Hasselblad 2000FCW

Hasselblad · Hasselblad V mount · 2¼×2¼ in (56×56mm nominal) on 120; 2¼×1⅝ (6×4.5) via the A16 magazine and 1⅝×1⅝ superslides via the A16S; 220 via the A24, 70mm double-perforated film via the Magazine 70, plus sheet-film and Polaroid magazines (1985 sales brochure, technical specifications). · 1984

Also known as: Hasselblad 2000FCW · Hasselblad 2000 FCW · Hasselblad 2000-FCW · Hasselblad 2000fcw · 2000FCW · 2000 FCW · ハッセルブラッド 2000FCW · Hasselblad 2000FCW body · Hasselblad 2000FCW 80mm Planar F

Variants & identification

Variant	Mount	Years	Serial ranges	Production
2000FCW, chrome	Hasselblad V	1984–1988	Two-letter year code followed by digits — RI = 1984, RC = 1985, RT = 1986, RU = 1987, RR = 1988 (VHPICTURES, Hasselblad Historical); no numeric block for the model is published	No figure published by any source consulted; Nordin's compendia were not consulted directly
2000FCW, black	Hasselblad V	1984–1988	Same letter-coded sequence as the chrome body; no separate block is published	No split between finishes is published

Years are Hasselblad Historical's 1984–1988, matched by camera-wiki, English and German Wikipedia and Emulsive; Japanese Wikipedia gives the 1984 release date and the 2003FCW's 1988 arrival but no end year for the FCW.

How to tell them apart (expand)

'2000FCW' on the front plate — the FC, FC/M and 2003FCW are each labelled as such
Detachable Rapid-winding crank 44075 with red alignment indexes for the winder bayonet beneath it; the 2000FC and 2000FC/M cranks do not come off (1987/88 catalog: the 44075 'does not fit the older models in the 2000 series with permanently attached crank')
Shutter-speed ring on the body around the bayonet, B, 1–1/2000 with a C position and lock lever; mirror-program disc (0 / 1 / 2) in the crank hub; pre-release latch; battery cassette for a 6 V PX-28 (4LR44) in the base
Titanium curtains that retract out of the film opening as the magazine comes off — a 2000FC's stay across the gate
Film-advance and shutter-cocking signal windows on the body; Japanese Wikipedia has the FCW as the last model to carry them, the 2003FCW dropping them, and Emulsive describes the window showing white when cocked and red-orange when fired
Plain body casting with leatherette and the standard 42161 screen — a 2003FCW has Palpas inside, rubber pads on the shell and an Acute-Matte screen, though all three could be retrofitted at service (Japanese Wikipedia)
Newer folding hood (42315 chrome / 42323 black) as standard, where the FC/M shipped with the older 42021 / 42277 hood (1985–86 catalog)

2000FCW, chrome:

Satin-chrome trim with black leatherette; '2000FCW' on the plate beside the body shutter-speed ring
Product number 10317; supplied with Rapid-winding crank 44075, chrome focusing hood 42315, standard screen 42161, neck strap 49018, front cover 51438 and rear cover 51063 (1985–86 and 1987/88 catalogs)
The crank lifts off to expose a bayonet with alignment indexes for the Winder 44067 — the 2000FC and 2000FC/M have a permanently attached crank

2000FCW, black:

Black-trim body; product number 10333, 'supplied with the same equipment as the 10317 above, but with the black-trim version of the standard focusing hood 42323' (1985–86 catalog)
Otherwise identical to the chrome body — same detachable crank, winder bayonet and curtain retraction

2000FCW, chrome: The standard body for the whole run. The 1985–86 catalog weighs it at 1 lb 10 oz (730 g) against 680 g for the 2000FC/M it replaced, and notes the FC/M "has a permanently attached winding crank and is equipped with the older version of the standard focusing hood". No U.S. list price has been located; the Victor Hasselblad Inc. sales manual offers rebates of $250 on a 2000FCW bought with any CF or F lens and a roll-film magazine, or $150 on the body alone, on purchases before 30 June 1988.
2000FCW, black: Listed alongside the chrome body in the 1985 brochure ("chrome model, product no. 10317 or black model, product no. 10333") and in both catalogs consulted, so black was a catalogue option from the start of U.S. sales rather than a later addition.

