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The short story is I found another 73mm f1.9 Hektor gathering dust on a shelf in a camera shop. Since it appeared a bit cleaner externally than mine, I decided to buy it. It cleaned up fairly well and works as well as the first, and I don't need two of them! So I decided to offer my original copy to this group in case somebody is interested, before heading off to eBay.
Peruse the Leica M8 forum and you will find a few threads with images from this lens. Note it takes some extra effort to understand the nuances of this lens as each aperture setting renders a slightly different look, from almost unusably soft wide open to nearly as sharp as new lenses stopped down a bit. Below is a reference shot I took with this lens to show it's wide open character.
Included is the lens only. Note this is a 1932 vintage lens and shows years of use, though no abuse. The outer barrel shows lots of use and brassing; glass is uncoated and shows some slight, wispy cleaning marks if a light is shined through from the rear; as is normal with 1930's vintage lenses, there are a few air-bubbles in some of the glass elements; focus is relatively smooth; aperture operates smoothly and the blades are free of oil; there is no internal fungus or haze. Note that this is a LTM lens and needs an LTM to M adapter to use on an M camera. Oh, and this lens is also fairly small, being only about the size of a current 75 Summarit.
Asking $800 PayPal'd and shipped inside the US.
This 73 Hektor wide open on my M8:
And a 100% crop, (again wide open so this is the softest it is):
The short story is I found another 73mm f1.9 Hektor gathering dust on a shelf in a camera shop. Since it appeared a bit cleaner externally than mine, I decided to buy it. It cleaned up fairly well and works as well as the first, and I don't need two of them! So I decided to offer my original copy to this group in case somebody is interested, before heading off to eBay.
Peruse the Leica M8 forum and you will find a few threads with images from this lens. Note it takes some extra effort to understand the nuances of this lens as each aperture setting renders a slightly different look, from almost unusably soft wide open to nearly as sharp as new lenses stopped down a bit. Below is a reference shot I took with this lens to show it's wide open character.
Included is the lens only. Note this is a 1932 vintage lens and shows years of use, though no abuse. The outer barrel shows lots of use and brassing; glass is uncoated and shows some slight, wispy cleaning marks if a light is shined through from the rear; as is normal with 1930's vintage lenses, there are a few air-bubbles in some of the glass elements; focus is relatively smooth; aperture operates smoothly and the blades are free of oil; there is no internal fungus or haze. Note that this is a LTM lens and needs an LTM to M adapter to use on an M camera. Oh, and this lens is also fairly small, being only about the size of a current 75 Summarit.
Asking $800 PayPal'd and shipped inside the US.
This 73 Hektor wide open on my M8:
And a 100% crop, (again wide open so this is the softest it is):
