Battery finder: Which battery does your Hasselblad camera take?
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For the classic Hasselblad V-system bodies, it’s simple: no battery, and none needed.
The 500 C/M, 501C, 501CM and the 903 and 905 SWC take no battery at all — Hasselblad describes the 501CM as “battery independent” — and that is a large part of why they still work sixty years on.1
Not every Hasselblad is like that, though. The motorized EL bodies, the focal-plane 200 series, the XPan and the film H1 and H2 all need batteries, and some of them won’t work at all without one.
Digital
Hasselblad’s X and H digital cameras all run on rechargeable lithium-ion packs. The X1D II, the 907X and the 100-megapixel X2D, X2D II and CFV 100C use a 3400 mAh pack2, and Hasselblad says the X1D II and 907X 50C also accept the earlier 3200 mAh pack from the original X1D.3
The H6D takes a 3200 mAh grip battery. Hasselblad says the older 2900 mAh grip also works, with less capacity, but the old 1850 mAh one should not be used.4
| Camera | Battery | Charger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 907X & CFV 100C | 3400 mAh Li-ion battery (in the CFV 100C back) Also at: Amazon | Included 30W USB-C charger (no model number) In box | The 7.27V, 3400 mAh pack sits in the CFV 100C back and charges over USB-C. |
| 907X 50C | 3400 mAh Li-ion battery (in the CFV II 50C back) Also at: Amazon | — | The 7.27V, 3400 mAh pack sits in the CFV II 50C back and charges over USB. Hasselblad says it is also compatible with the older 3200 mAh battery. |
| CFV / CFV-50c (digital back) | NP-F550 (not supplied) Also at: Amazon | — | The CFV backs for V-system cameras run on a Sony NP-F550 L-type battery, which Hasselblad did not supply. |
| H1D | 3× CR123A (grip), or rechargeable grip (3043348) Also at: Amazon | — | Ships with a grip that takes three CR-123A lithium cells; Hasselblad's rechargeable 7.2V grip is an option. |
| H2D | Battery grip rechargeable 7.2V (3043348) Also at: Amazon | BC-H (3053568) In box | A 7.2V, 1850 mAh rechargeable grip battery. |
| H3D-22 / H3D-31 / H3D-39 | Battery grip rechargeable 7.2V (3043348) Also at: Amazon | BC-H (3053568) In box | A 7.2V, 1850 mAh rechargeable grip battery. |
| H3DII-31 / H3DII-39 / H3DII-50 | Battery grip rechargeable 7.2V (3043348) Also at: Amazon | BC-H (3053568) In box | A 7.2V, 1850 mAh rechargeable grip battery. |
| H4D-31 / H4D-40 / H4D-50 / H4D-60 / H4D-200MS | Battery grip rechargeable 7.2V (3043348) Also at: Amazon | BC-H (3053568) In box | A 7.2V, 1850 mAh rechargeable grip battery. |
| H5D-40 / H5D-50 / H5D-60 / H5D-50c | Battery grip Li-ion 2900 (3043356) Also at: Amazon | Battery charger Li-ion 2900 (3053572) In box | A 7.2V, 2900 mAh grip battery. |
| H5D-50c MS / H5D-200c MS | Battery grip Li-ion 2900 (3043356) Also at: Amazon | — | A 7.2V, 2900 mAh grip battery. |
| H6D-50c / H6D-100c / H6D-400c MS | Battery grip Li-ion 3200 (3043357) Also at: Amazon | BCH-2 (3053572) In box | A 7.2V, 3200 mAh grip battery. Hasselblad says the older 2900 mAh grip can be used with limited capacity, but the old 1850 mAh one should not be used. |
| X1D II 50C | 3400 mAh Li-ion battery Also at: Amazon | — | A 7.27V, 3400 mAh lithium-ion pack that charges in the camera over USB. Hasselblad says it is also compatible with the X1D's older 3200 mAh battery. |
| X1D-50c | Li-ion battery (3054752) Also at: Amazon | — | Hasselblad's 7.2V, 3200 mAh lithium-ion pack. The later 3400 mAh pack from the X1D II is not listed for this body. |
| X2D 100C | 3400 mAh Li-ion battery Also at: Amazon | Included 30W USB-C charger (no model number) In box | A 7.27V, 3400 mAh lithium-ion pack that charges in the camera over USB-C, in about two hours with the included 30W charger. |
| X2D II 100C | 3400 mAh Li-ion battery Also at: Amazon | — | A 7.27V, 3400 mAh lithium-ion pack, charged in the camera over USB-C from an external power supply. |
Lunar, Stellar and HV
These three are Hasselblad-styled versions of Sony cameras, and they take the Sony batteries of the cameras they’re based on.5
In practice that means the Lunar, built on the Sony NEX-7, takes the NP-FW50. The Stellar and Stellar II are based on the RX100 and RX100 II and take the NP-BX1. The HV is based on the A99 and takes the NP-FM500H.
