Re: Hasselblad question

[Per Öfverbeck <per@xxxxxxxxxx>]

12 apr 2008 kl. 13.45 skrev jonathan turner:

> That's great, much appreciated!
>
> I kind of thought X was the right setting for flash but had no idea  
> what M &
> V were for - fascinating that V is for Victor (Hasselblad)!

Well, not quite....

These shutters were of German manufacture (Compur), and V stands for  
"Vorlauf".  And that indeed means "self-timer".

M and X were the usual flash setting designations (with or without pre- 
igniting); don´t know exactly what words they were acronyms for.




Per Öfverbeck
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