series to include lens technology? Things like focusing. How things like rangefinders and early autofocus actually works all the way up to modern autofocus with AI. I really feel this is a gap in the excellent series you made and I’d love to see you delve into it. You have a way of asking all the right questions about these things 📸

Loved helping you out Destin! Hope you get some great shots on the Hasselblad!!

Before digital cameras overtook film, I had a small darkroom in my parent's basement. As a teen, I idolized the Hasselblad to film photography in a similar way to the Omega Speedmaster is to wristwatches. Both were relied upon by NASA especially during the Apollo years. I still have my dad's Rollicord camera with 120 film where it is changed in a somewhat similar way, except the film spindal cartridge did not detach. Something about film photography is special and brings back old memories.

A hasselblad. My dream 2.25” camera. My uncle owned one but my great aunt wanted to sell it to me; and not gift it to me. I’m sad that the days of film are long gone. Thank you for bringing a Hasselblad & 2-1/4” film camera to the 21st century world.

Ahh, the days of loading film. I don't miss it, but those were memorable times. Those little plastic containers the film came in were handy, and probably collectors items now.👍🏽🤙🏽

I had a 500C 35 years ago. Loved the camera, but like a boat, ain't nothing cheap.

When my dad passed, in one of his possesion is an old film camera. I kept it with me and am hoping to get it restored one day. Brings back a lot of memories, as we used to take pictures together when I was a kid. These are eras where engineers creates these magnificent piece of mechanical masterpiece. Absolutely brilliant. Great video Destin!

As a 90's kid mechanical engineer and a photographer who grew up with film but fell in love with old cameras and film photography again 10 years ago I am loving all the film content! If you can get your hands on a Rollie SL66 it is possibly the most over engineered film camera of all time. I was lucky enough to find one 6 years ago and Im still amazed by it every time i pick it up. Got to love the Finns too! Super kind and welcoming people. Unfortunatly I never made it to Film camera events there but I always traveled with film when in Helsinki.

Man alive, who knew this was such a complex procedure? As a kid I occasionally used to tag along to photo shoots with my mum and loved watching the photographers doing their thing, with the Polaroid backs then switching to the film backs, so later when I started taking photos with a 'proper' SLR I always coveted a Hasselblad. Still do, to a degree, but after seeing this, maybe slightly less so! It's an over-used word these days, but what an iconic camera.

The SWC was my favorite camera "Back in the Day", the ELM was a lot of fun too. Watching the video, I could taste the glue. Thanks for the wonderful content and bringing the memories.

OMG, I did that so much while I was in college!! I got my first Hassy on Jan 1983, a 500 C/M, but I had used them as loaners from the placed I worked at. I still have one today, well, two of them!! Great memories from 38 years of Pro work. I miss film and shooting Polaroid on my Hassy.

having used to work in the industry, on location in miami, baking in the sun, did about 90 of these an hour once, plus all the record keeping and sorting that goes along with it.

That camera is a legend. Astronauts used one during the mercury and gemini missions taking pictures of earth from space

I’m enjoying digital photography and the simplicity of it. However it is always good to see a great reminder to see how things were

I love that you’ve got a Hasselblad & exploring medium format film 🙌 Thanks for taking us on the journey!

I had 2 friends in college who were photograph majors, so this brings back memories of their use of these medium-format cameras. I'd say "do large format next," but that's a far less mechanical/interesting process.

Hey Destin, next time you are in London you should check out the Camera museum cafe. Not just a cute little cafe with a tiny museum in the basement, but also with a tiny repair shop and what seems to be a little neighbourhood of vintage camera stores all around it.

There’s nothing like the passing of the offset arrows to scare the bejesus out of you!

My father had a Hasselblad. NASA used those to take picture in space! Amazing piece of engineering.