Film
Medium format
| Camera | Battery | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 FC | 1× PX28 (6V) Also at: Amazon | A 6V battery — Hasselblad names the PX-28 — powers the electronics that time the focal-plane shutter. Don't use a lower-voltage cell. |
| 2003 FCW / 2000 FCW | 1× PX28 (6V) Also at: Amazon | A 6V PX28 powers the focal-plane shutter's timing circuit. With C and CF lenses there's a mechanical mode that keeps every shutter speed even when the battery is exhausted. |
| 201F | 1× PX28 (6V) Also at: Amazon | A 6V PX28 (or UCAR 537) powers the electronically controlled focal-plane shutter. |
| 202FA | 1× PX28L (6V lithium) Also at: Amazon | A 6V PX28L lithium cell. If it's removed or exhausted, the camera cannot be activated in any way. |
| 203FE | 1× PX28L (6V lithium) Also at: Amazon | A 6V PX28L lithium cell runs the metering, display and focal-plane shutter. With a CF lens you can shoot on the lens's leaf shutter instead, which doesn't depend on the battery. |
| 205FCC | 1× PX28L (6V lithium) Also at: Amazon | A 6V PX28L lithium cell runs the metering, display and focal-plane shutter. |
| 205TCC | 1× PX28 (6V) Also at: Amazon | A 6V PX28 (or UCAR 537). If it's removed or exhausted, the camera cannot be activated in any way. |
| 500 C/M | None | No battery: Hasselblad's manual describes no power source for the body. |
| 500 EL/M | 1 or 2× DEAC 5/500 DKZ (NiCd rechargeable) Also at: Amazon | The motor runs on one or two rechargeable DEAC 5/500 DKZ nickel-cadmium cells — the same as the 500EL. |
| 500 ELX | 1 or 2× DEAC 5/600DKZ (NiCd rechargeable) Also at: Amazon | Rechargeable DEAC 5/600DKZ nickel-cadmium cells run the motor. Note the 5/600 — not the 5/500 of the earlier 500EL and EL/M. |
| 500EL | 1 or 2× DEAC 5/500 DKZ (NiCd rechargeable) Also at: Amazon | The motor runs on one or two rechargeable DEAC 5/500 DKZ nickel-cadmium cells. |
| 501C | None | No battery: Hasselblad's own specification describes the design as mechanical. |
| 501CM | None | No battery: Hasselblad describes the 501CM as “battery independent”. |
| 503CW | None | No battery in the body. When a dedicated flash is connected, the flash unit powers the camera's flash-metering electronics; the optional Winder CW has its own cells. |
| 503CX | None | No battery in the body. When a dedicated flash is connected, the flash unit powers the camera's flash-metering electronics. |
| 553 ELX | 5× AA Also at: Amazon | Five 1.5V AA alkaline cells run the motor. |
| 555 ELD | 5× AA Also at: Amazon | Five 1.5V AA alkaline or NiMH cells run the motor and electronics. |
| 903 SWC | None | No battery. The SWC is a fixed-lens wide-angle camera rather than a single-lens reflex, and its manual mentions no battery anywhere. |
| 905 SWC | None | No battery. The SWC is a fixed-lens wide-angle camera rather than a single-lens reflex, and its manual mentions no battery anywhere. |
| H1 | 3× CR123A (3V lithium) Also at: Amazon | Three CR-123 lithium cells in the grip's cassette run every function, and there's no mechanical reserve — carry spares. |
| H2 | 3× CR123A (3V lithium) Also at: Amazon | Three CR-123 lithium cells in the grip's cassette run every function, and there's no mechanical reserve — carry spares. |
XPan
| Camera | Battery | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| XPan | 2× CR2 (3V lithium) Also at: Amazon | Two 3V CR2 lithium cells. Hasselblad calls the camera “wholly battery dependent”: it won't function at all without them. |
| XPan II | 2× CR2 (3V lithium) Also at: Amazon | Two 3V CR2 lithium cells. Hasselblad calls the camera “wholly battery dependent”: it won't function at all without them. |
Things worth knowing
500 C/M, 501CM and SWC: no battery needed
On the 500 C/M, 501C, 501CM and SWC bodies, if you are buying one that has sat in a cupboard for twenty years, the key concerns are about shutter timing and light seals, not about whether the battery is dead. Because they don’t take one.
