twelveish wrote:
I also have the Hexanon 40/1.8 pancake, but never took to it. Will give it a second chance once I have a FF mirrorless body for it.
The tiny 40/1.8 is incredibly sharp from f/4 and on, but very soft except for dead middle from f/1.8-2.8. I think it would be a terrific landscape lens (if I was into that sort of things).
Last winter- was very cold... I modifed the Konica, Canon 50/1.4 Fl, Pentax 50/1.4 Super-Tak, and Minolta MC mount 50/1.4 for the Leica. Cut up the leg from a broken tripod and polished to the correct length.
sceptic wrote:
Fully usable wide open (I´m allergic to the term "sharp wide open", which is rarely the case) and stopped down to f/2.8, it´s as sharp as I´ll ever need from a lens.
Most lenses aren't as sharp wide open as they are stopped down, my Leica M's are quite close, as are my Zeiss, the ones that really surprised me are my Topcor lenses, the 58/1.4 & 58/1.8 are just as sharp wide open as they are stopped down... And they are as sharp as any other lenses that I've used, I'm sure they aren't the only ones like that, but it sure is impressive when stopping down only changes DOF and not sharpness.
mikedefieslife wrote:
Is there a worthy 35mm Konica?
I was thinking about picking up the Minolta 35mm 2.8 but it's going to be larger than the konica lenses and is over 50 years old.
Not sure which Minolta 35/2.8 you are thinking of but the last MD and MC versions(with 5 elements) are really nice with great multi-coating. They were made in the late 70's/ early 80's. These are also very small lenses by SLR standards. The Konica 35/2.8 is actually larger.
Nice pictures, too! 
