LEICA S with HCD28mm

Review of using the HASSELBLAD HCD28mm with the LEICA S typ 007.

A 28mm focal length lens from the HCD series, optimized for the 44x33mm sensor and with a smaller lens barrel.

If the Hasselblad H series had continued, the variety of HCD lenses would have increased, but unfortunately, it ended with three lenses.
Since the combination of Leica S + S AdapterH does not work properly, this 28mm is the widest angle lens among the HASSELBLAD H lenses that can be used with the LEICA S. The LEICA S stock lens is the SUPER ELMAR 24mm, but the next lens is the 30mm, so the 28mm The next lens is the SUPER ELMAR 24mm, which is the widest focal length that can be used with the LEICA S. Multiplying by 0.8 times the sensor size gives a 35mm format equivalent of 22.4mm, which is quite a wide angle lens.
The AF speed is about the same as that of the X2D + XH-Adapter, and while not particularly fast, it is fast enough to be practical.
It is not as distorted as the HCD24mm and is easy to use as a wide-angle lens; it loses out to the HC35, but that is a trade-off for the size of the lens.
When used with LEICA S, the lens sometimes freezes due to communication problems between the camera and the lens, which is not the case with HC80mm, HC100mm, etc., so the problem may be specific to this lens or the owner of the camera.
The company LEICA has left it alone as there is not much improvement after reporting such a problem.

The old HCD28mm without orange dot should be able to use AF with the combination of Leica S and S adapter H (depending on the version of the lens firmware, Leica S does not recognize the HCD lens, so it is necessary to check the actual lens), so if you have the adapter, it is not a bad idea to buy the lens. I think it is not a bad idea to buy a lens if you have an adapter.