Hasselblad H2F
Hasselblad · Hasselblad H mount · 6×4.5cm on 120 or 220 roll film in the HM 16-32 magazine (16 frames on 120, 32 on 220); instant film via the HMi 100 magazine. Hasselblad's own CF22, CF22 MS, CF31, CF39 and CF39 MS digital backs mount, but third-party backs do not. · 2007
Also known as: Hasselblad H2F · Hasselblad H2-F · Hasselblad H2F 645 · Hasselblad H2F film camera · ハッセルブラッド H2F
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasselblad H2F | Hasselblad H | 2007 | — | No figure published |
- Mechanical and optical specifications are carried from the H1/H2 body; the H2F changed the digital-back electronics and the price, not the camera.
How to tell them apart
- Model name H2F on the body; product codes 3013650 (body) and 3013600 (kit)
- Otherwise indistinguishable from an H1 or H2 at a glance — check the engraving
- Listing trap: an H2F offered 'with digital back' should carry a Hasselblad CF back; a Phase One or Leaf back on the same body means the body is an H1 or H2
Hasselblad H2F:
- 'H2F' on the body; Hasselblad product code 3013650 for the body and 3013600 for the kit with the HC 80mm f/2.8, grip, HV 90x finder and HM 16-32 magazine (B&H listings)
- Externally the H1/H2 body — grey-and-black, removable battery grip with LCD
- Does not accept Phase One or Leaf backs; Hasselblad CF backs mount
- Hasselblad H2F: The last H body sold as a film camera. Hasselblad's announcement stressed compatibility with every HV viewfinder, film magazine and HC lens in the system; what was removed was the electronics supporting third-party digital backs, which is how the lower price was reached. Sold alongside the digital H3DII announced the same month.
Specifications
- Format
- 6×4.5cm on 120 or 220 roll film in the HM 16-32 magazine (16 frames on 120, 32 on 220); instant film via the HMi 100 magazine. Hasselblad's own CF22, CF22 MS, CF31, CF39 and CF39 MS digital backs mount, but third-party backs do not.
- Finder
- Interchangeable — HV 90x 90° eye-level AE prism finder with built-in flash; HVM waist-level finder · 2.7× magnification · 97% coverage
- Shutter
- None in the body — exposure by the electronically controlled leaf shutter in each HC lens · 18 hours (64,800 s) to 1/800 s, B and T · flash sync All speeds (leaf shutter); built-in TTL flash, guide number 12, in the prism; hot shoe · self-timer
- Film advance
- Built-in motor, up to about 2 frames per second; no manual advance
- Back
- Interchangeable magazines — HM 16-32 (120/220), HMi 100 instant film; Hasselblad CF22/CF31/CF39 (and MS) digital backs only — no third-party backs
- Meter
- TTL through the prism — spot, centre-weighted and average, EV 1–21 at ISO 100 (spot from EV 2 per camera-wiki's H1 figures); TTL phase-detection autofocus, EV 1–19, single and continuous. Carried from the H1/H2.
- Motor drive
- Compatible — Built in; three CR123A cells in the grip or the rechargeable lithium-ion grip
- Weight
- 715 g
- Dimensions
- 145 × 114 × 88 (body — the H1's figures from Fujifilm's GX645AF specification; the H2F body is physically the same) mm
- Country
- Sweden
- Original price
- $2,799 (USD, November 2007) for the body; $7,678 for the kit with the HC 80mm f/2.8, grip, HV 90x finder and HM 16-32 magazine (today $4,230)
- Accessories
- HV 90x AE prism finder with built-in flash; HVM waist-level finder · HM 16-32 roll-film magazine; HMi 100 instant-film magazine · Battery grip for three CR123A cells; rechargeable lithium-ion grip · Hasselblad CF22, CF22 MS, CF31, CF39 and CF39 MS digital backs · HC lenses 35, 50, 80, 100, 120 macro, 150, 210, 300 and the 50–110 zoom; the HCD 28mm and 35–90mm of the digital era mount but were designed for the sensor format
Finders as on the H1 and H2; figures are Fujifilm's for the identical GX645AF prism (97% coverage, 2.7×, −4.0 to +2.5 dioptres).
Where sources disagree
- Last
- Not stated — no consulted source gives a discontinuation date
- 2009 appears in search summaries without a named source
Left open; the H4X of 2010 took over the role of a body for older backs
What reviewers say
No reviews aggregated yet — this family is still in the research queue. Written one? We'd love to index it.
History
On 18 October 2007 Hasselblad announced two cameras in one release: the H3DII multi-shot digital models and, almost as an afterthought, the H2F — “a simplified, film-only version of the H2 camera, which it is replacing” (photomediaonline). The reasoning given was commercial. By removing the digital imaging electronics the film-only camera did not need, Hasselblad could offer the H2F “at a substantially lower price than the H2”. It went on sale in November 2007 at $2,799 for the body and $7,678 for the kit of body, HC 80mm f/2.8, grip, HV 90x finder and HM 16-32 magazine; B&H’s listings give the product codes as 3013650 and 3013600. It does not appear in Hasselblad Historical’s model table, which ends its H-system film coverage with the H2.
The body is the H1’s. Nothing in the announcement or in later descriptions suggests any change to the leaf-shutter lenses running from 18 hours to 1/800 s, the HM 16-32 magazine with 16 frames on 120 and 32 on 220, the HV 90x prism with its 97% coverage and built-in flash, the TTL phase-detection autofocus or the 2 frame-per-second motor, and the specifications on this page are therefore carried from the H1 with Fujifilm’s GX645AF sheet as their source. Hasselblad’s own words were that the H2F offered “full compatibility with H System HV viewfinders, film magazines, and HC lenses” — the whole film system, in other words, at a lower price.
What changed was the digital side, and it changed in a direction that matters for anyone buying one. Gary Ayton’s H-system wiki page states it plainly: the H2F works with film backs and with Hasselblad’s own CFH backs, but not with third parties’ digital backs, “in contrast to the H2”. The announcement listed the backs that do mount — the CF22, CF22 MS, CF31, CF39 and CF39 MS — so the H2F could still be used as a digital camera, but only a Hasselblad one. The H1 and H2 had been open platforms on which Phase One, Leaf and Imacon backs all ran; the H2F is where that openness ended for a body still sold as a film camera. Three years later the H4X of 2010 was introduced as a body for owners of older backs, and it is outside this catalogue.
Identifying an H2F is straightforward if the engraving is visible and impossible if it is not: the body is the H1/H2 body with a different model name. The useful negative test is the back. A Phase One or Leaf back mounted and working on the body means the body is an H1 or an H2, whatever the listing says.
How long the H2F stayed in the catalogue is not established. Search summaries mention 2009 without naming a source; the H4X’s arrival in 2010 is the nearest datable event. No production figure is published, no serial-number scheme is described in any consulted source, and no blog review has been read for this entry — a Medium Format Forum “Users Report” thread exists but is a forum discussion rather than a review. Whether late H2F bodies received firmware changes of their own, and whether any were sold with a CF back as a kit, also remain open.
This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.
Live listings
- Rare Hasselblad H2f Low Use Body only
- Hasselblad H2F camera & HVD 90X viewfinder
- Hasselblad H2F Only Body Medium Format Camera
eBay links are affiliate links. If you buy through one, Glass Bodies earns a small commission from eBay at no cost to you. It does not change which listings appear, their prices or their order — those come from the search and the sort described above.
Listings updated 2026-09-05. Links go to the shop or marketplace that carries the item.