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XCD 28mm F4 P wide-angle prime lens for Hasselblad's compact X System of medium format mirrorless cameras. The lens features a 22mm-equivalent focal length in full-frame terms and is the company's second widest X System lens, after the XCD 21mm F4 prime. The new 28mm F4 lens takes the crown from Hasselblad's earlier XCD 45mm F4 P lens as the smallest and lightest lens in their X System lens lineup. Constructed from metal and featuring a matte black finish, the Hasselblad XCD 28mm F4 P lens is a highly portable prime designed for street photography, landscapes, or anyone looking to have a travel-friendly setup for their X1D II 50C or X2D 100C cameras. The lenss design is straightforward, with minimal external features apart from a rubberized focusing ring. Unlike Hasselblads higher-end V-series lenses, the P-series 28mm F4 lens does not offer a manual aperture ring nor a marked focusing distance scale on the lens itself.
Optically, the XCD 28mm F4 P lens comprises nine total elements in eight groups. The lens includes two aspherical elements and one ED element to help combat chromatic aberrations. Other optical design features include a 22cm minimum focusing distance and a 1:6 magnification ratio. Its not characterized as a macro lens, but the 28mm F4 P lens should offer good close-up photography capabilities. Like all XCD lenses, the 28mm F4 P also features a leaf shutter design, allowing for flash sync up to 1/4000s. Autofocus is powered by a linear stepping motor, which should offer fast and quiet focusing performance, even when used with the phase-detection AF system of Hasselblad's X2D 100C. As part of Hasselblad's P Series, the XCD 28mm F4 P is designed as more of an entry-level, everyday lens compared to the V Series lenses. These higher-end optics feature higher optical performance, faster apertures and additional control features, such as physical aperture dials. Despite this, the new XCD 28mm F4 P lens is designed to meet the resolution requirements of Hasselblad's 100-megapixel X2D 100C.
