The Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 Lens

[Hendrix_CI]

Matt, your thread jacks are the very best! 


Steve Hendrix/CI

[niviblad]

Thank you for the test Steve! As I really want to love the new lenses, because of better functionality, I must say it helped, even if I'm not sure there is no scenario where this effect is more pronounced for the 90V than the 80.

I'm biased to prefer the old lenses as I've shot and witnessed my famous "more than real effect" more than once with it, while I've never shot anything with the new lenses. That's why it's frustrating that nobody ever produced exact comparisons between old vs new lenses. 90V should be compared to the 90. 45P to 45. And soon, I hope, 80E to 80. That would show, in a scientific manner, how they differ, if the rendering is different, etc. Your test shows that in this case, they are close, and the 90V is cleaner because there are less CA (although if you look carefully in real world, you'll see light decomposition in hair highlights, but that's another matter).

Thank you for the explanation Matt! That is well illustrated in this portrait by Ray Cheung with the 75P (in this case, I find it lovely).
https://cdn.hasselblad.com/f/77891/8348x11131/88d0837513/ray-cheung-x2d-xcd75p-1.jpg

[niviblad]

That doesn't help me understand why the 75P produces double lines like that. But we are out of topic...

[MGrayson]

That doesn't help me understand why the 75P produces double lines like that. But we are out of topic...

Ok THAT is strange. And what's going on at the top of this image? Was the leaf pressed between transparent surfaces? Is it strongly back-illuminated?

[niviblad]

At the top it was just a YouTube transparent object, don't consider that a part of the image.

[Andy Miller Photo UK]

The new 90 is faster to focus, has a faster rated shutter speed and is lighter. BUT the 80 is simply wonderful. So it depends on what you are shooting and how fast you need the AF to work if at all. For Dance a faster shutter speed may well be the decider - subject to your strobes and choices about how you wish to freeze action. I have seen dancers use cornflower so the powder can be frozen in the shot and this needs faster SS.