One of the most important factor why users preferred and still stick on to Hasselblad is the ability to utilise the superp German optic from Carl Zeiss. Every Photographer strives for a high, even picture quality and confidence that all the various lenses used will provide identical colour reproduction. This is precisely what the Hasselblad's Zeiss lenses are known for. Carl Zeiss orginated from a tiny workshop which produce microscopes in 1846. Dr Ernst Abbe developed the theory of the microscopic image and also formulated the sinus principle which also enabled the construction of greatly improved lenses for use in photography. Around 1880 Otto Schott carried out systematic research into the composition of glass and he became the founder of modern glass technology. Abbe's assistant Paul Rudolf calculated the first photographic lens with correction of both spherical and chromatic aberration, as well as astigmatism and coma. It was christened as the Zeiss Protar. Later, in 1896, he also calculated the Zeiss Planar, a lens with an almost perfect correction of the cushion-effect. The many years of calculations led to the development of the amazing Zeiss Tessar of "The Eagle's eye of Zeiss". A lens intended for purposes other than photography was specially designed by the mathematician Gauss for use in astronomic telescopes. The lens corrected chromatic and spherical aberration perfectly. It was later re-calculated also to become an anastigmatic lens. The nineteen-thirties saw the introduction of a newly developed technique which would no longer compel lens makers to reduce the number of glass/air interfaces in their lens designs. A very thin transparent layer, applied to the surfaces of a lens by means of vacuum deposition, and based on the phenomenon of interference if light rays, reduced lens reflection considerably. This enabled more light to pass through the lens and reduced a large degree of stray light which affected the image contrast. Carl Zeiss scientists constantly keep up with the latest developments in both film and glass technology. Today all lenses, after being ground and polished to perfection, receive a T* multi-coating, of as many as six layers, each only about 1/10,000 mm thick.		The coating increases the light transmission and reduce its contrast and colour saturation. This gives Hasselblad images the most brilliant highlights and the most beautiful shadow details. The concern of Carl Zeiss does not stop with the lens elements. The components are assembled accurately into metal lens barrels that maintain the precise alignment even in rugged use. Thanks to the availability of new kinds of glass, coupled with the use of computers, as well as T* multicoating, modern lenses for the Hasselblad have been improved so much that it would be entirely unjustified to compare them with their predecessors of 100 years ago. In the Hassselblad CF lenses modern precision shutters are matched in diameter to each lens for greatest accuracy and efficiency at all shutter speeds and apertures. They also synchronise with electronic flash at all shutter speeds up to 1/500 sec. The lifetime of the modern shutter is 2-3 times longer than its predecessor. The large rubberised focusing rings allow quick and accurate focusing. All lenses offer a choice of automatic or manual diaphragm stop down. The high speed FE-lenses without a shutter offer new ultimate optical characteristics. Too many of us allow our horizons to be limited by tradition and habit. Photographers are no exception. And while the lenses that make up the extensive Hasselblad range were each created to solve specific photographic problems, that should not prevent us from breaking new ground, from stretching the "rules" laid down by the catalogue descriptions. "Portrait" lenses come in many different guises. Our photographic horizons are only limited by our own imagination. Altogether, there are 23 different lenses in the Hasselblad system, from 30 mm to 500 mm, even 1000 mm with the Converter 2XE. Whilst you certainly don't need to own every lens, you should be sure that you have a variety of focal lengths available. Your photographic equipment is an extension of your personality. "Show me your camera bag and I'll tell you who you are." These info is also intended to stretch your horizons, to lead you into discovering a new side to the Hasselblad lenses &endash; lenses to create the ultimate image. Credit: -Materials contributed by Miss Lisa, Shiriro Malaysia, Hasselbald's local distributor-
The flagship lenses DISTAGON CF F/3.5 30MM DISTAGON CF F/4 40MM (FLE) DISTAGON CF F/4 50MM (FLE) DISTAGON CF F/3.5 60MM PLANAR CF F/2.8 80MM PLANAR CF F/3.5 100 MM MAKRO-PLANAR CF F/4 120MM MAKRO-PLANAR CF F/5.6 135MM SONNAR CF F/4 150MM SONNAR CF F/4 180MM SONNAR CF F/5.6 250MM TELE-TESSAR CF F/5.6 350MM TELE-APOTESSAR CF F/8 500MM DISTAGON FE F/2.8 50 MM (FLE) PLANAR FE F/2 110MM SONNAR FE F/2.8 150MM TELE-TESSAR FE F/4 250 MM TELE-TESSAR FE F/4 350MM CONVERTER 2XE PC-Mutar 1.4x CF Lenses | 30mm-60mm | 80mm-135mm | 150mm-500mm | FE Lenses | 50mm-350mm |