One catch: the body needing no battery doesn’t mean nothing on the camera does. A metering prism finder such as the PME series has its own battery, and so does a CFV digital back. If the prism’s battery dies, the camera still takes pictures. You just lose the meter.
The motorized bodies are different
The 500EL and 500 EL/M run their motors on one or two rechargeable DEAC 5/500 DKZ nickel-cadmium cells.6 The 500 ELX takes the 5/600DKZ instead7, so check the number before buying a spare.
The later 553 ELX and 555 ELD switched to five AA cells.8
The 200 series: what happens when the battery dies
The 2000 FC, 2003 FCW, 2000 FCW, 201F and 205TCC take a 6V PX289; the 202FA, 203FE and 205FCC take the 6V PX28L lithium.10 The battery runs the focal-plane shutter, and what happens when it dies depends on the body.
With C and CF lenses, the 2003 FCW and 2000 FCW have a mechanical mode that keeps every shutter speed even when the battery is exhausted11, and the 203FE lets you shoot on the lens’s leaf shutter, which doesn’t depend on the battery.12 The 202FA and 205TCC, on the other hand, can’t be activated at all without one.13
XPan and the H1 and H2
The XPan and XPan II are, in Hasselblad’s words, “wholly battery dependent”: two CR2 cells, and nothing works without them.14 The film H1 and H2 take three CR-123 lithiums in the grip, with no mechanical reserve at all, so carry spares.15
Still to verify
A few Hasselblads aren’t here yet. The 2000 FC/M and 503CXi only have short supplements to other bodies’ manuals, and neither names a battery, so I haven’t assumed one. The 500C, SWC/M, 1000F and ArcBody are next on the list.
This is a growing document that I keep updating as I verify more models. Every battery listed here comes from the camera’s own manual or the manufacturer’s spec sheet, not from memory or a forum post. If you spot something that needs correcting, please let me know.
Battery charts by brand
Cameras: Agfa · Bronica · Canon · Contax · Fujifilm · Hasselblad · Konica · Leica · Mamiya · Minolta · Nikon · OM System and Olympus · Panasonic Lumix · Pentax · Ricoh · Sigma · Sony · Yashica
Action cameras: DJI Osmo · GoPro · Insta360
Notes & References:
- Sources: Hasselblad 500 C/M instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 501C instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 501CM instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 903 SWC instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 905 SWC instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad X1D II 50C instructions; Hasselblad 907X 50C technical data; Hasselblad X2D 100C technical data; Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C technical data. [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad X1D II 50C instructions; Hasselblad 907X 50C technical data. [↩︎]
- Source: Hasselblad H6D-50c instructions. [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad Lunar instructions; Hasselblad Stellar instructions; Hasselblad HV instructions. [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad 500EL instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 500 EL/M instructions (scanned copy on archive.org). [↩︎]
- Source: Hasselblad 500 ELX instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad 553 ELX instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 555 ELD instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad 2000 FC instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 2003 FCW instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 201F instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 205TCC instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad 202FA instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 203FE instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 205FCC instructions (scanned copy on archive.org). [↩︎]
- Source: Hasselblad 2003 FCW instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Source: Hasselblad 203FE instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad 202FA instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad 205TCC instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad XPan instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad XPan II instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive). [↩︎]
- Sources: Hasselblad H1 instructions (scanned copy hosted by the Butkus archive); Hasselblad H2 instructions. [↩︎]
