Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do these lenses have rangefinder coupling? Do the distance- and aperture rings turn in the same direction as the ones on Leica lenses? Same rendering of colors (coating)? Gerard Captijn, Geneva, Switzerland. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------- >On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:17:22 -0400 (EDT), it was written: > >[snip] >>Check the article for yourself and give us >>your take on it??? >> >>Best, >>DG > >I have de-lurked; PMFJI....... > >Checked out the URL. Thunder Hirayama does a lot of camera reviews >for the Japanese photo mags. His black on dark green web page is sure >hard to read! > >Konica's Leica M-mount 35mm 2.0 Hexar was released last year in a >limited run of 1,000pcs. They sold out, Konica says, within 2 months. >I saw them in a local shop last spring, and they were gone before >summer came. I'm not sure what the list price was----maybe around >80,000 yen? > >On a related note, the Leica mount version of Ricoh's GR1 28mm 2.8 >lens that Thunder wished for will start shipping in May. They're >planning a run of 3,000 lenses (2,000 chrome/1,000 black); retail >price is 98,000 yen (US$785 or so). Ricoh is doing it in screw mount >rather than M-mount, so they've got a bigger market than Konica did >with their M-mount Hexar. I haven't seen a Ricoh in the flesh, but >from drawings and specs it looks pretty compact---quite a bit smaller >than the 28 Elmarit or 28mm Rokkor-C. > >I'll let you know when more info on the Ricoh 28mm is available. > > >PB > > >Paul C. Brodek >Kobe, Japan >pcb@iac.co.jp > Gerard Captijn, Geneva, Switzerland. Fax: +41 (22) 700 39 28