sorry, no idea 

i am nex 3 user 
ya, someone bbought a konica hexanon, but i bought MD 50mm f1.7

permanent model? then i open class for wild owl shooting, with entrance fee 

want to join ?

but i really cant tahan the weight and size of old lens ( for those tele zoom), its terrible 

haha! nice to here someone else is getting Konica Hexanon lens too!
here I think mainly is me to play on Konica Hexanon lenses, because it is not common mount.
Same like u, I opt for Konica Hexanon for its affordable price and quite a good reputable sharp prime lenses.
The most reputable one is 57mm F1.2, but the price is too high and very rare! (not to mentionthe M-Hexanon 50mm F1.2 for Leica M mount which is super over price!)

So i go for 50mm F1.4 (F16 early version) which someone said it is the cheaper successor for 57/1.2 with the same 7 elements in 6 groups design.
It is still rare compare to 50mm F1.7. Now the 50/1.4 is always with my camera beside the SEL18200.
Now I have collected for Konica Hexanon: 40/1.8, 50/1.4 (early), 57/1.4 (white ring), 50/1.7 (early F16), 50/1.7(late F22), 28/3.5 (early), 135/3.5(early), 135/3.5(late), 80-200mm F4.5 (late compact zoom).

All bid from Ebay, some are come in package. it is quite a gambling to bid from ebay, especially worry on getting defected items or worst missing parcel!
I think i have enough Konica Hexanon unless can get good deal on the UC version!
My next target will be the Voigtlander or Zeiss, but i think i need to sell off most of the lenses to fund it!

what a collection

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Added on February 29, 2012, 12:11 am
all lens i bought from ebay are super cheap... good luck of me

MD 50mm f1.7 is around RM100 include postage...

Yesterday testing wth Rokkor MC 50mm F1.4 .yeah that model on my bed for sure haha

nice!!! welcome to join the Konica Hexanon camp!! 

where did u order the 50/1.7 and Fotga adapter?
Is it all from the same seller?

When I saw ur Pan cake + Adapter... I already very excited ade.... But it is not an easy find rite?

Can PM me how much is the remote control? I need it fast....  Thanks...

Hmnn since Canon FD lens is an AF lens, how you control the aperture blades? If I'm not mistaken, there is no aperture ring?

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Added on March 30, 2012, 7:34 amOpsss.. after googling, FD = Manual soli haha

I think only Metabones EF to E mount adapter is the only adapter that can allow NEX to control the aperture. AF is lost tho.

That adapter was for canon ef mount btw. Anyway you are right. unless you have a collection of usm lenses to use, no point getting one...

shot using SEL1855


and for the main course

Good comparison shots there.. Since its' hv been resized, can't really compare the sharpness between 18-55 and this 50-F1.8 lenses.. Wondering this 50-F1.8 focused zone not as sharp/focused as 18-55?

Reason being.. my minolta 50-F1.4 MF although I loved the bokegness but the ceter focusing point abit soft & not as sharp as the kit lens

Looking for an affordable 18-200 zoom lems for the nex5.
Besides Sony's own and Tamron, is there any others?
And where can you get the best deal?
Someone point me to the right direction please?
Thanks.

selling yours? i just bought the f1.7 version.. end up using it as my primary lens 

I tried but you need a steady and non moveable items rather than human bcos manual focus lens is super slow..by the time you get the focus, your moving object already 0.1km away haha.

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Added on April 9, 2012, 9:30 pm

My lens mentioned earlier.  . To use manual focus lens you must 1st "Enable" release w/out lens option in the setting so that NEX can detect or able to accept the manual lens. Thereafter get an adapter as another guy said. and thereafter..just set the option to either "A" or "M". I prefer A so that the NEX can automatically set the ISO & shutter speed. "M" really need skill and most of the time I failed using 100% manual haha 

where got US410,000 that high? the bhphoto only selling USD10995!!!
hahaha.. i wish i will be that loaded to go for the noctilux! 
btw, there is no point to go up to f0.95. the DOF is too shallow. even for f1.4 sometime hard to get the subject fully covered if get too close.

actually for past year of search online, i found that Konica Hexanon is the best price/performance lens.
the lens are very sharp especially 50/1.7, where 50/1.4 have better bokeh. 57/1.4 slightly less sharp than 1.7 and 1.4 but the old lens colour rendition and bokeh is very nice.
those older Hexanon '70 and before have some kind of characteristic while maintain some high quality close towards Zeiss and even Leica.
Konica produced nice Hexanon lenses with highest quality at that era, with their own optical formula.
however, the hexanon are not that popular like Nikon and Canon, as their lens have shallower registered length than those lenses. So only a few camera can fit the AR mount, end up only Konica camera users. 
Of course they have higher range for Leica rangefinder, the ultimate M-Hexanon range!!!  
But now with Sony NEX and MFT camera, now we can enjoy this cheap but good quality lenses!!!
If you live in US, you might get it at very cheap price depends on your luck!!!
Here we have limited source for Hexanon, and the US shipping is really not pocket friendly!!
My advise for ebay bidder, you must avoid shipping with USPS First Class mail at all!! it is just normal airmail without tracking number and not registered. you end up missing in the hand of local post office!!!
Priority mail is better and Express mail is the best for tracking, and both will be handled here by poslaju EMS.

now the reason i want to let go most of my Hexanon not because it is not good, but I prefer to have my NEX in more compact size. Hence I go for Leica M mount lens which is the lens is very compact as well as thin adapter,  and it seems they fit the NEX body better than the SEL lenses!
I still couldn't afford the Leica M lenses which more than RM3k. So first I got the Voigtlander 28mm F2.0 which have very good review from http://www.kenrockwell.com/voigtlander/28mm-f2.htm!

my 2nd photo on the flickr explore

I read some review comparing 30mm & 50mm at the same aperture of let say F1.4, the 30mm will produced a softer but not so sharp focused image compare to the 50mm lens wor

yes true, i feel also 30mm is better for everyday shoot. and 28mm is even more close to my eyes view angle!
there is no 30mm Hexanon. But I have 28mm F3.5.
I wish i have the UC Hexanon 28mm f1.8, but it is rare and now very high price to bid!
There are 35mm f2 but very rare, maybe you can try to get 35mm F2.8. Hexanon 35mm f2.8
or else try the pancake 40mm 1.8. 

anyone experiencing high temperature warning on C3 after long period of video? let say, 2 times 29.50mm~~~

I think overheating during video mode is pretty common in NEX. I got this on my 5N after 15min of shooting. I heard lifting the screen can help reduce it.