Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 5:10 AM -0700 23/7/03, Leica Users digest wrote: > >Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:39:41 -0400 >From: "Michael Volow" <mvolo@acpub.duke.edu> >Subject: [Leica] Konica Hexanon M 21-35mm >Message-ID: <004801c350c3$abdae4c0$0200a8c0@vol3> >References: > >Has anyone seen, played with or tested this lens? I see it in B&H's catalog >currently. Are there reviews comparing it with the Tri-Elmar? Thanks. (I >looked through archives and past posts and saw only a little about it). Michael, I have both the Hexanon 21 - 35 and the Tri-Elmar Second version which I use on my Hexar RF. In terms of picture quality under real conditions I don't see any difference between the two lenses, and also they both focus perfectly well on my Hexar body. I find the 3E more versatile, perhaps, because it covers three focal lengths, and the frame lines change in the view finder as you switch focal lengths. For the Hexanon you have the 35mm frame line in the camera view finder and then you have to use the separate (provided) viewfinder to see the 21mm field of view. For my style I don't like that as much. Both lenses are great for travel and street shooting but I tend to use the 3E more than the Hexanon. Of course, these days I find myself shooting a lot more digital and the film cameras sleep in their dry box. Cheers Howard (in Hong Kong where we are having a typhoon at the moment) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html