Hexanon 28mm F/2.8

[hyun5suk]

How do you do?

I am using Hexanon 28mm f/2.8 on Hexar RF these days.
I think it's pretty good lens..

After getting this lens, I have tried to find any comment or reivew of Hex28, but there are few...

Do you have any comments or reviews on this lens?

Thanks..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3924831439_ef3a4d4b54_o.jpg
My wife in the exhibition by M-Hex 28

[venchka]

Great lens. Doesn't flare. I like mine.

[peter_n]

Do a search through Google (not the forum software) on this site and you will find a small number of threads. The lens is highly regarded here.

[venchka]

I have posted a few samples. You should be able to find them.

[TMLee]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3114310163_2e41677936.jpg?v=0

ZI + Hex 28/2.8.
f8 at hyp focal dist.
Kodak Gold 200

[TMLee]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/3117281352_0af736a3ba.jpg?v=0

ZI + Hex 28/2.8 + Kdk Gold 200
F8 or F11 at hyp focal dist.

[lic4]

I have a Hexanon 28mm and a Summicron ASPH 28 - I use the ASPH when I need f2, but otherwise, I use the Hexanon most of the time for the way it renders images. I don't know if anyone else has this preference. It's similar to the pre-asph/asph cron 35 debate, I suppose.

[amateriat]

It was the first of my three M-Hex lenses, and is the most-used still.

http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=66058&stc=1&d=1229589550
Brooklyn Botanical Garden: detail. Spring, 2008


- Barrett

[trix]

How do you do?

Do you have any comments or reviews on this lens?

Thanks..

This lens is absolute crap, you can´t produce a decent image with it !

Don´t trust your own eyes, they might betray you ! Only trust comments written in online-fora, they are the absolute truth !

[venchka]

^ I love it. ^

[peter_n]

I have a Hexanon 28mm and a Summicron ASPH 28 - I use the ASPH when I need f2, but otherwise, I use the Hexanon most of the time for the way it renders images. I don't know if anyone else has this preference. It's similar to the pre-asph/asph cron 35 debate, I suppose.When I got the Hexanon I sold my other 28mm lenses.

[DGA]

The M-Hex28 is my day-to-day lens, together with my ZI it is the perfect match.
The lens is sharp and contrasty.
I love it.

[Pistach]

there:
http://www.photodo.com/product_867_p4.html
cheers

[Erik L]

how is this lens compared to the CLE minolta 28/2.8
ignoring its coating problems, it seems to be pretty much the same, is the hexanon just a revisited version of this old lens? wasnt the hexanon made when the companies were merged?
i see used lens of the same quality, sell for the same amount. im sure they are both excellent

anyone have a diagram of this lens?

[amateriat]

Erik:

The 28 f/2.8 M-Hexanon (as well as the 50 f/2 and 90 f/2.8) was released at the same time as the Hexar RF itself, in late 1999, well before Konica and Minolta had as much as a first date. Not sure if the 28 M-Hex owes much in its design to the earlier Minolta (even though both these lenses owe something to various Leitz/Leica/Zeiss formulas to some extent). And, yes, both lenses are outstanding.


- Barrett

[photogdave]

I have used this lens quite a bit and was really pleased with the image quality. Ergonomically speaking, I'm not wild about the rather large hood and prefer the physical design of the Leica 28mm 2.8 ASPH.
I ended up buying anew Leica because I was able to swing a really sweet deal in part thanks to the Leica rebate, but otherwise I would have been equally happy buying the Konica.

[peter_n]

You're correct, the hood is way too big. I use a small Heavystar hood on mine.

[loic.sans]

I have this lens, which I barely use, I have decided to try a few shots the other day.
I must admit this is very sharp, even wide open.
See attached.

[Krosya]

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/krosya/M Hexanon 28mm lens/hex28-2.jpg

[MCTuomey]

kros, i'm really liking your flower series ...

[sanmich]

I had a VC Ultron.
I wasn't really satisfied.
Bought a Hex, and it was MUCH better than the VC.
My guess is that I had a bad Ultron sample, but of course I can't be sure.
I sold the Ultron...

[Krosya]

kros, i'm really liking your flower series ...

Thank you!
Here is another one with Hex 28:
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/krosya/M Hexanon 28mm lens/hex28-1.jpg

[Bingley]

Very nice photos in this thread! What does a clean M-Hex 28 go for these days? And how does it compare, size-wise, to the new Ultron 28/2?

[sanmich]

Thank you!
Here is another one with Hex 28:
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/krosya/M Hexanon 28mm lens/hex28-1.jpg


I'm not a "flower guy", but these are beautiful!

About the lens, I forgot to add:

The build is really excellent. Heafty lens...
Focus is too stiff for my taste.
The hood is hard to find, but I machined a vented 46mm third party hood and it seems to work fine.

[sanmich]

You're correct, the hood is way too big. I use a small Heavystar hood on mine.

Peter
Exactly what hood are you using?

[aizan]

it's a little smaller than the ultron, though it's not a huge difference.

here's the entry from my logbook:

$721 28mm m-hexanon, mint-, hood, caps, case, box
$710/830 28mm m-hexanon, mint, everything included (relisted)
$691 28mm m-hexanon, mint, everything included
$676 28mm m-hexanon, mint, hood, caps
$600 28mm m-hexanon, mint, nib

[Bingley]

Thanks, aizan! Looks like price is on a downward trajectory, but still out of my range. I'll keep my eye on this lens, though.

[peter_n]

Peter
Exactly what hood are you using?I'm using a heavystar 46W hood - $9 with cap, $6 sans cap. See pic below.