I am going to buy a Hasselblad and have questions between 120 and 80mm...

supermarvin76 said:

I now have the following in my cart at KEH:

- excellent condition chrome body with finder and rapid winder

- bargain 80mm CF T*

- bargain A12 back

- bargain 150mm C Chrome. I would love the vocal length and it's $144. I don't know though.... Tell me more.


OR should I just split the difference and get a 120mm CF T*? Instead of both those?

OR OR just the 80mm and a good focusing screen? Suggestions?


And with all that I've pretty much stretched my budget to the limit.


Sorry to ramble...

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Sirius Glass said:

Get the 80mm for now. It is a great all around lens. See my earlier post about the chrome lens which by the way may not be multicoated [If so flare could be a problem if the light source is near the subject.],

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Richard Sintchak (rich815) said:

Nice. Great system. Great lens. Is supermarvin your real name?

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frank said:

Read post 24. It's done.

My Hasselblad journey began with a 500cm, and an 80. Not being able to afford a 150 for portraits at that time, I bought a 2x doubler. I would have suggested that. Here's a result.

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supermarvin76 said:

Brian

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supermarvin76 said:

I am selling my GoPro and a Canon lens and going to grab a used 500 c/m from probably KEH. So stoked!

Money is certainly a factor and my question is if I want the 80mm or 120mm. With my Canon 5D I enjoy shooting the 85mm.

I am thinking of getting either the 80mm CF T* and 150 C or just split the difference and get a 120 CF T* (not the macro)? I'll be shooting maybe 60-75% portraits and the rest whatever. I am worried the 80mm may be too wide for me.

I appreciate any thoughts or tips!

Thanks!

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