John,
Thanks for your input.
I understand where you are coming from. On the 35mm side I am a "strict" Nikonian and with only one or two exceptions (e.g. an old Vivitar zoom) do not use 3rd Party lenses on my Nikon gear.
But being new to the Hassey world - I just want to know for sure what the "universe" of compatible gear (if any) is. Helps with eBay etc. searches.
Again, thanks.
With Hasselblad - as was mentioned before - only wy to use other lenses would be to "hack" them on - you won't find purpose built like tyhwy way you can get a Tamron, Tokina or Sigma 3rd party. Thr difficulty being that the shutter assembly is in the lens (this is also the reason for the lower top shutter speed, BTW).
Hasselblad made a number of focal plane shutter based cameras that took barrell (w/o leaf shutter) lenses - 1000f adn 1600f, and I think a 2000f series. They had their own lenses, but also a line of Russian lenses are still being made that supposedly fits on one of those, but they won't work on your camera.
Hasselblad has been more or less compatible over the last 50 years - so if you can find lenses compatible with the 500 series cameras of a variety of ages, and prices (and of course degrees of use). The C series lenses are getting hard to find spare parts for so a CLA/repair on those is more expensive tham more modern lenses.
Hope that helps. I also picke dup a book called "The Hasselblad Compendium" - it was published in 97-99 sometime (forget) but details just about everything 500 series. Missing out on the very latest stuff, but has just about all the lenses and accesories made (Compendiums might have error in them, this included, but for the most part is is accurate).
