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P3D S1 Sharpness & those Hexar Lenses

  • From: "Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D S1 Sharpness & those Hexar Lenses
  • Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 03:05:34 -0600
Every now and then a lens manufacturer seems to strike a magic formula that
results in a truly great lenses.

The 35mm f2 Konica Hexar lenses on the RBT S1 are the same lenses that
are/were made in Leica 'M mount' for the well known Leica M series of
cameras. The 'M mount' 35mm f2 Hexar is one of the few 3rd party lenses made
for Leica cameras. It is the lens of choice of many Leica using
professionals.

It seems that when Konica 'got it right' with this particular lens they
produced a camera and named the camera after the lens (Konica Hexar camera).
It seems that RBT also 'got it right when' when they chose the Konica Hexar
camera as the base cameras for the S1.

Ray Moxom