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Hasselblad 500C/M vs Pentax K1000

Every spec below is quoted from the makers' official pages — where a figure isn't published we say so rather than guess. Sizes are drawn at true relative scale from published dimensions, and the bag-fit row is computed against our measured bag catalog.

The 3 biggest published differences

Weight (body): the K1000 leads at 620 g vs the 500C/M's 968 g.
Type: 500C/M has Medium-format SLR; K1000 has 35mm SLR.
Format: 500C/M has 120 (6×6); K1000 has 35mm.

	500C/M Hasselblad V mount	K1000 Pentax K
Overview
Type	Medium-format SLR	35mm SLR
Format	120 (6×6)	35mm
Lens mount	Hasselblad V-system bayonet mount	Pentax K
Released	1970–1994	1976-1997
Film camera
Film format	120 (6×6)	35mm
Metering	none (no built-in meter; waist-level finder has no metering capability)	CdS TTL average metering (open-aperture, match-needle)
Shutter	In-lens Synchro-Compur/Prontor leaf shutter (per-lens, not body)	Horizontal-travel, rubberized silk cloth focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds	1 sec – 1/500 sec, B	B, 1 sec to 1/1000 sec; flash X-sync 1/60 sec
Battery	none (fully mechanical)	1x LR44/SR44 1.5V (meter only; camera fires all speeds without battery)
Body & Handling
Dimensions (W×H×D)	170 × 109 × 104 mm	143 × 91.4 × 48 mm
Weight (body)	968 g	620 g
Weather sealing	—, not published	—, not published
Shutter durability	—, not published	—, not published
Price
Launch price	—, not published	—, not published
Size, to scale
Front view, drawn at the same scale from each maker's published W×H (mm).
Smallest bag that fits
Body	WANDRD ROGUE 6L Sling V2 Fits body only · View at WANDRD	Think Tank Mirrorless Mover 20 V2 Fits body only · View at B&H Photo Video

Sources

official · 500C/M specifications: mikeeckman.com camera review (weight breakdown quoted by the reviewer, likely from period sales literature); dimensions from secondary aggregator sites (GearFocus product spec page). NEITHER figure could be verified against a primary Hasselblad document: the official 500C/M-500EL/M-SWC/M instruction manual (archive.org / cameramanuals.org scans, reviewed page-by-page) is an operating manual with NO dimensions/weight specifications table at all, and no separate Hasselblad "Data" spec-sheet leaflet could be located online. · accessed 2026-07-10

“Weight breakdown (500C, per mikeeckman.com): 'Complete setup: 1430 grams; Without lens: 968 grams; Without lens or back: 573 grams; Body only: 488 grams.' Dimensions (per GearFocus and other aggregator sites, uncorroborated primary source): '170 x 109 x 104 mm'”

official · K1000 specifications: Wikipedia (figures consistent with widely-cited manual dimensions; original manual PDFs at butkus.org/cameramanuals.org/ManualsLib are scanned images with no extractable text, and no official Pentax/Ricoh museum spec page could be located) · accessed 2026-07-10

“It is 91.4 millimetres (3.6 inches) tall, 143 mm (5.6 in) wide, and 48 mm (1.9 in) deep, and weighs 620 grams (21.9 ounces).”

500C/M dimensions carry low confidence (archived-source caveat on its fit page).

K1000 dimensions carry medium confidence (archived-source caveat on its fit page).

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Spec values are the manufacturers' published figures, compared factually — we don't rank cameras. Fit verdicts are planning estimates from published interior dimensions, not guarantees. See methodology.

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