rsolti13 wrote:
Another place on my list I want to go, great shots! The 28P is so perfect for the xpan crop
The Tetons are a wonderful place to visit any time of the year. I have been in winter spring, and summer. Next year I will plan a visit in fall, as I want to get some of the color.
As for the 28mm P and Hassy X2D, I am learning how to see with this lens. I really like how it works as an ultra-wide, but I've also discovered that I must apply the LR Lens Profile to get an evenly illuminated image. This was made evident by shooting a snowy scene.
I'm not willing to buy the more expensive lenses, but I'm pretty sure that these are better corrected across the field. I've recently ordered the 75mm f3.4P, and will essentially use this pairing for medium format landscapes. At the time of purchase, I almost bought the 35-70, and while I would have loved that range, the price of $3300 put me off. Since I mostly use Nikon gear and dabble with Leica, there is only so much that I'm willing to invest in the Hasselblad kit.
OwlsEyes wrote:
The Tetons are a wonderful place to visit any time of the year. I have been in winter spring, and summer. Next year I will plan a visit in fall, as I want to get some of the color.
As for the 28mm P and Hassy X2D, I am learning how to see with this lens. I really like how it works as an ultra-wide, but I've also discovered that I must apply the LR Lens Profile to get an evenly illuminated image. This was made evident by shooting a snowy scene.
I'm not willing to buy the more expensive lenses, but I'm pretty sure that these are better corrected across the field. I've recently ordered the 75mm f3.4P, and will essentially use this pairing for medium format landscapes. At the time of purchase, I almost bought the 35-70, and while I would have loved that range, the price of $3300 put me off. Since I mostly use Nikon gear and dabble with Leica, there is only so much that I'm willing to invest in the Hasselblad kit.
Compared to Sony / Nikon / Leica, the Hasselblad community is so much smaller and it’s hard to find good reviews/comparisons on Hasselblad lenses. I would love to see a proper review and comparison of the 25V and the 28P (throw the 20-35 in there, too), but just can’t find anything other than a single YouTube video…which could always be sample selection. My only wide lens as of now is the 28P. As you say, needs a lot of corrections in post to fix, but it’s quite actually a great lens, especially for the price. I wish it was as good as the Leica 21 SEM I used to have, but I’d much rather shoot this length on the Hasselblad than the Leica so 28P it is at the moment
28P is very nice lens, but it vignettes heavily. I don't mind, I actually like that as an effect.
Well yeah, snow in bright light or clear blue sky could seem unnatural with this lens, but that is mostly correctable in post.
I finally took the plunge, and dived into Hasselblad V system. As you already know, I have the 907x with CFV 100C back, which I'm very happy with, but because 100C CAN be mounted to V system film bodies, I just had to test this out myself. I got checked, cleaned, lubricated and adjusted 500C body with a serial number indicating it has been manufactured in 1965. 50mm Distagon f4 and 150mm Sonnar f4 were relatively inexpensive to couple with the body. I got the 'original' waist level finder with standard focusing screen. I might replace it with Acute Matte D later. No film backs included while I'm not planning to shoot any film with it.
Such a fun system to shoot. I love the winding crank. Viewfinder is big but it is surprisingly hard to compose (horizontally mirrored image), my brain fails in braining which direction I should pan or tilt Achieving proper focus and keeping the camera dead still is even harder.
Anyways, here's one of the first images I took with the system. My dear boy trying to take a nap but I keep clanking the mirror...
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CFV100C + 500C, Carl Zeiss 50mm Distagon f4 @ f5.6, ISO3200, +3EV in post.
Achieving proper focus and keeping the camera dead still is even harder.
