Elmar/Hektor Black Barrel Database

[Fuchs]

Hi, for the records:

Hektor f=13,5cm 1:4,5
SN 699801
Coated
Black Barrel
"Shark Skin" Vulcanite

[murrayb53]

Hektor 13.5cm F4.5, #530276, Flat Black Paint, In Feet, and Un-coated.
Pretty lens, goes with my wartime Imarect, also in Flat Black Paint. Both are mounted on my Red Curtain IIIc.

Steve

[mabelsound]

I just bought this for a hundred bucks. Looks uncoated? What can you guys tell me about it? I probably overpaid, but the glass is described as more or less perfect, and who can complain about prices this generally low?

[snausages]

Mabelsound, I'm no expert on this (at all), but this link (http://www.forloren.dk/lbf/leica_lens_serial.htm) suggests it's from 1936. My 1948 Elmar 90 has been really fun to use.

[mabelsound]

Nice, I'm really excited! I like the stuff you've been doing with yours.

[lxmike]

Elamr (black), 9cm f4, Germany, meters scale, serial number 645395

[chris7521]

135mm
Ser# 599
Focusing scale - Meters
Aperture Range - f/4.5 - f/36
Elmar
Uncoated
And of course no rangefinder coupling.

[johannielscom]

Black Elmar 9cm / f=4.0 #516333, 1939. Uncoated. Scaled in meters. Lovingly dubbed 'fistful of tele'.

Looking for correct front and rear caps advice: flat front cap? Black paint? Was that rear cap metal or bakelite? Black or chrome?

[LeicaTom]

Originally Posted by buzzardkid

Black Elmar 9cm / f=4.0 #516333, 1939. Uncoated. Lovingly dubbed 'fistful of tele'.

Looking for correct front and rear caps advice: flat front cap? Black paint? Was that rear cap metal or bakelite? Black or chrome?

Johan, for that year it was the bakelite caps, front and back.

Tom

[john neal]

Originally Posted by LeicaTom

Johan, for that year it was the bakelite caps, front and back.

Tom

Bummer, mine has brass both ends.... # 517457 - 90mm f4, single coatted (factory retro?). Really must get out and use this soon!

[Kherberos]

Hi,

My very clean Elmar 9cm f/4 shows the number 519329 (original front and rear caps in bakelite).

It goes from f/4 ; f/4,5 ; f/6,3 etc. to f/36. Distance scale is in meters.

By the way, this is my oldest Leica lens (last third of 1939? 1940?). So, no "click stop" for the f-ring is normal, right?

[LeicaTom]

Here's my latest Black Barreled f4.5/135 Hektor "Flat Black" painted and coated WW2 *LEFTOVER/CARRYOVER* lens serial #576151 delivered on 17.01.46 to a
PFC (Private First Class) in the US Ocupation Forces.
(oddly this lens was only like 37 serial numbers after the 1944 Grey Paint f4.5/135 Hektor I just sold)
This is the late wartime issue type Hektor with the Flat Black paint, (very hard to find in good condition) this one's got really clean paint (almost mint) and has very nice shooting glass and vintage coating.

It will look great on one of my postwar 1945 IIIC K chrome non-stamped bodies with a "Black Nose" VIOOH finder

Tom

[L David Tomei]

Elmar 13.5cm f/4.5 142148 nickel distance scale.

"Thin" Elmar 9cm f/4 296278, black barrel, chrome scale and mount.

Others are earlier models without external serial numbers.

[Brian Legge]

I have one about 71 lenses younger than LateComers, back on page 2. Same description.

Unfortunately the glass isn't in great shape - somewhat hazy - and the aperture is stuck full open. I haven't been able to get it open and cleaned yet. Given its condition and how little these go for, I don't know if I'd bother sending it in for work.

[greyelm]

Elmar 9cm f/4.0 1937 s/n 373858



Have you seen this thread on the Leica camera forum?

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-...kes-elmar.html

[K14]

Here is the information and some findings for my 1946 Hektor:

f=13,5cm 1:4,5
Serial 608109
Coated
Flat black paint
Bakelite caps

Take notice of the serial number in the thumbnail. The # "1" has orange ink and the spacing between it and the other numbers doesn't look the same.

Also I have a thumb of the Hektor mounted on the IIIa with the Viooh finder.

Here is a sample picture taken with it the other day

[Filzkoeter]

Bought this one for awesome 22euro on ebay
glass is in quite good condition, no fungus, almost no cleaning marks and almost no haze



Elmar
-9cm
-f/4 - f/36
-636904 (year 1947)
-meters
-Germany
-coated
-chrome metal caps

[zane0777]

Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Elmar f=9cm 1:4 No 355818, uncoated. Just back from a CLA, it handles like a dream. Continuous f stops: 4, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.5, 18, 25, 36. Distance scale in feet.

[oilman930]

Black Hektor

f=13,5cm 1:4,5 (coupled)

Nr. 700414 (1949) Coated

Focusing scale: Feet

Found at KEH for a grand total of $29.95

[blauvelt]

serial number 450083 elmar f4/9cm marked in feet, painted black, coupled. when i unscrewed the lens carrier (if that is the correct term), on the inside of the barrel it is written in pencil "083" then "90"

[-Nash-]

Black Elmar 9cm f/4. Uncoated.
Sr. 565406, marking in Meters.

[hlpgtf]

Sorry I didn't notice this sticky earlier - I've had these for a couple of years now:

9cm, Meters, #676265 (1948), Coated

13.5cm, Meters, #310997 (1936), Uncoated

[burancap]

Serial number: 609474 (1946)
Focal length: 9cm
Aperture range: f/4 - f/36
Scale: meters
Coated

[johannielscom]

Originally Posted by laptoprob

So now I have two very early Elmars 135mm. Or rather an uncoupled numberless 135mm (meters, possibly 1390, scratch no. 41316) and a coupled 13,5cm (feet, possibly 1932 or '33 no. 142101).

The latest just arrived today from a misnamed Ebay auction. It is not a Hektor! So it may well be that all Elmars have the slightly shorter mount.

Since I am not that much of a collector, the appearantly very rare uncoupled version is for sale. Please make me an offer.

cheers, Rob.

That one is mine now. It's in the mail.

EDIT: It's mine now period. And not in the mail anymore I'll post shots later.

[littlefields]

I've just purchased a coated Hektor 13.5 cm f/4.5 lens:
-flat black paint, with flat grey paint with black numbers (1.5 mtrs-infinity)
on the focus barrel, chrome band and chrome screw mount. Black bakelite front cap, chrome rear screw mount cap. Serial number: 600501 (same number inside the helical mount when lens is removed). The lens is NOT stamped "Made in Germany." Is this from 1945 or 1946? This lens is in very nice condition...minimal wear, no brassing or scratches on the barrel, and the glass shows no scratches, just some minor dust between the elements. I'm looking forward to using this.