Hasselblad : 500C/M, 501, 503 or 202FA ? For a newbie ?

[Sirius Glass]

Gee, and I shot a Blad for over 10 years with only the 80 mm lens! What's wrong with me? When I got the 150 Sonnar, I hated it and got rid of it. Then I bought the 50 Distagon, and hated that one also. Replaced those two with the 60 Distagon and the 135 S-Planar with the vario extension tube. Also bought a 250 SA which I recently sold; don't think I ever shot it. Also have the 100 Planar which I don't think I've used either now that I think of it. Used the 80 Planar for 95 % of my shots! The rest were done with the SWC/M!

When I bought the Hasselblad the only lens available in the store was the 250mm which I bought. Shortly after that I got the 80mm lens. The 80mm is by far my most used lens. Next is the 50mm closely followed by the 250mm lens. The 150mm lens barely gets used, but then again I do not generally take portraits. So in order of usage 80mm, 50mm, 250mm, 38mm [SWC] and then the 150mm. I just got the 500mm lens and it remains to be seen how much I will use that.

 

[Alan Gales]

When I had a Blad I only had the 80mm. If I would have kept it I would have added the 150mm. I do shoot portraits.

A 100mm/180mm combination would be intriguing.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yes, for what you were doing that was the right set of lenses.