Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It will be really interesting to see how unbiased the reports will truly be. After all Konica camera and lenses do not have a red dot. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew S Jordan [mailto:andrewsjordan@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 4:15 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Konica HEXAR RF Lenses reviewed in CI #220 Eric, BD, Dave, and all fellow rangefinder enthusiasts: I may have been too hasty in my opinion about the Hexar; thus BD made a valid point. But we have previous posts by Erwin and information from other sources(e.g., Osterloh) about the relationship between focusing accuracy versus focal length and f-stop for a given rangefinder baselength. Let us then wait for Erwin's and field-users' comments on the Hexar RF. However, it would be helpful to all of us if, for example, Steve Gandy or Lucien were to summarize the main features of the MINOLTA CLE, LEICA M6, HEXAR RF regards, Andrew Jordan BD wrote in part: > I don't know about you, Andrew, but I have yet to see and touch a Hexar, > much less try it with faster and longer lenses.