Which M 28mm Lens?

[elmer3.5]

Hi, me and a friend we´re trying to figure it out which would be the best 28mm f2.8 lens for an M8!
I won´t consider thou the Leica Aspherical 28mm Elmarit , because it´s completely out of budget!

So your votes and opinons are most welcome!

Thanks!

 

[kzphoto]

28mm Elmarit ASPH is really highly rated. As is the Konica Hexanon 28mm f/2.8

 

[RobertB]

I vote for the 28 biogon ZM. I'm really impressed with the pictures coming out of my copy.
The ZM's are build well and are easy to use.

Might want to look here (the only 28 biogon review I know🙂
http://kenrockwell.com/zeiss/zm/28mm-f28.htm

 

[Bill Harrison]

28mm

28mm

Don't have one, so I can't REALLY recommend. I hear the summicron ASPH is terrific, but it's not on your short list....

 

[Krosya]

Hex is the best - great glass, great built - better than ZM, and usually has a good price to boot.

 

[kzphoto]

If the G 28mm 2.8 is a conversion, my only concern would be that there aren't any aperture clicks. If you could get the same optics in a different housing I'd own one. Best 28 I've ever used.

 

[sprokitt]

I own the pre-asph 28 elmarit, and its a good lens. Can't complain.
However, from what I've seen of the ZM (if its anything like my old G 28), I think its a better choice for the $$.

 

[amateriat]

I'll go with what I know: the M-Hex 28 was the first of the three lenses I bought for my current setup (got it with my first Hex RF) eight years ago, and I've loved it from the start. Its quality shows all around.


- Barrett

 

[alan davus]

Hex is the best - great glass, great built - better than ZM, and usually has a good price to boot.

Ditto!!!!!

 

[mfunnell]

I'm voting for the Hexanon as well. Wonderful lens.

...Mike

 

[crist]

Hexanon!!!

 

[Gary Sandhu]

I have the hexanon and now bought a v4 pre-asph (in addition to a 28/3.5 voigtlander, g-rokkor) and plan on getting around to a shoot-out on my M8 an MP. So far, I really like the tab in the v4

 

[kermaier]

I'm a fan of the M-Rokkor. It's as sharp and contrasty as I need. Very well built (better than the M-Hex, IMO, though lighter materials). Wonderful ergonomics, with nice focusing tab and solid aperture ring, and the vented bayonet shade reverses on the lens for storage. And it's the smallest 28/2.8 apart from the Canon in LTM - think 40.5mm filters.

Yeah, yeah -- there's the uncertainty of getting one not plagued with the typical white spots problem, but I had mine cleaned by FocalPoint and it's great now.

::Ari

 

[emraphoto]

any of the vc 28's.

 

[ampguy]

I'd go with a good example of a Canon 28/2.8 if size is important for your needs. Otherwise the Hexanon, while larger than the Canon would be ideal.

 

[Krosya]

I'm a fan of the M-Rokkor. It's as sharp and contrasty as I need. Very well built (better than the M-Hex, IMO, though lighter materials). Wonderful ergonomics, with nice focusing tab and solid aperture ring, and the vented bayonet shade reverses on the lens for storage. And it's the smallest 28/2.8 apart from the Canon in LTM - think 40.5mm filters.

Yeah, yeah -- there's the uncertainty of getting one not plagued with the typical white spots problem, but I had mine cleaned by FocalPoint and it's great now.

::Ari

Which frame lines does it bring up on M-body? as far as better built than Hex - I'd be surprised at that. While I have never had Rokkor 28, I did have several 40mm's and while they are built well - I would never say that they were better built than Hexanons.

 

[amateriat]

I'm a fan of the M-Rokkor. It's as sharp and contrasty as I need. Very well built (better than the M-Hex, IMO, though lighter materials). Wonderful ergonomics, with nice focusing tab and solid aperture ring, and the vented bayonet shade reverses on the lens for storage. And it's the smallest 28/2.8 apart from the Canon in LTM - think 40.5mm filters.

The M-Rokkors are excellent lenses indeed (I'd shot with them a bit, and worked a lot more with the better of Minolta's AF lenses for about a decade), but Konica's lenses are every inch their equal, at least.

Yeah, yeah -- there's the uncertainty of getting one not plagued with the typical white spots problem, but I had mine cleaned by FocalPoint and it's great now.

There's the rub, then. Hence my pick of the M-Hexanon.


- Barrett

 

[ampguy]

framelines

framelines

The CLE Rokkor 28s will bring up the 35/135 framelines on a regular M body.

Which frame lines does it bring up on M-body? as far as better built than Hex - I'd be surprised at that. While I have never had Rokkor 28, I did have several 40mm's and while they are built well - I would never say that they were better built than Hexanons.

 

[f16sunshine]

I can't imagine a 28 performing better than the Hexanon. There are smaller and faster Yes.... as for IQ and built quality it's as good as can be IMHO.

 

[Rico]

Pre-ASPH Elmarit-M covers a lot of territory: four versions across four decades. Based on my research, the v3 was most appealing: medium contrast, sharp enough, nice bokeh, great DOF scale. The v4 is smaller and has a modern rendition, but that loopy DOF scale is a turn-off. I finally settled on the ASPH. 🙂 Still attractive to me (but not cheap) is the rare Minolta 28 LTM as it reappeared from the TC-1 P&S.