Konica Hexanon 60/1.2 LTM mount Anyone had an experience with this lens

[richard d]

I find the Konica Hexanon 60/1.2 LTM mount on ebay # 7618921014 ,Anyone had an experience with this lens . I can't find any information about this lens . Thanks in advance.

 

[rvaubel]

I have searched the web myself to almost no avail. Except for its limited edition status, no one seems to know anything about this lens. Not to mention whether it was any good or not. Its specs would make it incredible Bokah producer on my R-D1, But if its piece of s@#$ who needs it. Actually, who needs it anyway but sometimes GAS strikes.

Rex

 

[sychan]

It is supposedly a LTM version of the Hexanon 57/1.2

Konica partisans claim that the 57/1.2 has been ranked as among the best f1.2 lenses ever made. Is that damning with faint praise, or actual praise?

I have searched the web myself to almost no avail. Except for its limited edition status, no one seems to know anything about this lens. Not to mention whether it was any good or not. Its specs would make it incredible Bokah producer on my R-D1, But if its piece of s@#$ who needs it. Actually, who needs it anyway but sometimes GAS strikes.

Rex

 

[rvaubel]

sychan
Thanks for the info. Now I can search to 57mm also! There were only 800 produced and only released in Japan, so its no wonder that nobody knows anything.
Rex
In North Bezerkeley

 

[amateriat]

Well, given Konica's general very good rep in terms of optics, I'd be surprised if the 60mm was anything less than a truly solid performer. What would stop me from salivating (too much) is that it isn't a 50 – won't quite line up with my Hexar's 50mm framelines, and I'm not really into using auxiliary finders for lenses much longer than 25mm. I can, and do, live quite well within the confines of my 50mm f/2 M-Hex.


- Barrett

 

[StuartR]

I responded (pretty late) to your thread over at photo.net and posted some photos. I have the 50mm f/1.2 Hexanon, and I think it is a excellent lens. I figure that the two lenses are probably fairly similar. In any case, the 50/1.2 has a very nice rendition. It is not amazingly sharp wide open compared to f/2 designs or the modern 1.4 ASPH lenses, but it has a pleasant unsharpness that suits portraiture and night photography.