Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:30 AM 3/24/2000 -0500, Kurt Miska wrote: >1- How do you post something that you want to sell? I know Friday is set >aside for that but do I post it first thing Friday or late Thursday. >What's the procedure. > >2 - I was given a whole stack of articles on the M-cameras that appeared >in the late 80s or early 90s. Very interesting. The author (I forget his >name) comments on the 135 mm f4.5 Hektor - "forget about that one." Why, >what's the problem with that lens? If any? Our List Owner has asked that we only post on Fridays. I believe the date of transmission controls: you can post any time from Midnight to Midnight on Friday, YOUR zone time. All responses, of course, should be by private E-Mail and not to the List. These policies are certainly not rigidly enforced but, as a matter of courtesy to our host, I would suggest we all comply with his wishes. There is nothing wrong, at all, with the Hektor, and I have taken many a happy shot with various versions of this fine design. But it is old, and slow, and more modern designs will outperform it. The 3.4/135 APO-Telyt is a stunningly fine lens! But the Hektor can be had cheap, and that makes it a fine user piece. You might want to consider the 4/135 Jupiter-11, a Russian lens often available in LTM for under $100. Or, if you can find one which has evaded the collectors, a 4/135 Elmar, a nice lens and slightly better in all optical regards to the Hektor in my experience. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!