In 1948, the historic 6 x 6 cm format focal-plane shutter SLR camera, "Hasselblad 1600F" whose highest shutter speed was at 1/1600 sec. was launched by Swedish camera manufacturer, Hasselblad. And five years after that which was in 1953, "Hasselblad 1000F", whose highest shutter speed was at 1/1000 sec. and the camera featured for this issue, came on the market.

While developing "1600F", Hasselblad decided to employ focal-plane shutter for "1600F" instead of leaf shutter because focal-plane shutter made it possible for a camera to have a higher shutter speed than leaf shutter. Therefore, "F" at the end of "1600" and "1000" stands for focal-plane shutter.
In addition, the lens applied to the Hasselblads was not the Carl-Zeiss lens, but Kodak lens in the beginning and a standard lens for them was "Kodak Ektar f2.8/80mm" then.

Well then, let's take a look at it.

• First introduced in 1953.
• Camera type : 6 x 6 cm format focal-plane shutter SLR camera
• Film : 120 roll film
• Standard lens : Kodak Ektar f2.8/80mm
• Shutter speeds : B, 1 - 1/1000 sec.
• Film winding : by film wind key up to the first exposure, and film wind knob for the rest.