[HUG ] Re: VS: Re: AW: Re: It's a sad Hasselblad day........

  • From: <vick.ko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:30:33 +0000

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.
> 
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