Re: [Leica] Marking scratched on a 135mm Hektor

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Doug-
Mine has 135+ and 77X-- it also has the serial number- ending in '77'
penciled on the light baffle in the barrel, along with '135. I would assume
that the tubes and lens heads were matched at some point, and that the
numbers were done to keep them paired if the head was removed for testing.
Check the inside of the front of the lens barrel.
Dan
- -----Original Message-----
From: Doug Richardson <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 5:30 AM
Subject: [Leica] Marking scratched on a 135mm Hektor


>I've just bought a screw-mount 135mm f4 Hektor, and notice that there
>are some markings scratched into the rear of the optical head:
>
>1R XX H
>
>134 5
>
>I"m guessing that "134.5" is an indication that the exact focal length
>is 134.5mm (would Leitz still be making such improvised markings in
>1957?) but am mystified by the remainder, which seem to have been done
>by the same individual.  (I wondered if the 1R was IR, but the first
>character looks like the common European style for a hand-written 1)
>
>Regards,
>
>Doug Richardson
>