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Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Hasselblad 2000 FC/W (1977, revised 1981 as the FC/W with winder coupling) is the focal-plane-shutter variant of the V-system, fundamentally different from the 500-series bodies in a single critical respect: the shutter is in the camera body rather than in each individual lens. This allows the body to reach 1/2000s — double the 1/500s maximum of the 500-series leaf shutters — and opens the door to a class of dedicated F-series lenses (and later FE-series lenses with electronic aperture control) that have no integrated shutter. The F/FE lenses are mechanically simpler and can be made faster and more compact than their CF counterparts, though the trade-off is that flash synchronisation drops to 1/90s, as focal-plane shutters cannot sync at higher speeds.
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C41
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The V-system's other shutter — the 2000 FC/W uses a body-mounted focal-plane shutter rather than a leaf shutter in the lens, enabling faster speeds and compatibility with shutterless F-series lenses.
| Field | Value |
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| Format | 120 / 220 film (6×6 cm, 12/24 frames) |
| Mount | Hasselblad V bayonet |
| Years | 1977–1996 (various revisions) |
| Shutter | Focal-plane titanium: 1s – 1/2000s + B |
| Flash sync | 1/90s (focal-plane limitation) |
| Meter | None built-in |
| Modes | Manual |
| Finder | Waist-level (standard); prism optional |
| Weight | ~1,340 g (body only, without back) |
| Battery | 4× AA (required for shutter) |
| Mechanical fallback | None (battery dependent) |
Hasselblad's engineers recognised early that the leaf shutter in each C-series lens — while elegant — imposed a 1/500s ceiling and added mechanical complexity and cost to every lens. The 2000FC (1977) was their answer: move the shutter into the body, where it could be built once and shared across all lenses. The resulting F-series lenses were faster to produce and could be designed with fewer constraints, enabling the Planar FE 110/2 — a lens impossible to achieve with an integral leaf shutter of that aperture.
The original 2000FC required proprietary batteries and had no winder coupling. The 2000FC/W of 1981 added the winder socket, allowing the winder CW and motor drive to attach. Later iterations — the 2000FCM and 2003FCW — refined the electronics and expanded the FE lens line with electronic aperture control that allowed aperture-priority automation when paired with a metered prism finder.
The 2000-series was always a smaller commercial success than the 500-series, as studio and portrait photographers generally preferred the 500-series' flash sync advantage (1/500s leaf sync vs. 1/90s focal-plane sync) for strobe work. The 2000-series appealed more to nature and available-light photographers who valued the 1/2000s top speed for daylight action.
The 2000 FC/W represents Hasselblad's experiment with the technical trade-offs of focal-plane vs. leaf shutter in medium format — a debate that the company ultimately resolved in favour of the leaf-shutter 500-series for the majority of its production life. For users of the FE lens line, particularly the Planar FE 110/2 (one of the fastest medium-format lenses ever made), the 2000 FC/W is the only V-system body that makes full use of those lenses' shutter-free design.
The body also serves photographers who want 1/2000s for outdoor sports or action with medium-format quality — a capability no 500-series body can provide. The trade-off in flash sync speed (1/90s vs. 1/500s) is significant for studio work but irrelevant for available-light and outdoor photography.
The 2000 FC/W is rarer and less well-understood than the 500-series bodies, making it a collector's item as well as a practical choice for a specific type of medium-format photography.
Hasselblad V bayonet mount. F-series and FE-series lenses (shutterless, designed for focal-plane body): Planar F 80/2.8, Planar FE 110/2, Distagon FE 50/2.8, Tele-Tessar FE 250/4, Sonnar FE 150/2.8. All CF, CFi, and C-series lenses also mount (using the lens shutter or the body shutter selectively). FE lenses with electronic aperture coupling enable aperture-priority when used with the PME45 metered prism. Accessories: all standard V-system film backs; Motor Drive 2 (2000-series specific); winder CW; PME45/51 metered prism finders.
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