Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. =20 I'll let you know when more info on the Ricoh 28mm is available. PB Paul C. Brodek Kobe, Japan pcb@iac.co.jp