Your 80mm 2.8 Planar F lens is a fine one. The fast F series of lenses was specifically designed for the 2000 F series of bodies, not the 500 series.
The rings that move on the lens are the focus ring and fstop/EV ring. The body has the ring for the shutter speed settings. The two cross couple if you depress the small square button on the fstop/EV ring so as to move the two in tandem once exposure has been determined. The red EV numbers on the lens align with a small red diamond on the body. The slider button on the lens stops down the diaphragm and keeps it there until released.
I use a 2000FC and a 2000FCW -- with CZ 80, 150, and 50 -- lenses I bought in the 1980s. I also use a SuperWide. My work is generally travel and nature.
Some of my clients want 35mm chromes and they do the scans-digitization their way. For 35mm work I use two Contax 167MT bodies and some of their dedicated CZ lenses such as the ever useful 28-85. But I also have the Hasselblad adaptor (which has a tripod ring) for them so my Hassie CZ lenses become primes on the Contax bodies if appropriate to the task. I sold my Leica M and R series equipment to consolidate to the Hasselblad-Contax-Zeiss world.
I would think that purchasing a Hasselblad adaptor could offer you creative possibilities in 35mm work. My Hasselblad adaptor for Contax cost about $150 new some years back. My 150mm lens is razor sharp and the 50mm though heavy and bulky is a fascinating lens for unusual perspective and close-up in 35mm.
If you go this way in 35mm with an adaptor, you will have to be deliberate in the way you shoot. This is because you would, for example: establish your F stop preference, compose and focus wide open, depress DOF slider to hold position to stop down, shoot with aperture priority (for example), then repeat for next shot. I work deliberately anyways so this procedure is fine for me.
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Sarah,
Your 80mm 2.8 Planar F lens is a fine one. The fast F series of lenses was specifically designed for the 2000 F series of bodies, not the 500 series.
The rings that move on the lens are the focus ring and fstop/EV ring. The body has the ring for the shutter speed settings. The two cross couple if you depress the small square button on the fstop/EV ring so as to move the two in tandem once exposure has been determined. The red EV numbers on the lens align with a small red diamond on the body. The slider button on the lens stops down the diaphragm and keeps it there until released.
I use a 2000FC and a 2000FCW -- with CZ 80, 150, and 50 -- lenses I bought in the 1980s. I also use a SuperWide. My work is generally travel and nature.
Some of my clients want 35mm chromes and they do the scans-digitization their way. For 35mm work I use two Contax 167MT bodies and some of their dedicated CZ lenses such as the ever useful 28-85. But I also have the Hasselblad adaptor (which has a tripod ring) for them so my Hassie CZ lenses become primes on the Contax bodies if appropriate to the task. I sold my Leica M and R series equipment to consolidate to the Hasselblad-Contax-Zeiss world.
I would think that purchasing a Hasselblad adaptor could offer you creative possibilities in 35mm work. My Hasselblad adaptor for Contax cost about $150 new some years back. My 150mm lens is razor sharp and the 50mm though heavy and bulky is a fascinating lens for unusual perspective and close-up in 35mm.
If you go this way in 35mm with an adaptor, you will have to be deliberate in the way you shoot. This is because you would, for example: establish your F stop preference, compose and focus wide open, depress DOF slider to hold position to stop down, shoot with aperture priority (for example), then repeat for next shot. I work deliberately anyways so this procedure is fine for me.