Hasselblad CFI f/4 50mm

Review Date
August 12, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
6-10 years

Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5, 3 votes

Reviewed by
Sean , Casual

Price Paid
$1850.00 at Hong Kong

Summary
Better than non FLE CF ver.

Strengths
the focus ring compare to CF ver. is a bit more smooth

Weaknesses
plastle.......

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Review Date
February 27, 2002

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
young_bobo , Intermediate , from San Jose

Price Paid
$2000.00 at ebay

Photography Experience
11-20 years , People

Summary
great lens, great contrast, sharp and great color. there are some minor complains, but over all very satisfied. FLE is easy to use, probablly works, but I can not really pin point the differences between FLE and non FLE. minor complains: 1. about B70 filter thing. I purchased a B70 UV and 70-60 adapter for other B60 filters. for some reason, the adapter is very hard to take off sometime. 2. When I first turn the focus ring, it was not very smooth. Fortunately, after a few rolls of films, the roughness is not there anymore.

Strengths
image quality. this is the most important part

Weaknesses
filter adapter issue above.

Similar Products Used
80 CFi, 150 CFi

Customer Service
N/A. I did call them once to seek some info. They sounds very friendly

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Review Date
March 21, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by
Rob Miller , Professional , from New York

Price Paid
$2800.00

Photography Experience
21+ years , People

Summary
This is the perfect wide-angle lens for shooting people because it is incredibly distortion free. The colors and contrast produced with this lens are superb. And it is extremely sharp. There isn't a medium format lens in its class that comes close. This is one of the best wide-angle lenses ever produced for photography.

Strengths
*Completely distortion-free
*No flare
*Extremely high contrast
*Very sharp

Weaknesses
None

Similar Products Used
Hasselblad 40mm, Contax 45mm for 645,

Customer Service
Great!

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Review Date
June 8, 2000

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Reviewed by
dan n , from torrance, california us

Photography Experience
6-10 years , Fine Art

Summary
This lens is perfect, very sharp. I have the tendency to use it more than my 80mm. I don't think that any other brand will even come close to Zeiss.
Value is right if not for the filters set mentionned above.

Strengths
Very, very sharp. Can be used as all-round wide without annoying distortions. The Zeiss name says it all...

Weaknesses
This lens is a 50mm CFi/FLE with 70mm bay. Hasselblad discontinued the previous version of the 50mm using 60mm bay. since this a wide angle I have to buy all the filters for it. It won't share the 60mm bay filters with my 80mm. That make the price of the lens higher than it should.

Similar Products Used
Hasselblad line of products, Pentax 6x4.5 line of products, Sinar, Contax.

Customer Service
none.

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