algrove Posted March 31 Share #1 Â Posted March 31 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just acquired one and will soon be using it after getting it CLA'd so to speak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 31 Posted March 31 Hi algrove, Take a look here Anyone ever tried the Leitz LTM 73/1.9 Hector with adapter on an M or SL?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
UliWer Posted March 31 Share #2  Posted March 31 Yes, I did use the Hektor with different M-cameras. Works like any other LTM-lens. If you search with „Hektor“ and „73“ you‘ll find some results here: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/search/?q=Hektor 73&quick=1&item=268173&type=forums_topic&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 31 Share #3  Posted March 31 No  - but I did use the Voigtlander copy ("75mm f/1.8 Heliar Classic") for about a year. Which steals uses a virtually identical "Hektor" three-group, six-element design. Except obviously with 90-year-newer coatings (in addition to the flare-resistant Hektor design - only six air/glass surfaces in total). Looking through the C/V, the inner elements were virtually invisible, so faint were any internal reflections. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And in terms of field of view, showed about 1.5% more of the subject all around, compared with Leica's 75mm lenses. So also about a "73mm," in reality. It had an interesting optical feature - quite strong curvature of field that made the corners of backgrounds even more blurry/defocused than DoF calculations alone would suggest. Occasionally a useful effect. A decent-enough lens, but rather heavy (in the C/V build), and with a limited close-focus ability. So I returned first to Leica's own 75s (f/2 and f/1.4), and then to the C/V 75 Nokton f/1.5 in late 2020 - a whole different animal. I look forward to seeing your results with your newly-CLA'd "real" Leica 73mm Hektor! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! And in terms of field of view, showed about 1.5% more of the subject all around, compared with Leica's 75mm lenses. So also about a "73mm," in reality. It had an interesting optical feature - quite strong curvature of field that made the corners of backgrounds even more blurry/defocused than DoF calculations alone would suggest. Occasionally a useful effect. A decent-enough lens, but rather heavy (in the C/V build), and with a limited close-focus ability. So I returned first to Leica's own 75s (f/2 and f/1.4), and then to the C/V 75 Nokton f/1.5 in late 2020 - a whole different animal. I look forward to seeing your results with your newly-CLA'd "real" Leica 73mm Hektor! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/420183-anyone-ever-tried-the-leitz-ltm-7319-hector-with-adapter-on-an-m-or-sl/?do=findComment&comment=5779745'>More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 7 Share #4  Posted April 7 With the help of a Leitz-era screw-to-M adaptor I've used a Hektor originally made in 1931 (and factory-converted to coupled form in 1932) on a digital M camera. I described the experience in an article that I wrote for 'Viewfinder' magazine about a decade ago.   Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted April 7 Share #5  Posted April 7 Could you mention the number of Viewfinder so I can look it up more easily? Thanks, Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 7 Share #6 Â Posted April 7 You mean - would I grovel through issue after issue, so that you don't have to? <GRIN> While waiting for my pre-lunch meds to take effect, that's what I did - and it was in Vol 48 issue 3. Â Â Â 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 7 Share #7  Posted April 7 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I could post a pair of pic taken with it, on M8 and M240... but a long search 🙄.. anyway the observation from Adan about field curvature is really RIGHT:I add that is better to work in BW to catch the "mood" of this lens... colors are typically unsatisfying (*), while bw portraits can result in someway pleasant old style pictures (a good old Summarit is even better in this context) (*) note that it was made to use the Agfacolor filters (a costly collectible set...), but the agfacolor process had little relation with our current way to evaluate color rendering. Edited April 7 by luigi bertolotti 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted April 7 Share #8  Posted April 7 (edited) Kings College Cambridge, M240. I think this is at the closest focus, wide open - as an experiment!  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 7 by LocalHero1953 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/420183-anyone-ever-tried-the-leitz-ltm-7319-hector-with-adapter-on-an-m-or-sl/?do=findComment&comment=5783039'>More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted April 7 Share #9  Posted April 7 (edited) And a couple more, showing its 'character' wide open😀. M240. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 7 by LocalHero1953 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/420183-anyone-ever-tried-the-leitz-ltm-7319-hector-with-adapter-on-an-m-or-sl/?do=findComment&comment=5783041'>More sharing options...
sandro Posted April 7 Share #10 Â Posted April 7 1 hour ago, roydonian said: You mean - would I grovel through issue after issue, so that you don't have to? <GRIN> While waiting for my pre-lunch meds to take effect, that's what I did - and it was in Vol 48 issue 3. Â Â Â Much appreciated, Doug! Interesting article indeed, thanks again. Lex 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 7 Share #11  Posted April 7 3 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said: And a couple more, showing its 'character' wide open😀. M240. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Next to "Thambar effect" 😎 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted April 7 Author Share #12 Â Posted April 7 If it's in the ballpark of a Thambar then it has character for WAY LESS money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted April 7 Share #13 Â Posted April 7 The Hektor doesn't always render like (or better: as bad as) a Thambar. Just by incident I saw this photo: Â 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted April 11 Author Share #14 Â Posted April 11 Can someone put the article in question online please? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted April 11 Share #15 Â Posted April 11 9 minutes ago, algrove said: Can someone put the article in question online please? Thanks. It is on-line, in the Viewfinder Archive on the LSI (LHSA) site. Just need to be a Member. 'Viewfinders' are copyright so no chance outside the website. To wet your appetite further it includes some great pictures. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 12 Share #16  Posted April 12 The pages of 'Viewfinder" are indeed copyright, so my article (in the form that it appeared in that magazine with their edits and page layout) cannot be posted online. However, under UK copyright law, I still have copyright over the original text that I wrote. So if you PM me with your email address, I will send you a copy of my original Microsoft Word version. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 13 Share #17 Â Posted April 13 Alas, algrove is on gmail - a service that does not accept emails sent via my ISP. Apparently the latter does not format its email headers to the standard that gmail requires. So I was not able to send the document that algrove wanted to read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted April 13 Share #18  Posted April 13 1 hour ago, roydonian said: Alas, algrove is on gmail - a service that does not accept emails sent via my ISP. Apparently the latter does not format its email headers to the standard that gmail requires. So I was not able to send the document that algrove wanted to read. Can you not send it as an attachment to a PM sent on this Forum (PM as secure in my experience)? Just  a possible work around. Maybe also convert Word doc to pdf. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 13 Share #19 Â Posted April 13 I didn't know that you could add an attachment to a PM. Thanks for your advice. I've just sent the article to him in PDF fomat. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted April 13 Author Share #20 Â Posted April 13 Got it. Thank you so very much. Ever heard of a Hector 73/1.9 with a 6 digit serial number? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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