Lenses for C330S

Rob MacKillop · Dec 7, 2013

benjiboy said:
The Mamiya C TLRs were called in the U.K in the 1960's " the poor man's Hasselblad ".

Suits me to a T, unfortunately!

Sirius Glass · Dec 7, 2013

benjiboy said:
The Mamiya C TLRs were called in the U.K in the 1960's " the poor man's Hasselblad ".

Hence my upgrading to Hasselblads. The only downside was that I had to wait longer between buying additional lenses.

The waits were worth it.

Rob MacKillop · Dec 7, 2013

benjiboy said:
I'm mainly a portrait shooter, and I love the 135mm blue dot lens I have, I've taken some of the best mugshots of my life with it.

Good to know! Thanks.

Arcturus · Dec 9, 2013

I have the 80, 135, and the 250. All are great, I think the 135 is a Tessar and it's very sharp. The 250 is a nice lens, but it's a bit unwieldy. It looks almost bigger than the body, but it's great when you really need a long lens. This one was shot handheld with the 250mm.

Rob MacKillop · Dec 9, 2013

Very impressive shots there, Arcturus. And hand-held too. Of course, you had a professional model posing for you there. Very nice.

Arcturus · Dec 9, 2013

Rob MacKillop said:
Very impressive shots there, Arcturus. And hand-held too. Of course, you had a professional model posing for you there. Very nice.

Thanks! The 250mm is probably best used on a tripod but it's certainly possible to use it handheld.

benjiboy · Dec 9, 2013

I've never owned a 250mm lens pair because it makes the camera too front heavy which makes the camera too cumbersome for convenient hand holding and doesn't cock automatically when winding the film it has to be done manualy, so I bought the 180mm Super lens instead and found it more suitable for my purposes.

Christiaan Phleger · Dec 11, 2013

I have been shooting with a C330f for over 20 years, with 80, 55 and 135 and I give my hearty vote to the 135. Light for its class, sharp, great bokeh.

Rob MacKillop · Dec 11, 2013

Thanks, guys.

benjiboy · Dec 13, 2013

RidingWaves said:
I have been shooting with a C330f for over 20 years, with 80, 55 and 135 and I give my hearty vote to the 135. Light for its class, sharp, great bokeh.

+1, and it uses the same hood as the 80 mm.

Sirius Glass · Dec 13, 2013

benjiboy said:
+1, and it uses the same hood as the 80 mm.

And Hasselblad CF lenses almost all use the same size lenses. The lens hoods are the same diameter and attachment, however different focal length lenses require different hoods for the proper field of view.

From your post Mamiya products must be inferior because the 55mm lens and the 250mm lens use the same lens hood.

benjiboy · Dec 13, 2013

Sirius Glass said:
And Hasselblad CF lenses almost all use the same size lenses. The lens hoods are the same diameter and attachment, however different focal length lenses require different hoods for the proper field of view.

From your post Mamiya products must be inferior because the 55mm lens and the 250mm lens use the same lens hood.

Completely wrong, the 55 and 250mm lenses use completely different lens hoods.

Sirius Glass · Dec 13, 2013

benjiboy said:
Completely wrong, the 55 and 250mm lenses use completely different lens hoods.

Sorry but that is what you post had stated, correction implied.

benjiboy · Dec 14, 2013

Sirius Glass said:
Sorry but that is what you post had stated, correction implied.

I don't know where you got that idea Steve,the original post was discussing the 135mm lens pair and this is what I posted in response

"+1, and it uses the same hood as the 80 mm "

nowhere did I mention the 55mm or the 250mm lenses.

Lenses for C330S

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