Is The Hasselblad 100mm f/3.5 Worth Owning?

[chuckroast]

I own the Hassy 40, 60, 80, 120, 180, and 250 lenses, all CF or CFi , for use on my V bodies - the 60mm being my most used lens.

Everyone raves about the 100mm f/3.5. So my question is this: Will it be different enough than the lenses above to justify the expense? I don't want something that just going to be a longer 80mm or a shorter 120mm. I only want it if it is somehow provides distinctive results.

Thoughts?

 

[Sirius Glass]

I own the Hassy 40, 60, 80, 120, 180, and 250 lenses, all CF or CFi , for use on my V bodies - the 60mm being my most used lens.

Everyone raves about the 100mm f/3.5. So my question is this: Will it be different enough than the lenses above to justify the expense? I don't want something that just going to be a longer 80mm or a shorter 120mm. I only want it if it is somehow provides distinctive results.

Thoughts?

Depending on the price yes. I have 30mm Fisheye C, 38mm Hasselblad 903 SWC, 50mm CF, 80mm CF, 100mm CF, 150mm CF, 250mm CF, 500mm C and the 2XE. The 100mm is a little longer than the 80mm but much sharper. Sometimes I find the 100mm for some compositions. If you can try one in a store or rental shop to help answer you questions.

 

[Arthurwg]

I didn't think so, so I sold mine. Now I want it back!

 

[Sirius Glass]

The reason I have the 30mm Fisheye C 500mm C lenses is that they were offered a price I could not walk away from. Otherwise I would have bought the CF versions.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I own the Hassy 40, 60, 80, 120, 180, and 250 lenses, all CF or CFi , for use on my V bodies - the 60mm being my most used lens.

Everyone raves about the 100mm f/3.5. So my question is this: Will it be different enough than the lenses above to justify the expense? I don't want something that just going to be a longer 80mm or a shorter 120mm. I only want it if it is somehow provides distinctive results.

Thoughts?

every Hasselblad lens is worth owning! How come you don't have the 50mm?

 

[chuckroast]

every Hasselblad lens is worth owning! How come you don't have the 50mm?

Maaaaaaam, make Ralph stop teasing me....

 

[Sirius Glass]

every Hasselblad lens is worth owning! How come you don't have the 50mm?

Maaaaaaam, make Ralph stop teasing me....

I found the 60mm lens was too close to the 80mm lens, so I bought the 50mm lens and have been happy with it ever since. It is one of most used Hasselblad lenses.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Maaaaaaam, make Ralph stop teasing me....

This is a website dedicated to GAS. You may be visiting the wrong websites.

 

[loccdor]

If the only consideration here was focal length, not things like max aperture, resolution, size, etc, from your list I'd only own:

40, 80, 180

In fact, that's just about what I ended up settling on for a different medium format kit, discarding the intermediates.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I found the 60mm lens was too close to the 80mm lens, so I bought the 50mm lens and have been happy with it ever since. It is one of most used Hasselblad lenses.

there is a reason the 50, 80, 150 combination was called the holy trinity: a very versatile choice!

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Maaaaaaam, make Ralph stop teasing me....

Considering that you have the 40 and the 60, there is little reason for you to get the 50, but it is a beautiful and standard wide-angle for the Hasselblad V system.

 

[chuckroast]

This is a website dedicated to GAS. You may be visiting the wrong websites.

I know. I just bought that 100mm. <Hanging head down>

 

[Don_ih]

I just bought that 100mm

Gee, that only took 3 hours.

 

[chuckroast]

Gee, that only took 3 hours.

What can I say? I'm weak. Also, I can return it. So ...

(In fairness, I have been pondering this for several months. It was not an impulse buy and I got a just CLAed CF edition at a quite reasonable price.)

 

[Don_ih]

Well, nothing wrong with wanting a complete set.

I have SWC and a 500C with 50, 80, 150, and 250. I doubt I'll get more. Well, maybe that macro planar...

 

[chuckroast]

Well, nothing wrong with wanting a complete set.

I have SWC and a 500C with 50, 80, 150, and 250. I doubt I'll get more. Well, maybe that macro planar...

I don't like to buy glass to just to own it. So I try to make use of these lenses in some annual rotation.

The 120mm Makro-Planar is my next fav lens after the 60mm. It is excruciatingly sharp and let's you get right up on a subject. Here's a scan of print I am 99% sure I shot with that lens:

https://www.tundraware.com/Photogra.../large/20230811-1-12-Symphony_In_Mud_Flat.jpg

 

[Sirius Glass]

there is a reason the 50, 80, 150 combination was called the holy trinity: a very versatile choice!

I prefer the 50, 80 and 250. My 150 is my least use lens.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I know. I just bought that 100mm. <Hanging head down>

Gee, that only took 3 hours.

You may have qualified for a record or at least close to one.

 

[chuckroast]

You may have qualified for a record or at least close to one.

Naw, I've actually thinking about this for months. Photrio was my last stop in this particular descent. I was kind of hoping for, "You're wasting your money."

 

[Sirius Glass]

Naw, I've actually thinking about this for months. Photrio was my last stop in this particular descent. I was kind of hoping for, "You're wasting your money."

Almost no one here would say that.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I know. I just bought that 100mm. <Hanging head down>

Congrats!

 

[Don_ih]

The 120mm Makro-Planar is my next fav lens after the 60mm. It is excruciatingly sharp and let's you get right up on a subject.

I like close ups, so I may eventually get one.

 

[JerseyDoug]

A number of years ago I was talking with Gil Ghitelman about buying a 150 Sonnar to go with my 80 Planar. He suggested buying a 120 Makro-Planar instead as being more versatile, and only adding a 150 (or longer) lens if I found I really needed more reach. Years later I still haven't added a longer lens. I did add a 50 Distagon, but at least three quarters of my shots are taken with the 120.

 

[dokko]

In terms of resolution, the 80mm and 100mm are quite similar in the center.
The 100mm is way ahead in term of corner resolution and distortion though.

The 120mm is not a terribly high resolution lens, but it has lovely rendering and focuses much closer.

For me the difference between 80mm and 100mm in terms of field of view/perspective is quite significant (same with 50mm vs 60mm etc), so I find it very useful (although costly) to own lenses with similar focal length.

 

[NortheastPhotographic]

My ideal Hassy combo would be the 100/3.5 and the excellent 60/3.5. The 80mm is good but I was never blown away by it.