Nokton48
Veteran
I have the 30mm C T*, 40mm C, 50mm C T*, and the 60mm C T*.
All are good and very useful.
All are good and very useful.
dfoo
Well-known
The 50mm FLE is a great lens, but very expensive. If I were to buy it again I'd have bought the non-FLE version.
Neare
Well-known
Don't want a superwide? That's a shame.
Having you 80mm on the 500cm and a SWC with the 38mm beside it would be very complementing of each other
All the options would be there, cropping if necessary too.
Having you 80mm on the 500cm and a SWC with the 38mm beside it would be very complementing of each other
All the options would be there, cropping if necessary too.
Pirate
Guitar playing Fotografer
Oh, I want an SWC, don't get me wrong. Right now all I'm worried about is a lens that's a little wider than the standard 80mm for touring around Italy, France, Germany, Czech.... without going into the real "wide" territories. My Hassy collection is not complete, I'm just looking for a "right now" lens.
As far as cropping goes, I'm not interested in scanning everything for sharing that way, so I've no intention of cropping anything. I like to shoot what I want to keep (as much as possible). Of course I'll scan it to share with friends and family like here, but not as a finished product. That stays on print.
As far as cropping goes, I'm not interested in scanning everything for sharing that way, so I've no intention of cropping anything. I like to shoot what I want to keep (as much as possible). Of course I'll scan it to share with friends and family like here, but not as a finished product. That stays on print.
Michiel Fokkema
Michiel Fokkema
I have the 50,60, 80,100 and 150 lenses.
For touristic walking around I take the 60 and 150.
For architecture, buildings etc I take the 50 and 100.
The 60 has just a tad to much distortion for architectural purposes. For walking around the 60 is perfect.
Cheers,
Michiel Fokkema
For touristic walking around I take the 60 and 150.
For architecture, buildings etc I take the 50 and 100.
The 60 has just a tad to much distortion for architectural purposes. For walking around the 60 is perfect.
Cheers,
Michiel Fokkema
bigeye
Well-known
I have the same question; began with a 150 (for portraits) and now looking at getting a 60mm, as a wide-normal. I simply like the way it looks on 6x6. The follow-on to that will be a 40mm.
A good exercise may be to look at flickr's 'hives'. Google search "hasselblad 60mm hive" and the result will be 30+ pages of samples. I've done that for each focal length. (BTW: i believe that the 60's 'hive' has weaker examples than the 50 or 40s; an overlooked focal length?)
You can't go wrong with any of their lenses....
- Charlie
A good exercise may be to look at flickr's 'hives'. Google search "hasselblad 60mm hive" and the result will be 30+ pages of samples. I've done that for each focal length. (BTW: i believe that the 60's 'hive' has weaker examples than the 50 or 40s; an overlooked focal length?)
You can't go wrong with any of their lenses....
- Charlie
mfogiel
Veteran
Both the 50 and 60 are useful, but the 60 is sort of more versatile and gives still a pretty natural perspective.
Pirate
Guitar playing Fotografer
Thanks for all the pictures, those are all fantastic!
I plan to add to the Hassy collection of Lenses over the next year, for sure.
I plan to add to the Hassy collection of Lenses over the next year, for sure.
Comrade Conrad
Member
For me the 60mm is the most natural feeling lens on the Hasselblad. It fits how I see. The 60mm is "the long side of the format" like a 35 on 35mm. (Of course, on square you can go nuts looking for the long side... But the principle is the same and it holds true for most non-panoramic formats.) The perfect complement to the 60mm (for me) is the 100mm and in spite of having other lenses, those two make for a very nice kit. And still light enough to carry!