Hasselblad CFE 250mm F/5.6 SuperAchromat shake

Scotthenrylabonte · Jun 15, 2022

There is no mount built into the lensdoes anyone who owns the lens have issues with camera shake with longer exposures

Sirius Glass · Jun 15, 2022

I do not have the 250mm SuperAchromat, just the regular 250mm lens and I do not have the lens shaking and I shot it hand held. Your lens may need a CLA.

Scotthenrylabonte · Jun 15, 2022

Do you have any sample pics?

Sirius Glass · Jun 16, 2022

Scotthenrylabonte said:
Do you have any sample pics?

Of what, photographs without lens movement. I have literly thousands of them. What would that show you that you have not already seen?

Scotthenrylabonte · Jun 16, 2022

Sirius Glass said:
Of what, photographs without lens movement. I have literly thousands of them. What would that show you that you have not already seen?

Just wanted to see some general long expo sample pictures, if you don’t feel like posting then don’t…

btaylor · Jun 16, 2022

Scotthenrylabonte said:
There is no mount built into the lensdoes anyone who owns the lens have issues with camera shake with longer exposures

I don’t know if I understand this question, but in general tripod mounts built into physically long lenses are for balance when mounted on a tripod. The 250mm Hasselblad lens is not all that long or heavy, so the engineers who designed it must have felt a tripod mount on the lens was unnecessary. Besides, is this not a leaf shuttered lens? Leaf shutters are inherently low vibration. But long exposures may benefit from mirror lock up prior to exposure.

Sirius Glass · Jun 16, 2022

btaylor said:
I don’t know if I understand this question, but in general tripod mounts built into physically long lenses are for balance when mounted on a tripod. The 250mm Hasselblad lens is not all that long or heavy, so the engineers who designed it must have felt a tripod mount on the lens was unnecessary. Besides, is this not a leaf shuttered lens? Leaf shutters are inherently low vibration. But long exposures may benefit from mirror lock up prior to exposure.

The 250mm lens is easily used without a tripod. The 500mm lens must be used on a tripod or set on a firm location. It cannot be hand held. I have not handled the 350mm lens so I have not opinion on how to handle it, but it does have a tripod mount.

Edgy01 · Aug 12, 2023

I tripod my 503CW with the 250 SA lens. For all the trouble hauling gear into the field why take a chance on shaking? What’s more trouble taking along a nice CF tripod?

Slixtiesix · Aug 12, 2023

The 250mm lens does not need a separate tripod mount as it is not that heavy. However, if the question was meant as to whether this focal length should be used with a tripod, the answer is yes. I also did shots with a 250mm Sonnar hand held and it is possible, but using a tripod will give more consistent results.

Sirius Glass · Aug 12, 2023

Slixtiesix said:
The 250mm lens does not need a separate tripod mount as it is not that heavy. However, if the question was meant as to whether this focal length should be used with a tripod, the answer is yes. I also did shots with a 250mm Sonnar hand held and it is possible, but using a tripod will give more consistent results.

The 250mm lens does not need a tripod with film speeds of ISO 400, slow speeds will require a tripod. Since I use ISO 400 films most of the time, I shoot the 250mm hand held.

Slixtiesix · Aug 13, 2023

Yes, as I said, it is possible. Fast film speed certainly helps.

GLS · Aug 13, 2023

Scotthenrylabonte said:
There is no mount built into the lensdoes anyone who owns the lens have issues with camera shake with longer exposures

The lack of a tripod foot is not an issue. I've shot my 250 SA at 1/2 of a second without a trace of shake in the image. Just be sure to have a sturdy tripod/head combo and use mirror lock up + cable release.

The lens really demands use of a tripod to achieve its potential.

pkupcik · Sep 11, 2023

I have mostly used Gitzo 3 series systemic tripod with 250SA without problems; one time on a travel trip I used Gitzo 1 series small travel tripod and ended up with a lot of frames with obvious camera shake, especially when combined with 2x Mutar, but also without it. To this day I don't know if it was the 1 series tripod or the environment (city streets with heavy car traffic around) or the combination. I told myself to run some controlled tests and just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Hasselblad CFE 250mm F/5.6 SuperAchromat shake

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