Re: How Will You Use the Hasselblad XCD 35-100mm f/2.8-4 E Lens?
flash wrote:
I usually carry two bodies. So I could have just one and this lens for 75% of my travel needs. This zoom covers pretty much everything I used on my last India trip. On that trip I took the X2D and 4 primes but I also packed a GFX just for the standard zoom. This lens will mean no more GFX. I'd likely have the 20-35 in a hip pack. I'll also get the 100-200 when it arrives. Then I'll have my Q3-43 and Q3-28 as a compact if I don't want to carry the blad. I'd likely pack a 28, 55 and 90 for specialist use.
I don't have any HB trips planned (the next two are both wildlife) but if the HB longer zoom hasn't arrived I can just pack the two zooms and a GFX100sii and 100-200.
For trips where I need a long lens I'll take a pair of A1ii's, and an A7CR as the compact with a couple of Sigmas primes.
I decided to relieve myself of the GFX 100 some time ago before I even realized the new X2DII was on the horizon. I will use the long CF 180/350/500 or 250SA and 350SA on my X2DII when long landscape lenses wanted which seem to be more than less these days, which is of course destination dependent. If I put them on a 503CW with the 907X/100C as the DB then I avoid ES and can still get that classic feel to my shots which is why I still hold on to my older Hasselblad lenses in the first place. The CFE180 shines as my favorite, but longer than that the nod goes to the Superachromatics and even the SA350 with APO 1.4X.
I kept my GFX 50SII with 35-70 as I find it has an older and non- digital feel to the files. I guess I prefer larger pixels (5.3 versus the current 3.76) plus it is pre-BSI which my eye seems to produce a softer but sharp image. I know 3.76 is common these days no matter the camera it seems, but I still like a different look.
I also mainly carry 2 sensors of the same in whatever I am doing except if using SL cameras, then it is the SL3 and SL3S as a pair. As for Hasselblad it is now both 100C camera and 100C DB.
Re: How Will You Use the Hasselblad XCD 35-100mm f/2.8-4 E Lens?
flash wrote:
I usually carry two bodies. So I could have just one and this lens for 75% of my travel needs. This zoom covers pretty much everything I used on my last India trip. On that trip I took the X2D and 4 primes but I also packed a GFX just for the standard zoom. This lens will mean no more GFX. I'd likely have the 20-35 in a hip pack. I'll also get the 100-200 when it arrives. Then I'll have my Q3-43 and Q3-28 as a compact if I don't want to carry the blad. I'd likely pack a 28, 55 and 90 for specialist use.
I don't have any HB trips planned (the next two are both wildlife) but if the HB longer zoom hasn't arrived I can just pack the two zooms and a GFX100sii and 100-200.
For trips where I need a long lens I'll take a pair of A1ii's, and an A7CR as the compact with a couple of Sigmas primes.
I decided to relieve myself of the GFX 100 some time ago before I even realized the new X2DII was on the horizon. I will use the long CF 180/350/500 or 250SA and 350SA on my X2DII when long landscape lenses wanted which seem to be more than less these days, which is of course destination dependent. If I put them on a 503CW with the 907X/100C as the DB then I avoid ES and can still get that classic feel to my shots which is why I still hold on to my older Hasselblad lenses in the first place. The CFE180 shines as my favorite, but longer than that the nod goes to the Superachromatics and even the SA350 with APO 14.X.
I kept my GFX 50SII with 35-70 as I find it has an older and non- digital feel to the files. I guess I prefer larger pixels (5.3 versus the current 3.76) plus it is pre-BSI which my eye seems to produce a softer but sharp image. I know 3.76 is common these days no matter the camera it seems, but I still like a different look.
I also mainly carry 2 sensors of the same in whatever I am doing except if using SL cameras, then it is the SL3 and SL3S as a pair. As for Hasselblad it is now both 100C camera and 100C DB.
Aug 31, 2025 at 04:11 PM
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