I am surprised that more people are not commenting or concerned about the current supply status for all the V lenses ,38,55,and 90. And the 28mm P. In the US, I don't believe Hasselblad has shipped any of these in any quantity since Jan 2024. I know that all the major Camera suppliers in the US have been out since Dec 2023 for all the V lenses and the 90mm has been almost non existent unless you were in the first and only round of shipments. Now the XCD lenses are starting to dry up, the 35-75 out of stock till May. The dates of availability of the V lenses has also slipped back at least 3 times. The 28, 38 are now showing Late May, the 28 was showing late March, but it's slipped back to May also. The 90, just states backordered.
It's hard to use a camera without a lens, and with these kind of dates, I have to wonder if Hasselblad/DJI have run into a supplier problem. As I understand it Hasselblad has never actually made a lens, instead using Zeiss for V, Fuji for the HC lenses, Nitto for the original XCD lenses and now Panasonic for the V glass. I have been told Hasselblad/DJI still makes the shutter but no confirmation on that.
It appears that the supply issue is also not just in the US, as I have read some posts from Germany, and other mainland European locations where the lenses are also totally not in stock.
I also heard from a photographer in China and the supply/demand issues there for the lenses is much worse than I had ever thought. 1 90 V being released per month and 850 to 1000 people waiting for one. Similar wait times for the 38V and 55V.
Guess I picked the wrong time to move to this product line.
Hopefully this situation can get better sooner than later?
Paul C
It's hard to use a camera without a lens, and with these kind of dates, I have to wonder if Hasselblad/DJI have run into a supplier problem. As I understand it Hasselblad has never actually made a lens, instead using Zeiss for V, Fuji for the HC lenses, Nitto for the original XCD lenses and now Panasonic for the V glass. I have been told Hasselblad/DJI still makes the shutter but no confirmation on that.
It appears that the supply issue is also not just in the US, as I have read some posts from Germany, and other mainland European locations where the lenses are also totally not in stock.
I also heard from a photographer in China and the supply/demand issues there for the lenses is much worse than I had ever thought. 1 90 V being released per month and 850 to 1000 people waiting for one. Similar wait times for the 38V and 55V.
Guess I picked the wrong time to move to this product line.
Hopefully this situation can get better sooner than later?
Paul C