jason.lau 寫:
While 201F is a good camera (It was my first 2xx series camera), I found the internal light meter of 202, 203, 205 very useful. They are the only cameras of Hasselblad providing aperture priority feature. It allows me to do hand-held snap shot with my 202FA and 80FE.
Of course, for that case, you need to buy FE lenses to fully utilize this feature. The "E" of FE lens means electronic contacts. They are far more expensive than F lenses. But I regard them to be the best Hasselblad lenses.
I think a even more economic choice is to buy 500 C/M rather than 501 C/M. 501 actually is not that cheap either. The difference is minimal except you use lenses longer than 150mm or you need to use motor winder.
The thought of buying 203FE stemmed from my wish to have only one body which is compatible with all lenses.
I did compare the prices of the 500 and 200 series to see if it's rational to buy a 200 body for all purposes, instead of buying a 202FA with a "spare" 500 body. The price of a second hand set of 203FE + E12 + PM45 is about 23-25k. An "older" set of 205TCC + E12 + FE80 costs about the same. A 501CM kit with CFE is about 15k. So one can see the difference is about 10k.
The drawback of the 200 is sustainability of maintenance services. Also, Hasselblad no longer offers any FE lenses AND CFE lenses. CFE lenses are now changed to CFi (eg CFi80 and CFi120).
Never considered the 500CM. First, lack of palpas (if the difference is perceptible). Second, lack of acute matte. Third, time consuming to "collect" a whole 500CM kit. Fourth, the price difference (a few thousand) between price of a user 500CM kit with 80CF and that of 501CM kit with CFE80 doesn't justify the trouble of pursuing the former.
Anyway, feel regret I didn't buy a brand new FE110 a few years back then when Hasselblad discontinued the series and offered them in bulk to dealers at great discount. They were priced at 14k.