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250mm telephoto lens

I'm going to chime in here a little -
I experienced first hand your dilemma, as did a good friend who asked for my advice.
I think the 250 is a wonderful lens (not to mention I own one), but that said, I would give serious consideration to a later model 350/5.6 lens WITH built-in tripod collar. Under no circumstances would I recommend an older 350 WITHOUT a tripod collar. I can guarantee that many of your images will suffer from lens shake, unless you shoot wide open with faster shutter speeds.
The 350 will yield more pronounced image compression than the 250. However, it would not be suitable for most studio work as its minimum focusing is not very close, and the facial compression would be too much. Even the 250 is difficult to work with in the studio.

As another alternative, you could consider the 180 as a studio lens, and a 250 or 350 for outdoor work.
Michael H. Cothran
 
Hi Terry,

I am glad we immediately made you a member of the FUC.
This is a wonderful lens and in such beautiful condition.
You certainly are a worthy member of our club.

Jürgen forgot to mention that it takes patience and luck to find these gems.
Sometimes a bit of cash helps to get or make what you can not find.


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1000F rebuilt. Photo by Jürgen Loob, owner of this beauty.

This camera was rather nice the way it arrived with Jürgen.
He wanted this 1000F fully serviced.
Being Jürgens camera my technician decided to replace most external fittings with new or near mint parts.
Of course that had some influence on the total amount of the service job.
The result is one of the best original 1000F cameras around.

Coming from horrible Russian contraptions, by some optimistically even called cameras, it is a relieve for my friend who performed this service to work on Hasselblad cameras.
Once soughted out by him they perform with about the same reliability as later 500 series bodies.
My 1600F and 1000F cameras have yet to fail on me. KOW!


Paul
 

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Hello Michael,


Handheld the 350 C lens is literally quite a handful that can only be mastered by fast films and short shutter speeds.
The later CF handles better and has indeed the mounting for a tripod.
Nevertheless a 350 C can be used hand held but it takes a lot of strength and mass to be successful.

For me the 250 is still a lens that should be considered for portraits although it needs some room to operate with a MOD of 2,5 m.


Paul
 
Paul,
I have no argument with your assessment, other than the fact that the original poster seemed to be concerned with the amount of compression he could get from a longer lens. If this is considered, I felt, and still feel, that the 350 would be a better choice - especially coupling it with an already-owned 150 or 180 lens. On the downside, the cost of the 350 increases significantly over the going price of a 250.
 
You are right Michael.
The thing is I like to take one step at the time.
Going from a 150 to a 350 is quite a step forward.

I do remember selling a 350 to a guy who wanted more telephoto effect.
He sort of decided to buy a 250 untill I gave him a 350 to try.
He made up his mind in less than a minute to take the 350.
He uses that lens almost exclusively handheld!
 
Jurgen, your image of the camera and 250mm is superb. I love the way you get the light reflection beneath the camera/lens! Great lighting! :)

Paul, I smiled when I saw your salutation "KOW". I have not heard that here in Aus since I was a teenager! "Knock on wood"! :)
 
: -)

I love this forum. So many beautiful examples of the V cameras through the years.

I feel like such a newbie with all my relatively current stuff ... LOL!
 
Hello Marc,

We do not only cater for the old.
The forum also tries to keep up with new developments like the 35-90 mm zoom lens for the H series.

We have to thank you for a lot of contributions with not just the technical approach but also a very sound business analysis of equipment matters.

Nice to know you also care for the stuff that helped built Hasselblads reputation. :z02_respekt:

Paul
 
simonpg said:
Jurgen, your image of the camera and 250mm is superb. I love the way you get the light reflection beneath the camera/lens! Great lighting! :)

Paul, I smiled when I saw your salutation "KOW". I have not heard that here in Aus since I was a teenager! "Knock on wood"! :)
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Thank you Simon for your compliments .

But Simon , I will not tell anybody , how I set up the camera (object) for the shooting.
It is not top secrect at all , but so simple , that you and the other guys might laugh about me . And I could not stand that .:z04_photos:

Jürgen
 
Hello Jürgen,

I just started laughing and I guess it will take at least another 6 hours for me to stop doing that.
Sorry, just can't help it.

BTW the 250 Superachromat just returned from the worksop.
Now the lens gives that solid CZ feeling in all functions.
Helicoid and shutter feel like a warm knive cutting through butter.

Time to make a family portrait in 8 hours.

Paul
 
I owned two 250mm lenses for my Hassy V-system, Sonnar 5.6/250 T* and Sonnar 5.6/250 Superchromat. Although Sonnar 5.6/250 T* is already a very good lens, however, residual chromatic aberration can still visible which lack the extreme detail as provided by the superchromat. In fact, because of the need of making four spectral lines to meet, the superchromat is the only CF lens that cannot use T* coating.

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Pictures taken by both 250mm lenses with same exposure on a 205TCC and CFV back.

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Thanks for these images.
It seems you have done your homework quite well.

The superachromat can not use T* coating in fact it does not need it because it is superior to the Sonnar design in many aspects amongst which colour rendering.
 
:z04_sabber::z04_sabber::z04_sabber::z04_sabber::z04_sabber:
I put the TTP or another SA lens on my list of wishes .
It is on second place . First place is still a vintage SWA in absolute top condidition . Any offers ? ? ?
 
Sorry Wilko,

That is plain cruel!



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Shoebox SWA, damaged in transport.
Much to Jürgens regret.
He found this one after a one year hunt.
 

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The seller pointed at the shipping company.
GLS just laughed at this claim, they were right of course.
Unsuitable packing of a vulnerable camera is the cause for this transport damage.

Stupidity seldom comes alone.
It took a couple of bright letters from the buyers lawyer and probably a session with a lawyer at his end to convince the seller he had better refund all expenses including the lawyers bill from the buyer.
Would you believe this seller owns a camera shop?

There is simply no end to the stupidity of certain members of the human race.
 
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