Hasselblad 50mm F4 lens (Page 2): Series 8 filters could be dropped into the recess.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Bill P wrote:

The 50 is a superb lens, and generally at the wide end for the usual trio, 50-80-150. But honestly, the 250 is really really sharp, contrasty and overall good. Can't go wrong. But the 50's hood is often elusive.It uses series filters, don't remember which size.

Series 8 filters could be dropped into the recess.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Timmers wrote:

Series 8 filters could be dropped into the recess.

My 50mm lens hood is the same thread as 67mm on my Nikon lenses. My 'Blad Polar filter is marked on the rim..." Hasselblad/63 2x Pola-1. So, how confusing is that? A UV filter carries the details on the un-threaded rim "Hasselblad / 63 1x HZ -0".(could be the Series 8 size). The 'Blad 67 screw-in lens hood holds it in place.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Pablo8 wrote:

My 50mm lens hood is the same thread as 67mm on my Nikon lenses. My 'Blad Polar filter is marked on the rim..." Hasselblad/63 2x Pola-1. So, how confusing is that? A UV filter carries the details on the un-threaded rim "Hasselblad / 63 1x HZ -0".(could be the Series 8 size). The 'Blad 67 screw-in lens hood holds it in place.

I may be wrong, yet in the past I did look into the sizing for the series 8 and found a listing of 68mm. Further research with Kodak confirmed that series 8 had a designation of 68mm. Apparently the size 67mm and 68mm are so close with the size of the thread that the 67mm will screw into the 68 size and the 68mm will fit into the 67mm thread. I use to use a series 8 metal lens hood in the front of the 50 Distagon. I also used a circular 67mm lens hood for a Canon lens as well.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

My lens hood for the 50mm Distagon is marked as a 'Hasselblad' make. I'm not sure what the 63 size on the filters mounts refers to.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Alafoto wrote:

Especially the drop front which allows you to take some advantage of the Scheimpflug principle for depth of field.

Where does the 'Drop Front' come into operation with the 50mm Distagon on a Hasselblad 500c.? Unless you are refering to a Tilt-shift adapter. I never used one of those. I used the 5 x 4 cameras for those needs.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

As in the view camera you can move the optical center of the lens from its placement in the dead center. For many this has little application, but to the advanced practitioner, this is the real 'magic' of the adjustable movements in a view camera.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Alafoto wrote:

Especially the drop front which allows you to take some advantage of the Scheimpflug principle for depth of field.

Can you elaborate a little more on the "Drop-Front" remark, in respect of the Hasselblad 50mm f/4 Distagon lens, on a 500 c Hasselblad camera. After a number of years, it seems I have something new to learn about the lens.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

Pablo8 wrote:

Can you elaborate a little more on the "Drop-Front" remark, in respect of the Hasselblad 50mm f/4 Distagon lens, on a 500 c Hasselblad camera. After a number of years, it seems I have something new to learn about the lens.

That remark concerned the Rollei 66, not Hasselblad. Just another disrespectful hijacking.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

RWR wrote:

That remark concerned the Rollei 66, not Hasselblad. Just another disrespectful hijacking.

You should be aware that Hasselblad made an interface that went between the lens and 500 series bodies. This device allowed the lens to move in the manner of the Rollei SL66. Also, be aware that Carl Zeiss made the Rollei SL 66. All the lenses that were made for the Hasselblad were made for the Rollei SL66 camera. The Zeiss lenses where designed to have more coverage than 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 negatives, so displacing the lens was not an issue.

So, I do not see how this is disrespectful or a hijacking. When one asks about a Carl Zeiss lens that works on several different camera bodies then it is important to inform the person asking for information about more than the Hasselblad opportunities. The OP asked about the 50 Distagon f 4 lens, a product of Carl Zeiss not lenses for Hasselblad.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

Timmers wrote:

You should be aware that Hasselblad made an interf... (show quote)

It ought to be obvious from the title what this thread is about.
At the risk of further hijacking it, you should be aware that the SL66 was NOT made by Carl Zeiss, and about two dozen more lenses were made for the Hasselblad than were made for the Rollei.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

RWR wrote:

It ought to be obvious from the title what this thread is about.
At the risk of further hijacking it, you should be aware that the SL66 was NOT made by Carl Zeiss, and about two dozen more lenses were made for the Hasselblad than were made for the Rollei.

Technically the Rollei SL 66 was not 'manufactured' by the Carl Zeiss Co. it was manufactured by Rollei, that is an accurate and precise reading. To think that the Carl Zeiss Co. had nothing to do with the Rollei SL 66 is also a misrepresentation.

"Rollei cameras typically used Carl Zeiss or Schneider Kreuznach lenses, as well as lenses manufactured by Rollei based on designs by Zeiss, and occasionally lenses made by Japanese manufacturers."

Find the rather long convoluted history of the Rollei camera Co.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollei

To think that Carl Zeiss had 'nothing' to do with the Rollei camera design, then why is it that the standard 80mm Planar lens has a reversing mount on the front of the lens, to reverse that standard lens so it can be used to do close range photography and basic macro work. This just makes no sense as does the use of protected names for optics that are trade marks of the Carl Zeiss Co*, let alone the registered trade name Carl Zeiss.

*https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=zMGuXNyREoOotQWS0KuQDA&q=Rollei+SL+66+80mm+Planar+lens&btnK=Google+Search&oq=Rollei+SL+66+80mm+Planar+lens&gs_l=psy-ab.3...7814.39407..40839...0.0..0.165.2095.25j4......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0j0i131j0i10j0i22i10i30j0i22i30j0i13j0i13i30j0i8i13i30j33i160j33i22i29i30j33i22i10i29i30j33i10j33i299.7oQoXetL79w