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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals -a new way of seeing Thank you for choosing a Hasselblad XPan II. This camera incorporates an innovative dual format facility providing a 24x65 mm format - full panorama - as well as a conventional 24x36 mm format on the same film. This means you can have all the convenience and advantages of the 35 mm format but can produce an image with one side wider than the 6x6 cm format. Put simply - medium-format panorama quali
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals The camera body is robustly built from aluminium and titanium for the long working-life expected from such a camera. The interchangeable Hasselblad lenses are made to the most exacting standards producing excellent coverage and 'razor' sharpness for top quality images. Digital technology controls a host of functions making camera use simplicity itself so you can concentrate more on composition and image making. This instru
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Not Fo Not For Re r Resal sale e – – Free Do Free Download at http://www. wnload at http://www.jjoe oe- -cha chan n.com .com/m /manual anuals s of individual procedures. Fluency in operation of the camera will allow you to concentrate more on Hasselblad XPan II picture taking. In the text, the main LCD on the back of the camera Become familiar with the various components on the is referred to as camLCD and the small exposure camera by checking them against figs 1- 3 and the counter
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Parts & Components 1. Lens release button 18. Battery compartment cover 2. PC flash terminal 19. Main LCD display panel (camLCD) 3. Viewfinder window 20. LCD illumination button 4. Self-timer lamp 21. Mid-roll rewind button 5. Bright frame illumination window 22. Program MODE button 6. Rangefinder window 23. Up/Down buttons ( ▲/ ▼) 7. Hot shoe 24. Shutter speed selector dial 8. Format selector knob 25. Shutter speed selec
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals 13. Cable release socket Parts Description - for vibration-free or remote shutter-release. 15. Film type window The following is a concise introductory description - for confirmation of whether camera is loaded of the major parts of the camera (the figures refer to the illustrations 1-3). Details of functions and and film type. procedures can be found under the appropriate sec- 19. Main LCD display panel tions and headi
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals 27. Film plane index Getting Started - for critical focusing distance measurement. 28. Shutter release button - for camera activation when pressed halfway Attaching the strap ░4 ░ and shutter release when pressed completely. With the buckle and retainer already attached to the 29. Exposure counter LCD strap, pass the strap end first through the strap lug on the camera, then through the retainer and finally - indicates
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals new. Please discard used batteries in an environmentally tings and a battery icon, see fig. 9 for example. When correct way. loaded with film, however, the expLCD will also display a figure that shows the number of unexposed frames Battery check ░7 ░ left on the film (fig. 10). Set the shooting mode selector to S, C or ). The When the shutter release button is pressed halfway camLCD will indicate the battery status by the f
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Lens case ░12 ░ • the remote release is operated (see 'Remote release') The lens case consists of a cover, cover base and an • the LCD back light illumination button is pressed integral rear lens cap. The lens cover is unscrewed • the camera back is opened or closed • the MODE button is pressed approximately Vs turn counter-clockwise to remove. • the ▲ or ▼ button is pressed The lens can then be unscrewed approximately ⅛
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals clockwise, when seen from the front, until it clicks and Filters locks into position. The camera automatically adjusts the Standard screw-threaded M49 mm filters should be frame in the viewfinder to match the focal length of the used. Two filters together may be used without problems chosen lens. with vignetting. As the XPan II has a TTL exposure system, filter factors – the amount of exposure Removing lenses ░15a, 15b,
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Lens shade ░17, 18, 19 ░ Rangefinder focusing ░20, 21 ░ Match the red index on the rear of the XPan lens shade The rangefinder is a coupled-type in the form of a (see illustration) with the red index on the lens. Turn small, bright rectangle in the centre of the field-of- view frame in the viewfinder that provides a superim- the lens shade (bayonet fitting) counter-clockwise posed 'ghosted' image of a central part of the sub
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Depth-of-field ░22 ░ Viewfinder Depth-of-field – the amount of acceptable sharpness The viewfinder is a coupled rangefinder type with produced at a given aperture and focus setting – can be the additional feature of automatic field-of-view calculated as in the following example: frame change according to the focal length of the The aperture has been set at f/11 and the focus at 3 lens and chosen format. The field-of-vi
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Ensure you turn the knob as far as it will go to the stop posi- Format tion when selecting the panorama format. A flashing P in the expLCD together with a locked shutter Standard ░24a ░ release indicates that either the format selector knob is not positioned correctly or that you have switched from standard For the standard 35 mm format (24 mm x 36 mm) turn the format selector knob to align the indexes (counter- to pano
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals • Film tip out or film fully spooled back into the cassette when rewinding the film (see 'Film loading' section for access details). Film Access the menu by pushing the MODE button for 1s. Select the required function by repeated pushing of the Film speed (ISO) setting MODE button and make the changes by using the ▲ or If you want to expose the film at the recommended ▼ buttons. Confirm the selected value (or operatio
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals and the cassette opening is pulled down accordingly. Make a manual ISO setting before using an un-coded If the film bows upwards it may pull the film tip back cassette, otherwise the camera will not prewind the film. and away from the index position. Carefully close the If you make the manual ISO setting with the film tip extracted camera back. Press the left part of the back towards the to its automatic loading position
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals show the film speed while the expLCD will count down setting automatically. This means that by switching the exposures. When the film has been completely the format selector knob back and forth, you can see withdrawn from the cassette, the camLCD will turn how many frames are remaining in either format at off. The expLCD will indicate the number of exposures any time. The figure 1 indicates the last frame and remaining (accor
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals A yellow LCD display inside the viewfinder shows Ensure you check this information when using automatic the shutter speed and triangle symbols indicating mode in case the lighting conditions are beyond the range of the meter/camera settings for the sensitivity of the film over or under exposure. in use. This might happen when using a fast film in very The pattern of the sensitive area remains the same bright conditions o
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals (31a) Shutter speed and ▼ flashing = beyond metering range (too dark) (31b) Shutter speed stable = correct exposure time A (31c) Shutter speed 1000 stable and ▲ flashing = calculated exposure time of less than 1/1000s U (close the aperture until the ▲ symbol disappears T and the shutter speed is stable) O (31d) Shutter speed 1000 and ▲ flashing = beyond metering range (too bright) (close the aperture until the ▲ symbo
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals lock button again. It remains locked only at the ton, return to the desired composition and press the A setting. Be sure to set the dial at a specific speed button all the way down for exposure. and not in between two speeds as this will cause In situations where this method is not possible - where exposure errors. there are no suitable areas to make a reading from or 2. Press the shutter release button halfway to activate
