Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still find my (coated) 7.3 Hektor a useful portrait lens. THe aberrations soften things nicely and the 75mm frame on the M4P/M6 works well. On Wed, 9 Jul 97, Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl> wrote: >At your service.Here it is. > >This lens is very heavy, it hardly obscures the viewfinder and its shape and diameter give a very good handling. My version focuses quite smooth, but sometimes the focusing can be stiff. It then helps to manully set the guessed-at distance and fine tune with the rangefinder. Leica_M lenses need to be short and reasonably thin not to obscure the viewfinder. >The prewar predecessor, the Hektor 1:1,9/73 was quite popular it its days. >The very shallow depth of field at large apertures/medium distances (at 2 metres distances we have ±6cm) requires carefull focusing at the limit of the mechanical/optical precision of the M6-rangefinder. But candid portraits and full figures are clearly isolated from the background. >The optical performance is superb. At