I recently allowed major gear acquisition syndrome to take hold of me and I bought a ton of gear with the promise to myself that I would sell most of it and keep only the cream of the crop, and maybe make a profit on the way. The problem is now that I have it all, I don't want to sell it. Or maybe I want to sell too much of it! I'm having analysis paralysis on what to sell and what to keep, so I'm curious how others have constructed their Hasselblad kits. Here are the lenses I have right now to choose from:
I only had the 80 up until a few months ago and it's great and sharp and all that but I found myself always reaching for my Autocord indoors because at slow shutter speeds the Hasselblad gets mirror slapped out of being sharper. Hence the acquisition of a Mamiya kit (don't worry, I got the c330 for $30 because it had leaks in the outer bellows... Good thing Adorama didn't know this has no effect on the taking lens bellows!)
I took all the lenses out shooting last weekend and the problem is, I liked them all except the 120! I really want to clear space in my camera drawer(s) and wallet, though. And the worst thing is, I know I'd be happy having even just a single one of these lenses because my style is most often to go out shooting with only one or two lenses.
What kits drawn from this set of lenses would people suggest? Right now I'm seriously considering keeping only the 60 and the 150, both of which I have very sharp exemplars of and I like the focal lengths. The downside of this is I have no true wide angle, and no repairable prontor shutters. I'd consider the classic 50/80/150 kit but that's actually much more expensive for me to keep on account of my 50 and 80 being fancy CF models. Ugh. I've also thought about a 40/60/150 kit but I'm not certain I like the crazy wide 40mm field of view. Like, my lens is sharp, but I didn't really like any of the pictures I took with it. But maybe this lens requires more planning for the ultra wide effect than others? There's also the issue of it being in kinda rough shape. So then I've thought about a 50/60/150 kit. But it seems silly to have two lenses so close together in a three lens kit and it requires me to either keep the 50FLE (my most expensive acquisition) or my chrome 50 (my least sharp lens). So the brings me back to 60/150, and the Mamiya for 80/105.
Anyways I realize this is the ultimate first world camera problem. I guess I'm just mostly looking for input on what 1, 2 and 3 lens kits others have been happy with on their Hasselbladblads.
- 40mm Distagon black T* (has a loose screw in the body so resale value is lowered... Still time to return it to Adorama if I do it in five days)
- 50mm chrome
- 50mm CF FLE
- 60mm black T*
- 80mm CF
- 120mm f4 Macro planar CF
- 150mm chrome
- 250mm black T*
- Bonus system camera: Mamiya C330 with 80/2.8 and 105/3.5 D (heliar)
I only had the 80 up until a few months ago and it's great and sharp and all that but I found myself always reaching for my Autocord indoors because at slow shutter speeds the Hasselblad gets mirror slapped out of being sharper. Hence the acquisition of a Mamiya kit (don't worry, I got the c330 for $30 because it had leaks in the outer bellows... Good thing Adorama didn't know this has no effect on the taking lens bellows!)
I took all the lenses out shooting last weekend and the problem is, I liked them all except the 120! I really want to clear space in my camera drawer(s) and wallet, though. And the worst thing is, I know I'd be happy having even just a single one of these lenses because my style is most often to go out shooting with only one or two lenses.
What kits drawn from this set of lenses would people suggest? Right now I'm seriously considering keeping only the 60 and the 150, both of which I have very sharp exemplars of and I like the focal lengths. The downside of this is I have no true wide angle, and no repairable prontor shutters. I'd consider the classic 50/80/150 kit but that's actually much more expensive for me to keep on account of my 50 and 80 being fancy CF models. Ugh. I've also thought about a 40/60/150 kit but I'm not certain I like the crazy wide 40mm field of view. Like, my lens is sharp, but I didn't really like any of the pictures I took with it. But maybe this lens requires more planning for the ultra wide effect than others? There's also the issue of it being in kinda rough shape. So then I've thought about a 50/60/150 kit. But it seems silly to have two lenses so close together in a three lens kit and it requires me to either keep the 50FLE (my most expensive acquisition) or my chrome 50 (my least sharp lens). So the brings me back to 60/150, and the Mamiya for 80/105.
Anyways I realize this is the ultimate first world camera problem. I guess I'm just mostly looking for input on what 1, 2 and 3 lens kits others have been happy with on their Hasselbladblads.