Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Martin, This is pretty much a stab in the dark, but the 135/4.5 Hektor for M is a sure bet. I'm using an LTM 90 Elmar head on my Visoflex II, so i'd say you could use the head of the LTM Hektor on anything from a PLOOT to a Viso III with the right adapters. The information i have says both the LTM Elmar and Hektor came out the same year--1936. Good luck, Gary At 8:26 PM -0800 5/12/99, Martin wrote: > >Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 20:48:25 -0500 >From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> >Subject: [Leica] 135mm Hektor > >Does anyone know from what serial number the 135 Hektor came with a >removable lens head for use on the Visoflex (or was it even the PLOOT >that preceeded it)? My Leica Pocket book and Collectors Guide are a >little vague on the subject. > >M. > >- -- >Martin Howard | >Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | What boots up must come down. >email: howard.390@osu.edu | >www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > >------------------------------ "The difficulty now is that unexceptional adults believe the loss of youthful dreaming is itself "growing up," as though adulthood were the passive conclusion to a doomed activity and hope during adolescence." OO The Uses of Disorder [_]<| Personal Identity and City Life -- Richard Sennett /|\ Gary Elshaw Post-Grad Film Student Victoria University New Zealand http://elshaw.tripod.com/ http://elshaw.tripod.com/photointro.html