Hasselblad Carl Zeiss Sonnar 5.6/250 Question

RalphLambrecht · Jun 22, 2007

I just bought above lens on eBay, and it looks like advertised. It is in perfect cosmetic shape, hardly any wear and the shutter is perfect too. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that, when I hold it tightly in my hand, and shake it lightly, I can feel and hear the front lens elements move.

I get the same from many of my Nikon lenses (zooms more than fixed-focal length), but not from any of my other Hasselblad lenses.

Do you have such a lens, and do you get the same thing?

Pinholemaster · Jun 22, 2007

I have a Hasselblad Carl Zeiss Sonnar 5,6/250 T.

Once I take the caps and hood off, when I shake the lens it is absolutely silent.

I hope my picture will now be in focus. Grin.

Sorry for your troubles. Sounds like something needs to be tightened.

DrPablo · Jun 22, 2007

I just rented one for a Red Sox game and the thing felt solid enough that I could have probably used it as a baseball bat. Never noticed any movement or instability.

You might ask David Odess to take a look.

RalphLambrecht · Jun 22, 2007

Thanks guys, that's what I thought.

I'll send it to Carl Zeiss for them to take a look at it.

David A. Goldfarb · Jun 22, 2007

I've occasionally noticed a loose front element on my 135/3.5 Planar for 4x5". It's just a matter of tightening the front ring, and it's fine, though I can't imagine it's good for the collimation of the lens.

John Koehrer · Jun 23, 2007

Front ring has loosened. Use a rubber grippy thing(Stopper) & tighten it.
It'll take you longer to find the stopper than to cure the problem.

bdial · Jun 23, 2007

The rubber grippy things are available from Micro Tools Dead Link Removed. They ship worldwide.

squillaellb · May 16, 2009

Could anyone point the way to an instruction manual that explains how to use the Hasselblad Sonnar 250mm lens. I've been searching on the net and it has been a big waste of time coming up with nothing but useless reviews, problems and of course the pesky adds. Searching only in the edu and org domains didn't help either

edtbjon · May 16, 2009

squillaellb said:
Could anyone point the way to an instruction manual that explains how to use the Hasselblad Sonnar 250mm lens. I've been searching on the net and it has been a big waste of time coming up with nothing but useless reviews, problems and of course the pesky adds. Searching only in the edu and org domains didn't help either

What I recon you need is a manual on how to use the lens on a H'blad 500 series camera. That is described in the camera manual for either the 500C or the 500C/M. (That depends on if you have a C-type lens or a CF lens.) Anyhow, the works can be found at: http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/.

Lycka till
Björn

Q.G. · May 16, 2009

Searching only in the edu and org domains didn't help either

http://www.hasselbladhistorical.org also works.

Sirius Glass · May 16, 2009

Q.G.,

You would not be aPlUGging your website, would you?

Siriusly, if you had not, I would have!

Steve

Q.G. · May 16, 2009

I just pointed out that the site is 'findable' in the .org domain too.

So please, plug ahead!

By the way, and not unimportant: as the "by"-lines show, it is not 'my' site.
Hasselblad Historical is a concerted effort of a group of people. Of that group, i am the one who does the 'putting up on the web' and acts as contact/postmaster.

Sirius Glass · May 17, 2009

Q.G. said:
I just pointed out that the site is 'findable' in the .org domain too.

So please, plug ahead!

By the way, and not unimportant: as the "by"-lines show, it is not 'my' site.
Hasselblad Historical is a concerted effort of a group of people. Of that group, i am the one who does the 'putting up on the web' and acts as contact/postmaster.

Q.G.,

Just jerking you around!

Steve

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