timpppa Posted June 17, 2008 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello! I tried to search the forum for any references, but there were so many results... My question is about the quality of the lens. It seems to be relatively cheap lens, so what's "bang for the buck?" I currently have only 50mm elmar-m and plan to get 90mm lens too. If someone has sample fotos please post links or something. -- Regards, Timo Leppiniemi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Hi timpppa, Take a look here Hektor 90mm/f4.5. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
luigi bertolotti Posted June 18, 2008 Share #2 Posted June 18, 2008 Uhm... which lens exactly are you investgating ? For what I know, there is not any HEKTOR 90 mm f 4,5: indeed there are: - Hektor 135 mm f 4,5 - Elmar 90 mm f 4 Both are two of the most common lenses for Leica Screw mount bodies, easy to find, but many of them (very cheap, around 100 Euros) are in less than good conditions: better to verify glass quality and smoothness of focus movement. And both are good lenses to use, like the old Elmar 50: one cannot expect high sharpness when wide open or next to, but if you use them regularly around 8-11 they are at all satisfying. Both were produced for lot of years, pre and post war, with same optical formula and different finishings and details in mount, filter etc... : in my opinion, better to find postwar chrome items, produced around '55-'60 (say, numbers roughly 1.2xxx.xxx to 1.8xx.xxx) , possibly with E39 filter mount (filters are easier to find, if needed) and good lens coating (one of the few differences in their long years of production... coating started after WWII and the technolgy was made better in the years). And... do not forget that in Leica screw mount you need external viewfinders !!! (apart on IIIG for 90 mm) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpppa Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted June 18, 2008 - Hektor 135 mm f 4,5 Oops... What I meant ws 135mm hektor. The serial of the lens is 1417853. From the pictures it seems to be in very good condition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted June 18, 2008 Share #4 Posted June 18, 2008 135mm hektor. The serial of the lens is 1417853. From the pictures it seems to be in very good condition. 1,333,001-1,459,000 year 1956 is it a A36 or E39 front lens ? http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/54977-hektor-135mm-f-4-5-ltm.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpppa Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted June 18, 2008 1,333,001-1,459,000 year 1956 is it a A36 or E39 front lens ? It is E39 front lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 18, 2008 Share #6 Posted June 18, 2008 As JC said ... 1956 ! that's my Year of birth ! ... surely a good lens, buy... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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