Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am using the 50/2 Hexanon that came with my Hexar RF. Nice lens. Very nice lens. Nothing lacking in its performance, even against Summicrons. The nice thing about it is the bokeh, which is lovely. Light bulbs in the background don't disk-out. Plusses: 40.5mm filters (means you can put cool Zeiss-Ikon filters on it) nice aperture ring with good bearings heavy-duty (and heavy) all-metal construction (exc. shade) low, low price (like free) well-sized to balance with the camera (this was intentional) sharp as hell better grip surface Minuses: plastic pullout lens shade doesn't say Leica isn't f/1.4 On the whole, if you played with a Hexanon and with a 50/1.5 Voigtlander Nokton, the Nokton feels kind of cheap (not that it's not a nice lens). It's just that the Hexanon is heavier, feels better and balances better. My 35/2 Summicron also feels like something of a toy in comparison. From what I understand, it's a previous-generation Summicron clone. I have not seen any performance drop since switching to it, and just about every reviewer has put its performance in the same class as the Leica product. William Gower wrote: > Hello LUG'ers > > As a periodic LUG subscriber, I've probably missed the critical analysis > posted regarding the M-Hexanon. But the archives were surprisingly thin on > the subject. > > Who on the list is currently using (or has tried) the 50/2 M-Hexanon ? What > did you think ? Optically, mechanical, etc. > > Anyone out there in LUG-land got one for sale ? > > Thanks > > William - -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dante Stella http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante