September 2025

Leitz Announces Hektor Primes

Leitz Cine’s Hektor prime lenses for cameras using mirrorless mounts are available in six focal lengths: 18mm, 25mm, 35mm, 50mm, 73mm and 100mm, all T2.1. The user-interchangeable mount options include E, L, RF and Z. The look of Hektor was curated by examining lenses from the past 100+ years of cinema and photography, and is inspired by classic M lenses from the 1930s and 1950s, as well as Petzval lenses. These characteristics were achieved by utilizing non-aspherical designs reminiscent of the 1980s/’90s. Modern touches include coatings that control veiling glare as well as significantly reduced chromatic aberration. Hektor lenses are fully manual and feature an 80mm outer diameter. The 25-100mm lenses have a 77mm screw-in filter...more