User's Manual

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DISPOSAL
If you need to dispose of an H2F camera and/or batteries, please do so in
an environmentally friendly manner at the local waste plant/ recycling
centre or similar.
CAUTION
•  Keepallequipmentandaccessoriesoutofthereachofsmall
children.
•  Donotplaceheavyobjectsontheequipment.
•  Donotusethebatteriesexceptasspecied.
•  Useonlythebatteriesspeciedforusewiththecamera.
•  Removethebatterieswhencleaningthecameraorifyouintendto
leave the camera unused for a long period.
•  Ifyouusespare(standardorrechargeable)batterypacksbeparticu-
larly careful to use the supplied protective cap when storing. There is
a potential re risk if the contacts are short circuited across a conduc-
tive object (such as keys in a pocket, for example).
•  Takeparticularcarewhenworkingwithstrobe/studioashunitsto
prevent damage to equipment and personal injury.
SERVICE
Return your equipment to a service centre for occasional checking and
preventive maintenance to ensure optimal reliability. You can easily keep
a check on service intervals by looking under ‘Info’ in the menu. If your
camera is used constantly and intensively, regular periodic check-ups
are recommended at one of the “Hasselblad Authorized Service Centers”.
They have the expert sta and specialised equipment necessary to ensure
that your equipment remains in perfect working order.
the lens or touch any of the glass surfaces with your ngers. If in any
doubt, do not attempt to clean lens glass surfaces yourself but allow
a “Hasselblad Authorized Service Center” to treat them.
Impact: Your equipment can be damaged by severe physical shocks
so practical protective precautions should be taken. Some form of
protective case or camera bag is advised for transportation.
Loss: Hasselblad equipment is much sought after and you should
take obvious steps to prevent theft. Never leave it visible in an unat-
tended car, for example. Separate and specic camera insurance
cover should be considered by professional users.
EQUIPMENT CARE
A Hasselblad camera is designed to withstand the rigours of professional
use in most environments. To avoid the possibility of damage however,
it should be protected from harsh conditions and in particular avoid oil
fumes, steam, humid conditions and dust.
Extremes of temperature: High temperatures can have an adverse
eect on both lm and equipment. Try to avoid frequent and severe
temperature changes. Be particularly careful in humid environments.
Allow the equipment to acclimatize before assembly. Try to ensure the
storage conditions in such environments are as dry as possible.
Dust and grit: Take care to prevent dust and grit from getting into
your equipment. In coastal areas take measures to protect your
equipment from sand and salt water spray. Dust on the lens glass
and focusing screen can be removed with a blower brush or very soft
lens brush if necessary. Smears on the lens glass should be treated
with great caution. In some cases they may be removed with a high
quality lens cleaning solution on a tissue but be careful not to scratch
If a problem does occur you are advised not to attempt any repairs your-
self. Some service operations require very sophisticated instruments to
check, measure and adjust and there is a real danger of creating more
problems than solving them if such attempts are made in any other way.
In certain situations, it is possible that the camera can be affected by a
discharge of static electricity particularly if the area around the control
buttons on the grip comes into contact with a conductive cord or mate-
rial that is connected to earth, directly or indirectly (a lighting stand, for
example). This might temporarily deactivate the camera though it does
not cause any damage. Press the red ON.OFF button on the grip again to
reactivate the camera.
Problems, Equipment Care & Service
The H2F is a very sophisticated camera that relies on much information
being passed and processed to and from each modular unit to produce
the correct behaviour. It is therefore essential that reasonable care is
taken in attaching, detaching and storing the viewnder, lenses, exten-
sion tubes, magazines etc to ensure that the databus connections are not
damaged or soiled in any way. Also when lifting or handling the camera
try to always use the grip or strap and avoid holding the camera just by the
magazine or viewnder. Warning messages, for example ‘The darkslide is
closed’ are easily addressed and remedied but ‘Error’ messages seen on
the grip LCD require further attention as they denote a fault, temporary or
otherwise. You should methodically investigate the situation to see for ex-
ample whether the recent attachment of an accessory has coincided with
the appearance of an error message. Standard procedure is to detach and
re-attach the viewnder, magazine etc ensuring that they are positioned
rmly and correctly to see whether the problem disappears. Failing that,
removal of the batteries or battery pack for about ten seconds or so will
reset the camera’s processors. Persistent error messages might well sig-
nify a more complex problem and you are advised to contact your near-
est Hasselblad Authorized Service Center for advice. As well as the error
message, a description of the camera’s behaviour and an account of what
action you were trying to take when it happened could be benecial. Also,
please remember that the Center will almost certainly want to inspect all
of the items that were involved when the error message first appeared,
not just the camera body.