This is helpful to see the look thank you
Sure. Happy to help.
I have 6 HC lenses I use for my commercial work but I am not in love with the look. I want to bridge the gap between my film work and digital work - many years ago I have a canon and used Zeiss primes on it which I found a beautiful mid ground and much better, to my eye, than the technically superior L lenses. I have plenty of film cameras, including blad film backs, so when I want film I shoot film
I agree it's way too expensive but how else do I introduce this dynamic having invested so much already in the H series? It would be something I use in a particular set of circumstances and not to replace my current lens system.
As you are likely aware, cinematographers are obsessed with how various lenses render and frequently seek out vintage lenses for a particular look and style. Lenses that rendered beautiful images decades ago often still produce an engaging image today—just like the pictures taken decades ago with old lenses that are still inspiring.
I've used the CF adapter on occasion, some years ago. You may be able to rent one along with some lenses; but I haven't looked into that in quite awhile.
I'm not sure how they could have designed it to function any better or more conveniently. Both the H camera and the CF Adapter appear to have been planned together in the original H-system design process in order to allow previous V-system owners to continue using their existing V-lenses as conveniently and fully as possible. As an early H-system adopter myself, I certainly appreciated it.
When you attach it, the camera body recognizes the adapter and automatically displays a list of V-mount lenses from which to select to insure that the camera metering display corresponds to the current lens and aperture range. The lenses function with the adapter as they would on a V-series camera body with the exception of pressing a lever to reset the shutter after a shot instead of winding the film advance like you would on an older V-camera.
With the CF Adapter you have open aperture viewing and metering; the lens stops down automatically when you press the shutter release. When using TTL metering the grip display (and rear display on the H6D) will show EV numbers which correspond to the EV settings on the lenses. The prism viewfinder shows shutter speed and aperture settings which can be transferred to the lens. When using the later CFE lenses, the aperture setting selected on the lens transfers to the meter and displays the corresponding metered shutter speed. The CF Adapter utilizes the flash sync outlet on the H body for triggering the shutter in the lens, but you just plug the flash sync cord into the lens, as you would when using a V-series body, if you are using flash. Also, there is electronic focus confirmation in the viewfinder display.
I hope that you get a chance to try one out to see if it suits your needs. You might try contacting a Hasselblad rep to see if they can arrange for you to try it or may know where you could rent one.
https://cdn.hasselblad.com/manuals/accessories/CF Adapter_User Manual_V7_2018.pdf