Hasselblad C Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150/4 on Sony NEX

[Pontus]

Would I do anything with a Zeiss 150/4 C on a Sony NEX. I found one for 100 euros (filter thread damaged but with hood and caps) and I bet it will go fast. I'm doing some research right now but I would appreciate input from you guys.

What I found out so far:
- there are adapters available, Kipon makes one for example

[Attila]

Check it, it has leaf shutter or not, surely can't go wrong with a Zeiss lens , question is how useful in your photography.

[Orio]

The lens is a great lens for medium format, one of the greatest.
I doubt that it would do better on a Nex (or any other small format camera) than a Contax RTS lens though.
Most of the times, when you use a medium format lens on a small camera, the results are a let down compared to expectations.
Companies put most research efforts and made state of the art lenses for the small format, because they had to squeeze the most possible resolution out of a small frame.
With medium format, the format itself makes the difference in quality: no need for super extra lenses.
Example?
Compare a Pancolar 1.8/50 lens small format, with a Biometar 2.8/80 lens medium format. Both are Zeiss Jena so it's possible to make a fair comparison.
Stop both lenses down to f/5.6 and take photos on your nex. The Pancolar will blow the Biometar out. And yet the Biometar is a good lens.
But it simply can't hold the comparison with a good small format standard lens as the Pancolar.

[Pontus]

[iangreenhalgh1]

Leaf shutter would be a bad thing, the lens would need modification to work.

As Orio says, most mf lenses are of lower resolution than most 35mm lenses.

[trifox]

buy the lens

it's fantastic lens .... and 100 EUR is bargain, if shutter works well

.. or I would like to buy it, if you don't want to


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[trifox]