Hasselblad: 60 or 80 as "standard" lens

FujiLove said:

(I hesitate slightly in posting this, as the guy seems to get a lot of stick, especially regarding the way he chooses to expose his images, but anyway...)

http://www.johnnypatience.com/

According to his blog, he only shoots an 80mm on his Hasselblad, and always at f2.8. He doesn't seem to have any problems creating lovely photographs. And yes, you read that right: he only shoots his lenses wide open

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KeithM said:

Interesting thread as I took delivery late last week of my first Hasselblad - a 1969 500C + 80mm Planar f2.8. Putting my second test roll (Tri-X) through it on Wed, I was curious about its wide-open performance. A quite smooth and easy on the eye result, but not something I would particularly make a habit of...

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Eric Rose said:

Your not missing anything. My standard on 6x6 is 50mm. If I had a 60mm I would probably use it instead. On my old Blad system I had 50, 80 and 150 which covered everything I needed. That and some closeup rings and a 2X teleconverter. Very compact kit and weighted less than my 35mm kit.

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