Home

Please support mflenses.com if you need any graphic related work order it from us, click on above banner to order!
SearchSearch MemberlistMemberlist RegisterRegister ProfileProfile Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages Log inLog in

Hexanon AR 1.8/40 on X-E1
Post new topic   Reply to topic
Home   Manual Focus Lenses
View previous topic :: View next topic  


PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:46 am    Post subject: Hexanon AR 1.8/40 on X-E1 Reply with quote
Away from home ATM and took a small selection of lenses with me.
Am just getting used to this lens.
Here are a couple of images from this morning.
OH





PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice pics Oldmate.
stretching the legs of the new camera are we? Smile


PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
BeardsAreBest wrote:
Nice pics Oldmate.
stretching the legs of the new camera are we? Smile


Stretched my own legs a lot yesterday. Blue Mountains = lots of steps. Ouch!
The camera is performing well and the Hexanon is very sharp after f/1.8.
A little soft wide open.
The images above don't show just how sharp this lens is until they are examined with a close look. Unfortunately I can't get a crop ATM.
More pix today I hope.
OH


PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some further samples from today's outing.
Extremely sharp lens from my experience thus far.
OH






PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
We had a little trip up the road to Mt Tomah today.
Took the Fuji and the Hexanon as I wanted to wander without carrying much.
Mostly flowers, but you get a better idea of the ability of this lens from these.
OH











PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is that 2nd set taken at Windsor?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
Is that 2nd set taken at Windsor?


Yes it is Windsor - well spotted Moira.
Middle of the day can have some very harsh light can't it.
Hard to manage as you know.
Mt Tomah is on the Bells Line of Road and a beautiful place.
OH


PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The paddle wheel was the give away (my husbands mobile phone went for a swim in there : ) ),I loved Windsor and Richmond.Tiny streets and lots of history,its a shame the antique shops had closed as they had some very interesting stuff. Windsor also had the best but expensive fish and chip shop, just up from the wheel.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
The paddle wheel was the give away (my husbands mobile phone went for a swim in there : ) ),I loved Windsor and Richmond.Tiny streets and lots of history,its a shame the antique shops had closed as they had some very interesting stuff. Windsor also had the best but expensive fish and chip shop, just up from the wheel.


Yes, there have been too many changes to Windsor and Richmond. Most of the history is now dwarfed by mega shops and supermarkets.
The best antique shop in Windsor - a collection of outlets under the one roof is now a real estate agency - Bleh!
I met a professional landscape photographer today up at Mt Tomah - Ian Brown - he was hanging prints for an exhibition opening tomorrow. We talked images and locations as well as film. I bought his book - Wild Blue - published by Windy Cliff Press.
The images are quite good but I bought it for the locations
Very Happy

OH


PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Smart man!
Change does happen and fast the new bridge etc.Windsor has such happy memories for me,it was nice to see parts of it again.There was a great junkyard past bligh park,go around the round about and the first left (by memory) but I think it may have been taken out by a recent scrub fire.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice work. The 1.8/40 is a very good lens. However, I actually prefer the Minolta 2/45, another pancake, I prefer it's colours, bokeh and character, but the Hexanon may have the edge in sharpness.

If you want to have the sharpest of the 'normal' Hexanons, keep your eye out for the first version of the 1.7/50 with the recessed front element. I have yet to find a sharper 50. Second place would be the 1.4/50 which might be as sharp actually. For character, the older 1.4/57 has more of it, but is less sharp and contrasty, but still fine in those regards.

Whereabouts in Oz are you? I have a close friend who lives in Qld, near Bonalbo, NW of Casino. From the picture he's shown me, that area hasn't changed much since the 40s, but it is rather sparsely populated once you get out of the towns, his nearest neighbour is 2km one way, the other way, 5km. He likes his peace and quiet. Smile


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Ian and Mo.
Currently house-sitting for my sister in the Blue Mts.
I live on the mid-north coast NSW but try to get to the area around Casino at least once each year as my brother is up that way.
I am keen to compare the 50/1.7 with this lens, but I am not expecting it to be sharper in spite of its wonderful reputation. Perhaps at full aperture it will surpass the 1.8/40, which is a little soft on my copy.
Most of the images above were taken at mid apertures around f/ 5.6 or f/8.

Here are a few more from yesterday's walk.
OH







PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lucky you too be house sitting up that way at this time of year. I love the succulent B&W,how big was that plant?


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
Lucky you too be house sitting up that way at this time of year. I love the succulent B&W,how big was that plant?


Thanks Mo.
Not that big - probably 18 inches (450mm) across.
Housesitting ends tomorrow so off south on Monday. Might even slip over your way if we can manage it - back to the old stomping ground Very Happy
Have the leaves started to turn yet?
OH


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice one OH!!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The last photo wit a bee is stunning!!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some leaves have gone already,the main street however is yet to turn.Contact me if you do turn up here,I have a few lenses you may like to borrow... Laughing


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That Succulent Photo!!!
Mesmerizing!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm with Calvin here. The Japanese anemone picture with the bee is really stunning.
Post new topic   Reply to topic
Home   Manual Focus Lenses
Page 1 of 1