New Hexanon Dual Lens 21mm-35mm/F3.4-F4 New Hexanon Dual Lens 21mm-35mm/F3.4-F4

-- Lucien (lucien_vd@yahoo.fr), February 05, 2002

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You were slightly faster than me, Lucien!

Joop

-- Joop (mes@nat.vu.nl), February 05, 2002.

Yes, 10 second ?

;-)

-- Lucien (lucien_vd@yahoo.fr), February 05, 2002.

Intriguing. I bet at 21mm@3.4 it is not a great performer, but very interesting.

-- Robin Smith (smith_robin@hotmail.com), February 05, 2002.

This really looks incredibly useful.

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), February 06, 2002.

I'd certainly be interested since 21 and 35 are my two favorite lengths. However, it's a limited production run, so I have a feeling most of these won't leave Japan.

-- Richard (rvle@yahoo.com), February 06, 2002.

Figures.

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), February 06, 2002.

I read that the production run will be 800, so we can definitely forget about seeing any outside of Japan. Oh well.

-- Richard (rvle@yahoo.com), February 06, 2002.

Nice idea but no cigar.

21-24-28-35 would have been wonderul -- but probably heavier and more expensive.

This lens is heavy enough and expensive enough. And the jump from 21 to 35. I don't know.

For my money the Tri-Elmar is a better all round lens.

Still-- It is amazing to look at. Might inspire something better.

-- Alex Shishin (shishin@pp.iij4-u.or.jp), February 07, 2002.

Obviously everyone here except for me reads Japanese. How much would it cost?

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), February 07, 2002.

I could have swore "Appleby" was a Japanese name... around $1500, give or take with exchange rate.

-- Richard (rvle@yahoo.com), February 07, 2002.