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  • Page 1 User manual...
  • Page 2 This means you can have all the convenience and advantages of the 35 This instruction manual describes in detail how to operate your XPan II, so please read it carefully. mm format but can produce an image with one side wider than the 6x6 cm format. Put simply –...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    8 Battery check 15 Film speed (ISO) setting 27 Quick coupling plate through all the camera’s functions. The XPan II is a 8 Power 16 Film loading The relevant illustrations are indicated by the fig- 27 Spirit-level...

  • Page 4: Parts & Components

    13. Cable release socket Parts & Components Parts Description – for vibration-free or remote shutter-release. 15. Film type window – for confirmation of whether camera is loaded 1. Lens release button 18. Battery compartment cover The following is a concise introductory description and film type.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    new. Please discard used batteries in an environmen- tings and a battery icon, see fig. 9 for example. When 27. Film plane index Getting Started tally correct way. loaded with film, however, the expLCD will also display – for critical focusing distance measurement. a figure that shows the number of unexposed frames 28.

  • Page 6: Lenses

    Two filters together may be used without prob- • the MODE button is pressed approximately ⅛ turn counter-clockwise to remove. lems with vignetting. As the XPan II has a TTL expo- • the button is pressed ...

  • Page 7: Lens Shade

    Lens shade 17,18, 19 Rangefinder focusing 20, 21 Depth-of-field Viewfinder Match the red index on the rear of the XPan lens shade The rangefinder is a coupled-type in the form of a Depth-of-field – the amount of acceptable sharpness (see illustration) with the red index on the lens. Turn small, bright rectangle in the centre of the field-of- produced at a given aperture and focus setting –...

  • Page 8: Format

    • Film tip out or film fully spooled back into the cassette when  Ensure you turn the knob as far as it will go to the stop posi- Format Film rewinding the film (see ‘Film loading’ section for access tion when selecting the panorama format.

  • Page 9: Film Loading

    and the cassette opening is pulled down accordingly. setting automatically. This means that by switching show the film speed while the expLCD will count down  Make a manual ISO setting before using an un-coded cas- If the film bows upwards it may pull the film tip back the exposures.

  • Page 10: Automatic

    A yellow LCD display inside the viewfinder shows  Ensure you check this information when using automatic (31a) Shutter speed and  flashing = beyond metering range (too dark) the shutter speed and triangle symbols indicating mode in case the lighting conditions are beyond the range over or under exposure.

  • Page 11: Exposure Compensation

    lock button again. It remains locked only at the ton, return to the desired composition and press the interior where a figure is standing in front of a window, having to alter the settings after each exposure. This A setting. Be sure to set the dial at a specific speed button all the way down for exposure.

  • Page 12: Film Advance

    Exposure #1 displays ‘± 0.5’ (standard) ing off the camera. Failure to do so can cause frames to be Film advance General incorrectly exposed as you may have inadvertently continued Exposure #2 displays ‘–0.5’ (under) an interrupted sequence or started a new one. Exposure #3 displays ‘+0.5’...

  • Page 13: Film Plane Index

    Film plane index Infrared photography Flash  When set in the automatic mode, do not stand in front of the camera when pressing the release button as this could The film plane index is situated on the top plate of the Infrared (IR) rays (wavelengths longer than 800 nm) There is flash sync at all speeds from B to 1/125 via the adversely affect the exposure reading.

  • Page 14: Remote Release

    The total number of exposures taken with the camera for XPan II. It uses the same port as for the standard ers are available from your Hasselblad dealer. You may a strap. At the end of this manual you will find a list can be checked on the camLCD.

  • Page 15: Spirit-Level

    The effect The filter is multi-coated to ensure high anti-reflection ers. As the XPan II does not have a TTL viewing system it useful when photographing buildings, for example. In at the centre of the filter corresponds to a 1 f-stop re- quality.

  • Page 16: Viewfinder Eyepiece Selection

    XPan II starts by withdrawing all of the film first derexposure. The effect can be completely eliminated + 3.0 –...

  • Page 17: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications – XPan II Frames per film: 36, 24 and 12 frames in standard format or 20, 13 and 6 frames in panorama for- mat from 36 exp, 24 exp and 12 exp cassettes respectively. Camera type: Coupled rangefinder with interchangeable lenses.
  • Page 18 Camera LCD infor- ISO, shutter speed (Tv), exposure compensation, auto bracketing, self-timer delay Hasselblad 5.6/30 mm Aspherical lens: LENSES: mation: time, sync mode, rewind mode, multi exposure, battery status and exposure history. bayonet fitting, f 5.6 – f 22, 8 components, 10 elements, focusing range 0.7m – ∞, filter Illuminated.

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Your XPan II is a fully professional camera and should provide many years of service particularly if the advice is followed under ‘Equipment Care, Service and Guarantee’. If a problem arises, however, check back in this manual to the relevant EQUIPMENT CARE should be treated with great caution.
  • Page 20 Hasselblad 4/45 mm lens Correction lens, XPan, +2 3054437 3024015 authorised Hasselblad outlet, it is covered by an in- plete with supplied equipment as 3054415) supplied with the following equipment: ternational guarantee for one year. The guarantee plus Lens shade, XPan 3054405.

  • Page 21: Xpan.. 3A.eps

    XPAN.. 3a.eps 030115 COPYRIGHT ' 2003 AN ANDERS ENGSTR M, I stra v gen 46 430 91 H N tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders.968464@telia.com...

  • Page 22: Anders Engström, Illustratör Östra Vägen

    XPAN.. 5 XPAN..38 980625 980707 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR Östra vägen 46 Östra vägen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ 430 91 HÖNÖ tel/fax 031-96 84 64 tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se anders@aeillustr.se XPAN..
  • Page 23 XPAN..40 980708 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR Östra vägen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ XPAN.. 9 tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se 980621 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR Östra vägen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se...

  • Page 24: Xpan

    XPAN..20 980909 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR Östra vägen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se XPAN..19 XPAN..12 XPAN..27 980623 980623 980909 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR...
  • Page 25 XPAN..15 XPAN..10a.eps 980708 030116 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM COPYRIGHT ' 2003 ANDERS ENGSTR M ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR ANDERS ENGSTR M, ILLUSTRAT R Östra vägen 46 stra v gen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ 430 91 H N tel/fax 031-96 84 64 tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se anders.968464@telia.com...
  • Page 26 XPAN..31 980623 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR Östra vägen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se XPAN..32 980707 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR Östra vägen 46 430 91 HÖNÖ tel/fax 031-96 84 64 anders@aeillustr.se...
  • Page 27 COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM COPYRIGHT © 1998 ANDERS ENGSTRÖM 0.65–0.76 0.73–0.88 0.90–1.13 1.05–1.40 1.27–1.83 1.61–2.66 2.18–4.83 3.06–13.9 4.39– ∞ 7.71– ∞ Hasselblad ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR ANDERS ENGSTRÖM, ILLUSTRATÖR f 11 Östra vägen 46 Östra vägen 46 0.63–0.79 0.71–0.92 0.86–1.20 1.00–1.51 1.20–2.02 1.49–3.09 1.96–6.50...
  • Page 28 Product no: 3014020 3014470 Hasselblad reserve the right to make changes in the published specifica- tions without prior notice. All rights reserved. No part of this ma- terial may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,...

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