These are the best Hasselblad macro options, chosen for how they deliver flat-field sharpness, controlled color fringing, and smooth, repeatable focusing for products, jewelry, botanicals, and studio detail work across Hasselblad’s X, H, and V systems. Macro is about precision and working distance: optics that stay crisp at high magnifications, neutral color that grades cleanly, long throws for fine focus or stacking, and mechanics that leave room for lights, flags, and reflectors. On the modern X system, the XCD 120mm f/3.5 Macro is the native hero—telephoto perspective for flattering shape, beautifully corrected plane, and close-focus rendering that pairs perfectly with a rail and small softboxes; add extension tubes when you need to push beyond its native reproduction and keep the lens stopped a touch for edge discipline without choking into diffraction. If you want even more macro headroom (and don’t mind an adapter), the HC 120mm f/4 Macro adapts to X bodies via the XH adapter and remains a studio workhorse with confident AF and a flat field that stays honest for labels, gemstones, and watch dials; H-series shooters can run the same lens natively and use extension tubes or a bellows for higher magnification while preserving comfortable working distance for strobes. Classic V-system users have a legend in the Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar 120mm f/4 (CF/CFi/CFE), prized for its clinical center-to-corner rendering and long, silky focus travel; when reproduction precision is the brief, the Zeiss 135mm f/5.6 S-Planar on a bellows gives extra working distance and copy-stand control for packaging, negatives, and artwork. Practical accessories elevate all three systems: sturdy macro rails for parallax-safe stacks, extension tubes to nudge magnification without changing your lighting geometry, high-quality close-up diopters for quick range boosts, and small softboxes or DIY diffusion over compact flashes to turn specular hotspots into smooth gradients; a polarizer (and even cross-polarization with gelled lights) tames glare on glass, chrome, and glazes. Image priorities for the best Hasselblad macro glass are straightforward—apochromatic or near-APO behavior so whites and high-contrast edges stay clean, low focus breathing to keep framing consistent during pulls, coatings that resist veiling flare from close sources, and barrels that feel precise when you’re micro-tweaking at 1:2–1:1; tethered live view with magnification makes nailing focus painless, and leaf shutters on many H/V lenses keep flash sync flexible for motion-stopping pops. Technique multiplies the gear: shoot around f/5.6–f/11 for peak acuity and stack rather than stopping way down; lock the camera and move the rail for stacks to avoid perspective shift; expose for highlights, then lift shadows for glossy subjects; add a gentle flag to shape reflections on bottles and metals; for handheld field macro, use higher shutter speeds or flash with diffusion and let the longer focal lengths buy working distance from skittish subjects. The simple kit recipe is clear—on X, anchor with the XCD 120 Macro and a rail (add tubes for more than life-size); on H, the HC 120 Macro plus tubes/bellows is the studio standard; on V, the Makro-Planar 120/4 for general macro and the 135 S-Planar on bellows for copy and extreme precision—round any of these with a CPL, a couple of small soft sources, and a solid stacking workflow. Whether you’re photographing gemstones and watch movements, ceramics and cosmetics, botanicals in soft daylight, or archival documents on a copy stand, the best Hasselblad macro lenses deliver the flat-field acuity, neutral color, and ergonomic control that make tiny worlds look immaculate and intentionally lit.