Sharpness at 30mm

For this sharpness test, the Hasselblad XCD 30mm F3.5 lens was attached to a Hasselblad 907X 50C body, which was in turn mounted to a sturdy tripod. Exposure delay mode was activated. Tonal and colour variance across the crops are due to change in natural light during the session. Raw format images have been exported using Phocus with no corrections applied.

The full frame at 30mm

The Hasselblad XCD 30mm F3.5 is tack sharp from centre to edges at f/3.5 through to f/11. Any corner softness in images up to f/11 is purely down to depth of field, not a fall off in lens quality.

We would not hesitate to use this lens at any aperture up to f/11, even the maximum f/3.5, and have been seriously impressed by how consistent the quality of detail is across the entire image area.

Detail is ever so slightly softer at f/16 if you look really closely. At f/22 overall detail is softer still, while the negative impact of diffraction (soft detail) can be seen clearly when using the f/32 aperture setting.

To gain reasonable depth of field for landscape images and the like, all while keeping detail sharp, we would avoid going beyond f/16. Another option to capture sharp detail and depth of field would be focus stacking - that's a feature in the X1D II and 907X 50C.

Aperture	Centre Crop	Edge Crop
f/3.5
f/4
f/5.6
f/8
f/11
f/16
f/22
f/32