I generally don't do lens reviews, as such, but I thought I would drop a comment here about an amazing lens "system" that I have been awaiting for quite some time and that finally arrived last week from Hasselblad. The 135mm XCD lens and the dedicated 1.7x teleconverter that converts the lens to a 240mm lens. The lens itself is somewhat smaller and lighter than I expected. The TC is extremely small and light. Hasselblad is shipping the the TC with a dedicated Tripod Collar that attaches to the TC. (I put a RRS plate on the Tripod Collar.) For me, the design of the 135mm with a dedicated TC is brilliant, as I am obsessed at this point in minimizing the size and weight of my camera equipment, but without making too many compromises on image quality. Here, I have essentially a medium telephoto and a longish telephoto in a package that is barely bigger than the one medium telephoto. Of course, if the image quality involved compromise, the savings in size and weight would probably not be worth it to me. Well, I shot with the 135mm lens last weekend with and without the TC, and I was astonished at the image quality I was seeing when I loaded the files and reviewed them at 100% on my computer, even on shots at f/16 where I would have expected diffraction to have been a problem. The level of exceptional detail extended all of the way into the corners. For anyone who has an X1D, this lens "system" is highly recommended.
N.B. This should not be construed in any way as hype for the X1D over the GFX. I have never shot with the GFX 120mm lens, but it is also supposed to be an amazing lens. We are very fortunate to have these great choices.
I will upload a few photographs as soon as I have the chance.
Here is the 135mm lens mounted on theX1D:
Here is photo of the TC with the Tripod Collar:
N.B. This should not be construed in any way as hype for the X1D over the GFX. I have never shot with the GFX 120mm lens, but it is also supposed to be an amazing lens. We are very fortunate to have these great choices.
I will upload a few photographs as soon as I have the chance.
Here is the 135mm lens mounted on theX1D:
Here is photo of the TC with the Tripod Collar:
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