
Modern Photography claimed it was one of theīest-built and sharpest lenses it had ever tested. It's other outstanding feature is its ability to focus to 18cm from the film plane. Which it is extremely well corrected for sharpness, especially at closer distances, and razor-sharp edge-to-edge. Hexanon lens whose optical formula includes a floating element, thanks to Optimized for performance at wider apertures, this is the only Internal baffling produce very contrasty images with outstanding color It's speed places it firmly among the handful of "available-light" wide-angle lenses available at the time of its introduction. Of the Hexanon wide-angle lenses and was probably the fastest on the market Lenses for the early F bayonet are rare.Is a legendary, top-performance lens with a cult following. The last variation with smallest aperture 22 is only offered once in a while and fetches a bit higher prices. The Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2,8 is offered quite frequently and therefore quite cheap. The wide-angle effect is not as noticeable as in shorter focal lengths, so this focal length was sometimes used as standard lens – many compact cameras with fixed focal length also have 35 mm lenses. The 35 mm lens can be used in many different situations. Of course third party lens hoods can be used as well, but the original lens hood is worth it, if you can get one. This original lens hood is quite deep, shades very well and can also be used on many standard lenses. A matching rectangular metal lens hood was available from Konica. With its big and not recessed front element, the consequent use of a lens hood is recommended in most situations to avoid loss of contrast, however. The Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2.8 is not very sensitive to back or stray light. Similar to the 135 mm / F3.5 it is a well-proved lens design that almost all manufacturers master well. A good lens, just like most of the 35 mm / F2.8 lenses from other manufacturers. It renders sharp images with high contrast and good colour rendition, no barrel or pincushion distortions are detectable. The Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2,8 has a good image quality. Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)į bayonet, 35 mm was the only available wide-angle focal length – beside the Hexanon 35 mm / F2.8 there also was a faster variation, the View attachment 534069įor the coupled light meter of the Konica F, a version with automatic aperture exists, for the uncoupled F bayonet there is a preset version as well as a variation with automatic aperture.Īfter the switch-over to the new View attachment 534070ĪR bayonet, the lens was equipped with fully automatic
