elgenper Posted June 5, 2012 Share #1 Posted June 5, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Things for sale where the seller does´t seem to know exactly what he´s got, that is. Here is an auction on the Swedish branch of E**y: the listing is for "an old Leica lens" in Swedish. Turns out it is a Hektor 7.3/1.9 in what seems to be very decent condition. Very high ratings for the seller, too. Current bid is SEK 105, which is about USD 15...... Still 6 days to go, so I doubt it will stay at that level, however, and no ´buy now´option (if there had been one, I would´t have written this post, I assure you....). So I´ll stick to my Apo 75/2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted June 8, 2012 Share #2 Posted June 8, 2012 Have a look at the scratched front lens. I wouldn't buy this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ming Rider Posted June 8, 2012 Share #3 Posted June 8, 2012 Things for sale where the seller does´t seem to know exactly what he´s got, that is. Here is an auction on the Swedish branch of E**y: the listing is for "an old Leica lens" in Swedish. Turns out it is a Hektor 7.3/1.9 in what seems to be very decent condition. Very high ratings for the seller, too. Current bid is SEK 105, which is about USD 15...... Still 6 days to go, so I doubt it will stay at that level, however, and no ´buy now´option (if there had been one, I would´t have written this post, I assure you....). So I´ll stick to my Apo 75/2. Thanks for telling everyone. Now it won't go at a bargain price Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted June 10, 2012 Have a look at the scratched front lens. I wouldn't buy this. Thanks for telling everyone. Now it won't go at a bargain price Well, from the pics, I can´t see any scratches, only some reflections. As for the price, it´s now at SEK 3600 (around USD 500). I see at least one Leica Forum regular has registered and placed a bid since my initial post... Good luck! Most bidders, however, seem to be ´locals´, so not initiated by my post, I suppose. And, if I had been interested myself, I certainly wouldn´t have posted.... And, the customary disclaimer: I do not know the seller, and I have no personal interest whatsoever in the business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted June 11, 2012 Share #5 Posted June 11, 2012 I see Edmond won Congrats! That's a good price for a lens that appears to be in great shape! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmond_terakopian Posted June 11, 2012 Share #6 Posted June 11, 2012 I see Edmond won Congrats! That's a good price for a lens that appears to be in great shape! I did indeed!! Thank you :-) Big thanks to Per for posting this; much appreciated :-) Have just ordered to screw mount to M adapter from Robert White, so very much looking forward to making some nice (and almost definitely soft) portraits!! Cheers, Edmond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted June 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I did indeed!! Thank you :-) Big thanks to Per for posting this; much appreciated :-) ... Just back from a few days´ travel. Surprised and happy with the outcome. Congratulations, Edmond! And really looking forward to you posting some images made with that Hektor... (I seem to recall reading somewhere that Hektor was named after Max Berek´s dog. I do hope this lens isn´t a dog, however!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmond_terakopian Posted June 12, 2012 Share #8 Posted June 12, 2012 Just back from a few days´ travel. Surprised and happy with the outcome. Congratulations, Edmond! And really looking forward to you posting some images made with that Hektor... (I seem to recall reading somewhere that Hektor was named after Max Berek´s dog. I do hope this lens isn´t a dog, however!). Cheers :-) Perhaps the lens is man's best friend?!! ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted June 12, 2012 Share #9 Posted June 12, 2012 I was hard pressed to see any scratch like faults on the web images. You really need to foul up a lens pretty horribly before the image quality goes downhill. So I expect the images will be as sharp mas ever (in fact that is what they have to be, based on physics), they might lose a minor amount of contrast but that is dead easy to deal with in PP. Congrats to Edmond:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmond_terakopian Posted June 12, 2012 Share #10 Posted June 12, 2012 I was hard pressed to see any scratch like faults on the web images. You really need to foul up a lens pretty horribly before the image quality goes downhill. So I expect the images will be as sharp mas ever (in fact that is what they have to be, based on physics), they might lose a minor amount of contrast but that is dead easy to deal with in PP. Congrats to Edmond:D Cheers :-) From what I've read, this is quite a soft lens, so we shall see how that renders on a digital sensor. Rather looking forward to it! I'm guessing it should arrive tomorrow (also waiting for the adapter) - will keep you all posted once I've had a play :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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