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Well, the question still stands. According to Hasselblad official datasheetes, a proper 30mm should crush, optically, a 28mm. On a 100MP properly executed shot. I would really love to se a serious side by side with that.I no longer have the lens, my XCD 30 images are from Banff, and it's a long drive to do the comparisons.They are exceedingly sharp, but then so are the 21, 45, and 90 images.
For me it is hard not to want it at 100MP and above. Understanding the price point and design of the 28P, I give it a bit of a pass because I rarely need that wide and it takes up little room and weight in the bag.
Always happy to see Soup here. And ironically, the sharpest part of this image (perhaps the only part of the image that's close to being sharp) is in the corner.
My workflow with close-up images with the 28P is 1) manually set focus 2) move the camera, watching the focus peaking lights 3) shoot when the in-focus band looks correct. It's focusing with the feet.Always happy to see Soup here. And ironically, the sharpest part of this image (perhaps the only part of the image that's close to being sharp) is in the corner.
John
If Leica is selling "very bad old lens designs...as soulful lenses", I assume those buying them find them very good lenses for creating their own soulful images.
The XCD 28P is not a bad lens. Of course, it's always possible to get a bad copy of a lens. For instance, if a retainer for a lens element becomes loose after it's passed inspection and been shipped; you could find an element is out of alignment when you start using it. If new, it could be exchanged or sent it in for a warranty adjustment to bring it back into spec.
Not me... I've never had any lens insult or mock me and I try to return that thoughtfulness in kind. If mocking were to occur, I would prefer the mockers to be mocked. It's better to have balanced mockery, if you have to have any at all.but until then, let's mock it a bit!!!
... this is a mystifying advertisement - fact is, they are poorly constructed lenses, which were sold badly and are therefore rare!
... you are right - it is really cheap.
... I think this lens is more sad than considerate after all - it would rather be much better than it became!!!
I have no idea what any of that means or what it's based on, but I wish you all the best.... this is a mystifying advertisement - fact is, they are poorly constructed lenses, which were sold badly and are therefore rare!
... you are right - it is really cheap.
and if they want to become like leica, they have to become more expensive even with the cheap lenses!!!
... I think this lens is more sad than considerate after all - it would rather be much better than it became!!!
TechTalk and lookbook are not compatible!
I don't have images for you, but since you mentioned the lens data sheets and an "f8 sharpness test"; here are the MTF charts at f/8 from lenses with which many here are already familiar. It's helpful that at least Hasselblad, Leica, Rodenstock, and Zeiss produce useful lens data sheets and make them publicly available. Here are the data sheets (or pages with links to them) for the XCD 28P, XCD 30, HCD 28, Elmarit-S 30, and HR Digaron-S 28.
Just different perspectives producing different viewpoints. It would be a dull world without some differences along the way.
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