 It is often
stated that the lens is a copy of the Leica Summicron 35mm f2 lens, although this does
not appear to be the case.The source of this statement may be a pair of articles by Dante
Stella where he states that photos taken with the Hexar have a similar "look" to those taken
with a 35mm Summicron, but notes that the lens seems more similar to a Nikon 35mm f1.8
lens design.The viewfinder uses projected parallax-corrected
brightline framelines which shows the field of view to be captured when a photograph is
taken.