Serial-range notes

RI…, RC…, RT…, RU…, RR… (1984–1988): Body and magazine serials carry the year in their first two letters via VHPICTURES (V=1 H=2 P=3 I=4 C=5 T=6 U=7 R=8 E=9 S=0), as Q.G. de Bakker explains on Hasselblad Historical: RI = 84, RC = 85, RT = 86, RU = 87, RR = 88. The third product letter F was appended only in 1977, and the two-digit numeric product prefix only from 1990, so a 2000FCW carries the plain two-letter form. Emulsive's example body is dated 1986 by its code.
Winder F — RT…: The winder has its own serial and year code on the mating surface; Hasselblad Historical illustrates one reading RT, i.e. 1986. A winder need not match the body it is sold with.
Zeiss lens date codes: F lenses carry the same red-ink Zeiss date stamp inside the rear mount as C and CF lenses: pre-1980 digits YY(Y)MM with year = code + 1957; from 1980 two reversed year digits and a month letter (A = January), so "48D" is April 1984.

Specifications

Format: 2¼×2¼ in (56×56mm nominal) on 120; 2¼×1⅝ (6×4.5) via the A16 magazine and 1⅝×1⅝ superslides via the A16S; 220 via the A24, 70mm double-perforated film via the Magazine 70, plus sheet-film and Polaroid magazines (1985 sales brochure, technical specifications). · 12 on 120 (A12); 16 at 6×4.5 (A16); 24 on 220 (A24); up to 200 on 70mm exposures
Finder: waist-level, interchangeable (prism and meter-prism finders available)
Shutter: horizontal focal-plane shutter with electronically timed titanium-foil curtains, retracting automatically when the magazine is removed; 6 V PX-28 battery, 'fresh battery good for 20,000 exposures' (1985 brochure) · B, 1 s–1/2000 on the body ring, 23 settings counting the half-stop positions between engraved figures; 1 s–60 s with the Shutter speed multiplier 43176 in place of the battery cassette; with the ring at C a C or CF lens's leaf shutter gives B, 1 s–1/500 with no battery in the camera · flash sync X at 1/90 s and slower through the body's PC terminal — 'flash firing control so flash fires at sync speeds only' (sales manual); all speeds to 1/500 through the leaf shutter of a C or CF lens · no self-timer
Film advance: Detachable Rapid-winding crank 44075 — one turn advances the film, cocks the shutter and resets the mirror; the crank hub carries the mirror-program disc and the multiple-exposure release; the crank comes off to take the Winder 44067 on a bayonet
Back: interchangeable magazines — A12, A16, A16S, A24, Magazine 70, sheet-film and Polaroid magazines; the brochure counts eight. The 2000FC instruction book's warning against the Polaroid Magazine 80 (projecting glass plate) applies to any body with exposed titanium curtains
Meter: none in body; PME meter prism finders, or the selenium exposure-meter knob 54011 by way of the interchangeable crank fitting
Motor drive: Winder 2000FCW (44067), later called Winder F — Replaces the crank on a bayonet, is released by the camera's own shutter button, and runs at 1.3 frames per second on five AA cells — nickel-cadmium or alkaline, 6 V — for "at least 1,000 exposures" (sales manual; 1985–86 catalog). It re-cocks the retracted curtains automatically when a magazine is re-attached, which the catalog says makes the shutter protection "completely automatic on the 2000FCW when the winder is attached". Uses the same 1.6 A slow-blow fuse 56111 as the 500ELX. Karen Nakamura's account of the series says the same winder served the 2003FCW and the 201F, 202FA, 203FE and 205FCC.
Weight: 730 g
Dimensions: 114 W × 107 H body (brochure drawing); 180 L × 114 W × 107 H with 80mm Planar F and A12 magazine (1985 brochure) mm
Country: Sweden
Accessories: Winder 2000FCW 44067 (Winder F), five AA cells, 1.3 fps; Recharge unit R6 54038 for its NiCd cells; fuse 56111 · Rapid-winding crank 44075 (standard; fits no earlier 2000-series body); Knob with exposure meter 54011 · Shutter speed multiplier 43176 — ×60, fitted in place of the battery cassette · Magazines A12, A16, A16S, A24, Magazine 70, sheet-film and Polaroid magazines · PM and PME prism finders, magnifying hood, sports viewfinder 43028, spirit level 43117 and adjustable flash-shoe 43125 for the accessory rail · Eight focusing screens, including central grid, split-image and checked patterns · F lenses 20427 Distagon 50/2.8 FLE, 20400 Planar 80/2.8, 20419 Planar 110/2, 20435 Sonnar 150/2.8, 20478 Tele-Tessar 250/4, 20486 Tele-Tessar 350/4, 20443 Variogon 140–280/5.6; Mutar 2X teleconverter 20303 · Pistol grip 45047, Flashgun bracket 45071, Tripod quick-coupling 45128; automatic bellows, extension tubes and Proxars

