Hasselblad 903SWC Film Camera

Pros: Killer wide-angle optics
Cons: Parallax problems in viewfinder

I've owned a 903SWC for about 10 years now as an integral part of a larger Hasselblad system that includes a 553ELX and assorted interchangeable lenses from 50 mm to 250 mm. In a lens-to-lens comparison between the integraged 38 mm Biogon of the 903SWC...

Pros: Distortion free ultra-wide-angle photography
Cons: One of the most expensive medium formats on the market

By Frank Van Riper
Professional photographer, author and photography columnist for <Washingtonpost.com>

Years ago, when I was studying photography at the Maine Photographic Workshops, Neil Selkirk, the great location photographer...

Pros: Super wide & super sharp, compact & light.
Cons: Takes getting used to.

HASSELBLAD 903SWC

1954: The first Hasselblad Supreme Wide Angle was introduced. This unique Carl Zeiss super wide angle was permanently fixed to a modified Hasselblad body that is less than half the depth of a normal 500C and had no reflex...

Pros: Lightweight. Incredible optics.
Cons: Price, viewfinder

The 903SWC is no more. Hasselblad, in the interest of environmental concerns, has taken it and revised its magical optical formula to suit the latest glass types available in the pollution-conscious world. Reportedly, the 905SWC (the latest...