I'm in love with the look the 110mm f2 Hasselblad lens gives at wide apertures. I want to buy this lens and somehow make it work with my Phase One back in a V Hasselblad mount, but the question is how? I know it may come down to modifying things by a machinist, and I'm willing to do that. Here's the options as I see it, if anyone has other ideas, I'm all ears:
-pay $2500 to phase one to get back changed to Mamiya mount, get a Mamiya 645 camera, and a lens adaptor that will let me use the 110mm f2 lens on the mamiya 645 body.
-get the lens and a hasselblad 2000 series camera. I've heard someone does workarounds to make the phase one V mount back work on these cameras. True?
-any other options? Any one want to swap their mamiya mount p25 back for my V mount back?
If you serious about using the FE lenses, look into the Contax.
It really is the medium format camera that just won't die and go away.
Adapters and plentiful and the system has been around a long time, the complete Contax lens line is easily available, with a few exceptions, that being the 300mm and the zoom and even with a little bit of searching those can be found.
The only disadvantage of the Contax is using the prism finder, the view is small compared to an H series blad, pretty much on par with everything else but the system is very solid, the focus is accurate and most importantly (ready for the drum roll) it actually comes with a right angle 90degree grip and shutter release.
All of the Contax Zeiss lenses and the body have a digital interface so you need no sync cords, or special cable releases and most of the Contax system has held it's prices for the last 4 or 5 years, so what you buy today, probably won't tank to 1/2 price in a few years.
As with the Mamiya, any FE lense will require manual stop down which is a pain, but then again if your goal is to use the 110 F2, your not going to stop it down that much anyway, so it's not the end of the world.
If you need any information about Contax (or any medium format cameras) contact Son Minh Pham, Phd.
adaptersolutions@gmail.comHe is the most honest and honorable person I've had the pleasure to work with and always follows through.
JR