Tear with the Hasselblad HVD90X viewfinder eye cup

[powerziggy]

Hi! I have a tear with my Hasselblad HVD90X viewfinder eye cup. Is there any replacement for the eye cup? If it does, it is difficult to replace the eye cup on my own, or do I need to send the viewfinder to Hasselblad for service? Any help will be very much appreciated.

 

[stephengilbert]

Replacement: Amazon.com: Hasselblad Replacement Eye-cup for Hasselblad Hv/d-90x Viewfinder - Short Style: Camera & Photo

I don't know how easy it is to replace, but if you can't do it, I imagine a local camera shop could.

 

[BANKER1]

Upon looking up the Amazon link, I found that they were asking $89.00. You can contact Nicole Patchell, Dealer Order Dept Supvsr / Parts Dept. at Hasselblad. NJ. In an e-mail to me she quoted $35.00 for the eyecup. Her e-mail is [email protected].

Good luck,

Greg Keeton

 

[powerziggy]

Thank you for the suggestion. Greg, have you replaced the eye cup before? Is it difficult to do? Thank you again.

 

[Professional]

I will try to see if our local dealer of Hasselblad has that VF i-cup, i lost mine too and i keep shooting without to get used to it even difficult, i swear if i can buy an eye cup then i will use the strongest glue to keep it on there permanently.

 

[rmueller]

Not of immediate help of course, a HB rep recently demonstrated the H5D
to me and one of the things he was proud of was the new eye cup. In fact,
he picked the camera with lens attached on the eye cup.
He told me that the H5D eye cup could be used on H3D and H4D cameras
as well.
Anyway, just FYI in case you're considering glueing things together as it seems
there is something better coming.

Regards,
Ralf

 

[David Schneider]

I got one of the $35 replacement eye cups from Hasselblad. Not a big deal to put on. But I would strongly suggest you get a few black electrical ties to keep in your bag. Use one tight around the eye cup to help keep it on. Even with that, if you bang the side of some cases putting it away you can knock off the cup (as I did last week). That's why I said to keep a few of those ties in your camera bag; fair chance it will happen again. I wouldn't glue it. This works.

 

[powerziggy]

Thank you very much. I will order the eye cup from Hasselblad and get a few of those electrical ties from Home Depot.

 

[David Schneider]

Thank you very much. I will order the eye cup from Hasselblad and get a few of those electrical ties from Home Depot.

It's low tech. It's a bit ugly. But it does help. Just take a little care so the tie is in the best possible place when you're done and snip off the excess.

 

[BANKER1]

It was very aggravating to have it pop off all the time, so I was tempted to put on a zip tie as well. However, I can't get my head around putting a zip tie on such an expensive piece of equipment. So, I glued it back on, and it seems to be holding fairly well. But, I am very careful as I get it out and put it in my bag.

Greg

 

[David Schneider]

Greg,
I feel your pain. I couldn't get myself to put glue on camera of that caliber.

 

[Stan ROX]

Just be careful with the eye-cup. I suggest to put the glue on while the eye-pice itself is unmonted.

It's really a very bad design - can't believe they didn't find a better solution while thinking over how to work (and look thru) a 40'000 $ camera ... ?

Regards

Stan ROX
stanROX.com