drjoke
Well-known
I had always thought it was a Zeiss. Now I am hearing it's Fuji. How does this compare to the offering by Zeiss that other Hasselblad cameras use?
chunin
Member
All Xpan lenses are made by Fuji! It is a known fact and never hidden. Fuji lenses are one of the best. The H1 lenses are also made by Fuji.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
The lenses are manufactured by Fuji, but Zeiss designed.
nksyoon
Well-known
A discussion of Fuji vs Zeiss on photo.net:
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00COe8
Keith, do you have a source for this? I never came across this when I was researching the Xpan before buying. In fact, Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape suggests that the Xpan was a Fuji project offered to Hasselblad as a rebranded product.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/haselbla.shtml
And this source suggests Contax manufactured the Xpan lenses for Fuji!
http://www.apogeephoto.com/may2000/xpan_review.shtml
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00COe8
kbg32 said:
Keith, do you have a source for this? I never came across this when I was researching the Xpan before buying. In fact, Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape suggests that the Xpan was a Fuji project offered to Hasselblad as a rebranded product.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/haselbla.shtml
And this source suggests Contax manufactured the Xpan lenses for Fuji!
http://www.apogeephoto.com/may2000/xpan_review.shtml
sepiareverb
genius and moron
The 45 is plenty sharp and contrasty. Don't worry if you were about quality- this is a better lens than the Fuji 645 cameras I've had. Camera is Fuji made also, finish is different on the TX than the XPAN, but the wood grip for the TX fits the XPAN like it was made for it, which it was.
flipflop
Well-known
Having owned a xpan 45mm and 90mm, all I can say is great camera and super sharp lenses. The black finish on the xpan comes off relatively easily. besides that I would love to own one again
tandemliebhaber
Tilman Schwertner
i doubt @ ll that the 45mm Fuji lens has it's foundation in Oberkochen - why should it be like that? Do u think Zeiss or Leica are magicians & the only soure of superbe optics ?
http://de.hasselblad.com/media/5872/xpan45.pdf
compare
http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B8B6F/EmbedTitelIntern/Planar_1-4_50_ZFde/$File/P1_4_50ZF_DE.pdf
or the mediumformat lenses?
Has there ever been a tiny lens from ZEISS ? Compare imagecircle & lens size (there is Zeiss one of the worst ones - it seems not even one of the design goals)
http://de.hasselblad.com/media/5872/xpan45.pdf
compare
http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B8B6F/EmbedTitelIntern/Planar_1-4_50_ZFde/$File/P1_4_50ZF_DE.pdf
or the mediumformat lenses?
Has there ever been a tiny lens from ZEISS ? Compare imagecircle & lens size (there is Zeiss one of the worst ones - it seems not even one of the design goals)