Folding hood with fine-focus magnifier over a user-changeable glass screen; the 1985 brochure lists eight screens and five prism finders "with or without TTL-metering", the 1987/88 catalog shows the camera with a PME meter prism. The brochure specification calls the finder image "non-vignetting" and the 1987/88 catalog says "the camera's large mirror is entirely non-vignetting" — a claim the 500-series manual bodies could not make until the 503CW's Gliding Mirror System of 1996.

Where sources disagree

Type (curtain retraction)

Curtains retract automatically whenever the magazine is removed — Victor Hasselblad Inc. sales manual ('automatically retracted from the film opening for protection'), 1987/88 catalog ('a safety feature which protects the focal plane shutter… when changing the film magazine')
Retraction is 'completely automatic on the 2000FCW when the winder is attached' — 1985–86 catalog, i.e. the winder also re-cocks the curtains; by hand the user re-cocks them
The 2000FC/M's retraction was switchable and the FCW 'removed the switch' — Emulsive

All agree the curtains leave the gate when the back comes off; they differ on what is automatic about putting them back. Hasselblad Historical credits the protection itself to the 2000FC/M of 1982.

Weight (grams) (with 80mm Planar F and A12)

1560 g (3 lb 7 oz) — 1985 sales brochure and sales manual
1,632 g — Emulsive, weighed with body 729 g and body + A12 1,173 g

Better supported: 730 g body only, on which both agree

Dimensions (mm)

180 × 114 × 107 mm with 80mm Planar F and A12 — 1985 brochure
approximately 170 × 109 × 104 mm — Emulsive

Better supported: The brochure figures

Motor drive (frame rate)

1.3 frames per second — 1985 brochure, both catalogs, sales manual, Japanese Wikipedia
'a lethargic 1 fps' — Karen Nakamura

Better supported: 1.3 fps as the factory figure

The winder is 44067 'Winder 2000FCW' in Hasselblad's catalogs; 'Winder F' is the name Hasselblad Historical and Nakamura use.

Type (battery)

6 V PX-28 — 1985 brochure, both catalogs
1× LR44 (6 V) — Emulsive's specification table, evidently a slip for the 4LR44/PX-28 named elsewhere in the same article

Better supported: PX-28 (4LR44)

What reviewers say

EM, Emulsive (blog) — "Hands down the best medium format SLR I've ever used": a 1986 body whose shutter tested within a tenth of a stop, praised for the F lenses and the C mode that turns it into a mechanical 500; the winder was sold on for its weight, and buyers are warned that most service centres no longer support the model.
Karen Nakamura, photoethnography.com (blog) — The 2000FCW and 2003FCW are "the most reliable cameras in the 2000 series (and the only ones that Hasselblad will still repair) and the only models you should seriously consider buying"; the Winder F gets "two thumbs down" as an unergonomic 1 fps blob.
Mike Thomas (video) — Part I of a two-part side-by-side with a 500C/M: the two bodies share every system component and differ only in where the shutter sits, with the operational consequences demonstrated on the 2000FCW.
Mike Thomas (video) — An overview of the focal-plane V bodies explaining why a photographer would want one over a 500, comparing the 2000- and 200-series features and making the case for the F lenses.
Hasselblad Expert (video) — An in-depth operating walkthrough on landscapes with the 50mm and 150mm; the notes explain how to reset the retracted curtains without removing the back (release, then the multi-exposure button while winding) and how the body's C setting simplifies working with leaf-shutter lenses.

History

The 2000FCW is the third of Hasselblad’s four titanium-shutter bodies and the one that gave the line its motor. Hasselblad Historical’s model table reduces it to ”+ Winder connection” and dates it 1984–1988, the years camera-wiki, English and German Wikipedia and Emulsive all repeat; Japanese Wikipedia gives the 1984 release and describes the camera as the curtain-protected 2000FC/M “improved so that a dedicated winder can be attached”. Hasselblad’s own 1985–86 product catalog says the same at greater length: the FCW is “a further development of the 2000FC/M”, the W in the name signifies the winder, and “several mechanical features have been redesigned and a number of new electronically controlled features have been added”. What those electronic features were the catalog does not say, and no source consulted does.

