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

Sirius Glass

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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

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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.
 

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