Whew, what a relief. I have the 80, one of my favourite lenses. I also have the 100, and 110/2, even more fun to use. But I don't have the 60. The focal length never quite appealed to me. Maybe now that the prices are so low, it would be good to complete the set. Vick > From: qnu@xxxxxxxxxx > To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [HUG ] Re: VS: Re: AW: Re: It's a sad Hasselblad day........ > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:22:34 +0100 > > Richard Man wrote: > > > OK, I did hear that the 80mm isn't the greatest Zeiss (but it may be a > > case of really great vs. brilliant?) > > The 60mm is a good "40mm" equivalent to 35mm term on the P30 (1.3x crop vs > > Hassy full frame) so > > that's a comfortable view for me. > > You heard wrong. > The 80 mm Planar is one of the very best lenses, most other Zeiss/Hasselblad > lenses cannot touch. > People hold it in low esteem, i think, because it's the 'standard' lens. > But even the fabeled 100 mm Planar has great troubles bettering the 80 mm > (and mostly fails to do so). > > The 60 mm is very good ***for a retrofocus wide angle lens*** ! > But not on par with the 80 mm. > > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >