Hasselblad Super Wide C camera with matching A12 filmback. 1965.

The Super-Wide C is a superb special purpose camera built around the 38mm f4.5 Zeiss Biogon lens. The major advance in the SWC camera was the integration of the film advance and shutter cocking functions that on the earlier cameras had been separate operations. “SWC” is apparently an abbreviation for Super Wide Camera.

The SWC was manufactured without any appreciable change (a mechanical modification in 1966) from 1959 to 1969 when the lens barrel was changed from anodized aluminum to a semi-gloss black and the viewfinder modified slightly to have a small rubber bumper on the rear, presumably to avoid scratches to eyeglasses and to protect the vulnerable exposed end of the finder from wear.
This change appears in the 1970 catalog.

In 1973, the SWC Biogon was among the first lenses to receive the T* multi coating. Zeiss began with the wide angle lenses that benefited from the multi coating process than the longer focal length lenses. Black bodies became available in 1972.

The known serial number ranges for the SWC run from 3000 to 15471 (about 12000 cameras) and from 141001 to 142111 (nominally 1482 cameras).

This set contains :

Super Wide C with number TCW6513 and lens Biogon 38mm F4.5  lens with number 3570887

Finder 12

A 12 film magazine with number  TC83585 and matching insert.

The set is in good working condition and has ben serviced. Normal users wear, in nice and clean condition.

This is the earley model with the chrome Biogon.