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60mm 1.2 Hexanon on M9 review


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Just realized I had posted in the M8 forum ...

 

This is a link to a blog entry that turned into a comprehensive review. No desire to become a reviewer but I thought it could be of interest to the community since it was never reviewed before. See that as a little contribution to the M system knowledge database and be indulgent to my writing.

60mm Konica Hexanon review

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lovely review!

 

if i had known you were writing about it, i would have sent you one of the pics i have of you using it :D

 

it really is a lovely lens to use and i keep on hoping to find one myself... i would have to have the close focus adjusted, though, as the limit on my Nocti drives me mad! being able to get to .8m is a big deal on such a fast lens.

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Thanks Yanidel for the nice and very comprehensive blog post!

I enjoyed it, as I do your regular Parisien photographic dose via RSS feed ;-)

 

When I inquired for something faster for the M, during my Lux was at Solms, a 60 Hexanon has been offered to me. As I found, that indeed, it did not necessarily made for an upgrade of light collection over my existing Lux, I rejected the friendly offer over a nights sleep.

 

As it went, I got a Noctilux f1 a few days later, which I truly love, as it also is a real speed upgrade over the f1.4 50mm.

Not long after, I had the opportunity, to get a Noct-Nikkor for Nikon F mount, which indeed injected a still lasting lust after other fast lenses around - specifically the 60 Hexanon.

 

I will see, how the journey ends. My favorite, not having had the chance, to try out the Hexanon so far clearly is the Noct-Nikkor, which in contrast though is very difficult to focus, compared to a fast rangefinder lens.

 

Fast lenses indeed have that something, to get addicted ;-)

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Just realized I had posted in the M8 forum ...

 

This is a link to a blog entry that turned into a comprehensive review. No desire to become a reviewer but I thought it could be of interest to the community since it was never reviewed before. See that as a little contribution to the M system knowledge database and be indulgent to my writing.

60mm Konica Hexanon review

 

I started reading & watching your blog yesterday and i'm still doing this. Love the blog!

 

Superb pictures & info!

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Terriffic review. You might consider writing more of them, as I think you're good at it.

 

 

BTW - small point, but some of your images are linked incorrectly. A couple bring up different images from the thumbnail, or only the low res version instead of hi res.

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Terriffic review. You might consider writing more of them, as I think you're good at it.

 

 

BTW - small point, but some of your images are linked incorrectly. A couple bring up different images from the thumbnail, or only the low res version instead of hi res.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I fixed it ... i believe (some pictures were supposed not to bring up any high res up).

As for more reviews ... my other lenses are not so uncommon, so there are already plenty on them.

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