PLANAR 100mm f:/3.5 cf for Hasselblad Any good?

[ruilourosa]

i have an offer of this lens for a reasonable price, it´s not a radical add on to my set of lenses (80mm and 150) but is it a good lens?

 

[E76]

It is my understanding that the 100mm Planar is the best in the lineup. Razor sharp and free of any distortion. If I were you I would go for it.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Do it. Should be a fantastic lens!

 

[Q.G.]

i have an offer of this lens for a reasonable price, it´s not a radical add on to my set of lenses (80mm and 150) but is it a good lens?

It certainly is good.

But not a radical add on in terms of 'goodness' either.
The two you have are no slouches either. And though the 100 mm does use a bit of it, those two leave little room for improvement.

 

[AgentX]

I love a 60/100 lens combo on 6x6 myself...

 

[df cardwell]

PLANAR 100mm f:/3.5 cf for Hasselblad Any good?

It is perfect, or at least as perfect as can be made on THIS planet.

 

[BobD]

I prefer the bad Hasselblad lenses myself.

 

[Sirius Glass]

This lens is reputed to be the best Hasselblad lens ever made.

Steve

 

[Q.G.]

This lens is reputed to be the best Hasselblad lens ever made.

This lens is good. But don't build it up too much.

The 'standard' 80 mm Planar is often treated with some degree of disdain, because it is 'just' a generic standard lens.
But except at very long distances and with both lenses used wide open, it can easily keep up with the 100 mm Planar. At close range it will even be (marginally) better.

What remains also at close up is the 100 mm's extremely low distortion. Very handy for photogrammetry, but hands up: how many of us do that sort of photography?


A Zeiss/Hasselblad lens that shows really astounding lack of distortion is the 60 mm Biogon. Alas only available for the MK 70 photogrammetric camera (and for the thingy they used on the Moon).
In figures: not even as much as 0.002% of image height. That's 50x better than the 100 mm Planar.

 

[Sirius Glass]

This lens is good. But don't build it up too much.

That is why I used the word "reputed". The lens is good, but the difference compared to the 80mm lens is not as great as the way it is talked about.