I find that when I have the 80mm and 100mm lenses with me, which is often, I consider which to use often and most of the time I am not thinking about focal length but what each lens can bring to the composition.
Is The Hasselblad 100mm f/3.5 Worth Owning?
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I use a Rolleiflex SL66 and I have the Rollei versions of most of the older Zeiss lenses available for Hasselblad. There was never, as far as I know, a 100mm lens in the SL66 lineup. I use the 120mm and I'm reasonably happy with that, but 100mm would be my dream focal length.
(There was a wide aperture 110mm lens, I think. The last one I saw for sale was $18,000, but I didn't buy it)
(There was a wide aperture 110mm lens, I think. The last one I saw for sale was $18,000, but I didn't buy it)
Are you thinking of the 110mm ƒ/2 Planar lens for the Hasselblad 2000 and 200 focal plane cameras? Did someone adapt it for SL66?
Yes, Zeiss/Rollei did make a SL66 version. I suppose the SL66 versions of those Zeiss lenses were easy to make since they don't have shutters, like the focal plane Hasselblads. In fact, I was tempted to go with the focal plane Hasselblad so I could use the f/2 lens, but the feeling passed.
Well I finally got the lens after a brief delay-of-game to have the guy who did the CLA do a small bit of rework on a patch of oil left on the aperture blades. Apparently, someone had worked on it before he got to it and way over lubricated it. He just missed a bit of the overflow
No cost to me and all is well.The first set of negatives are hung and drying and look absolutely .... like Hasselblad: Sharp and contrasty.
Hopefully I will soon have scans of prints to share here.
Shoutouts to:
marcmiller29 - Great eBay seller, very knowledgeable, and super honest A+++ - lots of Hassy from what I can see.
Barn Owl Cameras - I believe they took over David Oddess' repair business. Barn Owl did the CLA on this lens as well as that slight bit of rework. Great turnaround time and very high quality work. I checked shutter speeds and they were all within 0.1-0.2 stops.
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100mm f/3.5 Planar CF T* maiden voyage.
It's a bit hard to tell because I was hand holding, but this lens seems to do better at distance than closer in. It also does not focus as closely as the 80mm f/2.8 Planar CF T*.
Tri-X @ ASA 400, Pyrocat-HDC 1.5:1:250, EMA developed for 60 min. Scans of silver prints:
It's a bit hard to tell because I was hand holding, but this lens seems to do better at distance than closer in. It also does not focus as closely as the 80mm f/2.8 Planar CF T*.
Tri-X @ ASA 400, Pyrocat-HDC 1.5:1:250, EMA developed for 60 min. Scans of silver prints:
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These subjects will not be offended that the lens shows every detail and imperfections.
Looks great! The lens is a keeper.
Yeah, I think so too. It's just that now my 'Blad bag is REALLY heavy. Oh well, they say old people should lift weights so ...
Past rule-of-thumb about FL difference to make it 'worth while to own' was 1.2x
A different measure of 'worth while' is what FL pleases YOU to use. Employing (FL/ frame height) as the measure (to negate differences of frame aspect ratio) 100mm FL/ 56mm frame height means that its vertical frame is similar to using 45mm / 24mm on 135 format frame camera, which many photojournalists preferred to use as their 'normal' lens (in lieu of 50-55mm 'normal' that became popularized on 135 format SLRs in order to easily clear the reflex mirror).
A different measure of 'worth while' is what FL pleases YOU to use. Employing (FL/ frame height) as the measure (to negate differences of frame aspect ratio) 100mm FL/ 56mm frame height means that its vertical frame is similar to using 45mm / 24mm on 135 format frame camera, which many photojournalists preferred to use as their 'normal' lens (in lieu of 50-55mm 'normal' that became popularized on 135 format SLRs in order to easily clear the reflex mirror).
I prefer a factor of 2 instead, however that is set aside to allow for having the 100mm lens. But then again I almost never use the 150mm lens so it balances out.
For people/journalistic purposes, I think the 80mm or 60mm suits me better. But I think this 100mm is going to be my landscape/building goto. More testing needed, but that seems to be it's happy place.
I have a 50, 60, 80, 120, 180, and two 250’s(one each with and without shutter). Yeah, the bag is heavy but every time I think about parting with one, I second guess it and decide to keep.
Re: weight, I almost never carry more than two at a time so that works fine.
Re: weight, I almost never carry more than two at a time so that works fine.
I will typically carry the 50, 80, 100 and SWC unless I have a reason to use another lens such as the 30mm Fisheye, 250mm or 500mm. The 150mm never gets out much any more; I do not usually take portraits.
Ones I always carry: 60mm, 120mm
Ones I sometimes carry: 40mm, 80mm, and now the 100mm
Ones I rarely carry: 180mm, 250mm
Well that's not actually true. I always carry all the above in the bag designated for Hasselblad bodies, lenses, backs, filters, and miscellanea . But if I am going wander about, I select from that bag once on location, with lenses going into pockets or a smaller secondary bag.
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