There were some other maufacureres which offered 40~45mm
Compact lenses. Some of them were desined as el-chapo lenses.
I know offered in 1981:
lens length weight price commet:
(DM in 1981) (MTF-rating)
Cosina Cosinon 2.5/40: 20mm 115g 95.- average
Konica Hexanon 1.8/40: 28mm 140g 175- very poor
Minolta Rokkor 2/45: 31mm 125g 130.- average
Pentax-M 2.8/40: 18mm 110g 150.- good, (when stopped down)
This is what I´ve Information about. I think Olympus came later,
and they pronounced that they designed their 40mm lens not
as a cheap-entry to the OM Sytem becauses its price was
more like the 1.4/50 (=DM 320) than the 1.8/50 (=DM 180.-).
I compare 2DM ~ 1$ ,altough this changes over time from 1.5~2.5.....
Still looking for more accurate Zuiko Price-information changing over the
time...
Frieder Faig
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 06:39:54PM +1100, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Had a close look at the 40/1.7 Hexar - IMHO and that of a Konica nut I
> know, poorly built and no great performer compared to some other Hexars.
> Not even very flat. That's why they're cheap. They sell for around US$50-80
> here. Don't get confused with the new Hexar M mounts!
> Andrew
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> >While browsing eBay, I've seen at least a couple of 40mm pancake Hexar
> >lenses attached to Konica SLRs and although I haven't tracked them to
> >auction close, they didn't seem to be either very expensive or attracting
> >much bidding. Hexars seem to have a good reputation - a possible affordable
> >alternative to a Zuiko. You could, of course, buy a 40mm f1.7 Zuiko with a
> >35RD attached.
> >
> >Keith Berry,
> >Birmingham, UK
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