Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, Great experiment. Yes, the Hektor always did well in the close up range and was fine in the distance. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/29/06, Phil Swango <pswango@att.net> wrote: > > I have a 135/4.5 Hektor that I seldom use, though I have always liked it. > It's kind of a beater but still makes good pix. Too bad it won't fit on > my > Pentax istDL, I thought. Well, it fits OK but you have to hold it in > place > while you shoot and it only shoots close-ups because of the film-to-flange > distance. But what the heck, might as well give it a try. Coaxed my > daughter out in the yard at dusk while there was still light enough to > shoot > at ISO 800. Stopped down the lens half a stop to f/5.6, shutter manually > set to 1/180 sec. Not very promising at this point, I'm thinking, since > the > effective focal length is now ~200mm and I'm hand-holding at 5 ft., trying > to keep the lens pressed against the camera body with left hand and > shooting > with the right, moving my whole body back and forth to get focused on > those > eyelashes in that smallish DSLR finder at f/5.6. OK, click click click. > The result surprised me, since I never hear anyone rave about Hektors, but > obviously it's a sharp cookie: > > http://pswango.smugmug.com/gallery/825205/2/91464637 > > > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >