Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Recently, I've seen in a photo shop a Hektor 4.5/135 for my screw mount Leica. It costed only 350 DM (=$230). I'm not an expert in these things so I was a bit cautious and thought that it's maybe not to good a lens. But then I took it as a bargain and bought it. After a few rolls of film I have learned that I must focus a bit more carefully than usual, but the pictures are great. Until then I have seen another Hektor with a similar price. Why it is so cheap compared with other lenses? Is there indeed some flaw in the design that I have not noticed up to now? Or it is just a market phenomenon (no one wants to buy it; there are so many of them)? What do you think? Regards, Rainer Mueller Munich, Germany