We have (3) 50-110mm zooms in rental - 7,000, 11,000, and 14,000 actuations. We've never had a single problem with any of them. I also have an H3D customer (stock shooter) who occasionally shoots from a helicopter with the 50-110mm zoom. He's never had an issue. In fact, we have the entire lens lineup in rental (in duplicate) and other than one 80mm with a focus issue, have yet to send any in for repair.
Of course, now I do not recommend (nor does Hasselblad) shooting that zoom pointed down from a helicopter (there could be liability issues from the ground...) but Hasselblad has themselves cautioned about that.
In general, the H lenses have held up in our experience, although as with Paul, there can be exceptions from time to time, as with many fine products.
Steve Hendrix
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hi steve, i wasnt trying make hasselblad sound bad, just saying what happened to me.
its probably a good example where maybe people shouldnt be a cheap skates like me and buy second hand lenses, and should buy new with warrantees.
down here in new zealand (small market, so everyone know each other) we do seem to be having a lot of h1 repairs though. it seems that everyone with an h1 has a repair or two on their gear/lenses early in its life. with a few phone calls i could come up with exact repair numbers/stats.
it wouldnt be such a big deal if the repair cost werent so high and the gear needed to be sent to the other side of the world and take months to come back (in new zealand).
but to be fair, i remember in the hasselblad V/ mamiyaRZ/645 film days, there was plenty of repairs happening. i used mainly mamiya 645pro, and pretty much wore out a body every two years. but the repairs would only cost a few hundred, and would done in a few days.
paul
