Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Lucien, For the 28 mm, the Konica lens is clearly inferior. CI rates (for each aperture) resolution with the words Weak, Average, Good, Very good, Excellent. The Hexar lens is always one step under the Leica. Where the Elmarit is excellent-, the Konica is very good-. Same thing for the 50 mm but at f/2 where the center of field with the Hexar is almost as good as with the Summicron and at f/2.8 where the two lens seem equal. And it's more or less the same for the 90 mm. The three Konica lenses are rated 4 stars and as is the Elmarit 28 mm. The Summicron 50 and the Elmarit 90 are rated five stars (what CI calls an "optician dream"). Frankly, I don't see why one would buy those lenses as they cost as much as Mint+ second hand Leicas.... (at least in France). All the best - -- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com > In Chasseur d'Images n° 220 there are the tests of the > Konica M-Hexanon 28 mm f/2,8, 50 mm f/2 and 90 mm f/2,8 > <http://www.photim.com/Sommaire-CI/Sommaire220.htm> > > Is there a French LUGger who already read it ? > > Lucien >