Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yesterday I saw a sick Pradovit 250 Colour with 2 lenses, a 50/2.8 Elmaron and a 200/2.5 Hektor, I bought the lot for 70UKP (about 100USD), and have managed to repair the projector (a failed microswitch, cost a couple of dollars) so feel pretty happy about it all. I remember reading a small article (it could have been in LHSA's 'Viewfinder') about someone who'd converted one of these Hektor 200/2.5 lenses for use on his Leica/flex. Well, I've managed that fairly simply through a couple of old adapters but my question to the panel is: "What would be the optical differences (if any) between a 200/2.5 projector lens and a similar camera optic?" I appreciate that the focussing is much coarser and there's no iris (not needed for low light purposes) but is the same quality of lens finish required or not? Jem