Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dante, The Hexanon 50/2.4 is finished in chrome, not titanium. Regards, Joseph on 16/11/01 1:50 pm, dante@umich.edu at dante@umich.edu wrote: > Douglas: > > There is no 50/2.4 M-Hexanon. There is a 50/2.4L Hexanon (collapsible LTM > lens, in titanium finish) and a 50/2 M-Hexanon (M-mount, fixed). > > In L (LTM) lenses, there were (in chron order) > > 35/2L Hexanon - remounted from Hexar AF (Summicron clone) > 50/2.4L Hexanon - Zeiss Planar type > 60/1.2L Hexanon - rerun of 1950s 60/1.2L Hexanon > 35/2L UC-Hexanon - second version of the Hexar RF lens > > These are all definitely to Leica spec (there is some dispute about whether > M-Hexanons are). All are relatively rare and expensive. > > Dante > > >> From: Douglas Cooper <douglas@dysmedia.com> >> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:35:04 -0500 >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Subject: [Leica] Konica 50/2.4? >> >> >> I'm confused: on Erwin's site, he tests the Konica M-Hexanon 50/2.4, a >> collapsible lens for the Hexar RF. All I've ever seen is the 50/2, which is >> not collapsible. Anyone seen this other, rare beast? And compared it to >> its brethren (either Leica or Konica)? >> >> >> Douglas Cooper >> www.dysmedia.com >> >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html