The mechanical change is plain to see. The 2000FC and FC/M have a crank fixed to the body; the FCW’s Rapid-winding crank 44075 lifts off a bayonet marked with red indexes, and the 1987/88 catalog warns that this crank “does not fit the older models in the 2000 series with permanently attached crank”. Onto the bayonet goes the Winder 2000FCW, product 44067 — the unit Hasselblad Historical and Karen Nakamura call the Winder F. The sales manual’s sheet gives its specification: a motor on five 1.5 V nickel-cadmium or alkaline cells, “at least 1,000 exposures” per set, 1.3 frames per second, released through the camera’s own shutter button, and shaped to serve as a grip for “the classic left-handed grip”. Its second job concerns the curtains. On the FC/M and FCW the titanium foil retracts out of the film opening when the magazine comes off — the protection Hasselblad Historical credits to the FC/M, prompted, as English Wikipedia puts it, by curtains “quite easily damaged by clumsy fingers” — and the winder “automatically rewinds the retracted focal plane shutter” when a back is re-attached, which is why the 1985–86 catalog calls the protection “completely automatic on the 2000FCW when the winder is attached”. Emulsive adds that the FC/M’s retraction had a switch and the FCW dropped it; no factory document consulted mentions a switch either way.

Everything else the FCW inherits from the 2000FC of 1977: the electronically timed horizontal shutter with speeds from 1 s to 1/2000 — “23 different shutter speeds” once the half-stop positions are counted, per the sales manual — X sync at 1/90 through the body terminal, the mirror-program disc offering instant return, return-on-wind or lock-up, the multiple-exposure release, and the choice, with a C or CF lens on the body ring’s C setting, of running the camera as a purely mechanical leaf-shutter Hasselblad that “operates mechanically, entirely independent of the battery” (1987/88 catalog). The 1985 brochure’s specification adds a non-vignetting finder image, a 6 V PX-28 good for 20,000 exposures, and 730 g for the body. The catalog’s F lenses for it are the Distagon 50/2.8 FLE, Planar 80/2.8, Planar 110/2, Sonnar 150/2.8, Tele-Tessar 250/4 and 350/4 and Schneider’s Variogon 140–280 F.

Two bodies were sold, chrome (10317) and black (10333), each with the crank, the new one-hand folding hood, standard screen, strap and both covers; the catalog quotes 730 g for the FCW against 680 g for the FC/M, a difference no source explains. No U.S. list price has been found, only rebates: the Victor Hasselblad Inc. sales binder offers $250 off a 2000FCW bought with any CF or F lens and a roll-film magazine, or $150 off the body, before 30 June 1988 — the year the 2003FCW replaced it.

That successor is the reason the FCW matters to buyers. The 2003FCW of 1988 added Palpas anti-reflection coating, rubber grip pads, the Minolta-designed Acute-Matte screen and half-stop shutter calibration (its August 1988 brochure), and dropped the film-advance and shutter-cocking signal windows. Japanese Wikipedia records the consequence: because Palpas, rubber and Acute-Matte could all be fitted to an FCW at service and the signals could not be added to a 2003, the FCW stayed the more popular body, and the 2003FCW went to those who could not find one. Nakamura’s verdict is that the FCW and 2003FCW are “the most reliable cameras in the 2000 series (and the only ones that Hasselblad will still repair)”; Emulsive, in 2019, reports that most service centres had by then stopped supporting the model.

Dating a body is the usual two-letter code (RI = 1984 through RR = 1988), and the winder carries its own — Hasselblad Historical’s photograph of a Winder F mating surface reads RT, 1986. Open questions: what the “new electronically controlled features” of 1984 were; whether the FC/M really had a retraction switch; a U.S. or Swedish list price for either finish; the production total, which no source consulted publishes; and whether any FCW bodies left the factory after the 2003FCW’s introduction. Nordin’s compendia presumably answer the last two and have not been consulted here.

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HASSELBLAD 2000FCW AND THE SYSTEM BOOK — $14.93 · eBay
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Hasselblad Winder Replacement 2000FCW — $200.00 · eBay
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