What Hasselblad lenses should I guy now?

The 100 is a superb lens, but you won't find it that useful if you have an 80. You could swap the 80 for a 100, then buy a 60. At one point (before I traded it all to go to college), I had a 60, 100, 120, 250 setup that I liked. The 120 was a great lens for product photography and I used it a lot for portraiture with and without soft focus lenses. It is a razor sharp lens up close.

The 100 is a very sharp lens at infinity, but I didn't think it was quite as good for portraiture. If portraiture is really your thing, you might consider getting the 110 and an F body.

Shane,

The traditional set consists of 50 mm, 80 mm and 150 mm lenses.
It is the 'traditional' set because it is a perfect choice, allowing you to tackle (almost) everything.
And being the 'traditional set', these lenses were sold most, and are thus available used most too, at good prices.

Considering your stated needs, your second lens should be a 150, followed by a 50 or 60. In some respects a 60 is better for editorial (e.g., group) photos, since you can crop tight and not get egg-shaped heads. The 50 is better for landscapes and architecture.

As stated above the 150mm is great for portraits,

A "premium" kit would be 40, 60, 100, 180, the standard kit is 50, 80, 150, and the crazy person/Sultan of Brunei who wants the best the V system can offer will go for the 903 superwide, a 203FE body and 40mm IF, 50mm f/2.8, 60mm, 110mm f/2, 180 CFE, 250 Superachromat, 350mm superachromat (or 350 FE) and why not the 300mm f/2.8 Telephoto Power Pack? It should not set you back more than a BMW 5 series.

Obviously, most of that is fantasy. You will be able to do almost everything you could hope for with a 50, 80, 150. The 38 or 40 are great if you like very wide angles, and the 60mm is a great all around wide angle. The 180 is the sharpest of the normal telephotos, but the 150mm is still a superb choice.

Also keep in the back of your mind that if/ when you get a digital back you have a 1.3 to 1.5 crop factor. Get what you should have, but I really like the 50 over the 60 for instance. If you get close the 50mm will create odd shapes... check your corners especially with subjects with known shapes (heads, circles etc).

Start shooting... buy one at a time.. with an 80 I would skip the 100mm. Once in a while the 100 Planar comes up -- those are really cool.

The complete list of lenses are as follows: SuperWide ( SWC and SWC/M ) Camera with 38mm lens ( fixed lens camera set and usually very expensive $2000 to $3000 range and 903swc and 905swc from $3800 to $5500 )

30mm Fisheye ( C, CF, CFi )

40mm ( C, CF, CFE, and CFE IF )

50mm ( C, CF, CF FLE, CFi )

60mm ( C, CF, CB, CFi )

80mm ( C, CF, newer C with 501c kit, CB, CFi, CFE )

100mm ( C, CF, CFi )

120mm ( C, CF, CB, CFi, CFE )

135mm ( C, CF )

150mm ( C, CF, CFi )

160mm ( CB only )

180mm ( CF, CFi, CFE )

250mm ( C, CF, CFi )

300mm Tele-SuperAchromat f/2.8 ( I've never seen this lens sold..ever...anywhere and have never known anyone to have owned it )

350mm ( C, CF, CFE Tele-SuperAchromat which is very expensive )

500mm ( C, CF )

Schneider Kreuznach Variogon 140-280mm Zoom ( only zoom ever made for V series in C and CF )

All of the SuperAchromats price would equal that of a nice used vehicle so they're going to probably be out of reach unless you're wealthy or your business can justify the cost.

I think this is a correct list but there are enough others that know who will correct any errors in my list.

Well then, here goes! ;-)

The list is very good.
- But the f/2.8 300 mm TPP is a shutterless lens, and cannot be used on a 500-series camera.
- You forgot the 105 mm UV-Sonnar (C and CF).
- And the Variogon is available without shutter too, so make sure when looking to buy one for a 500-series camera that you get one with shutter.
- The Variogon, though the only zoom available for 500-series cameras, is not the only zoom made for V System cameras. There is a Hasselblad 60-120 mm zoom too, without shutter.
- So/and (finally) the word "complete" would be correct if all the other shutterless lenses were included too. And if you want to be really complete, and list all V System lenses, the pre-1957 Kodak and Zeiss lenses need a mention too.
;-)

I knew I could count on Q.G. to come through!

I appreciate the help and correction.