Leitzが「HEKTORシリーズ」でミラーレスレンズ市場へ参入を発表

ライツが「Leitz HEKTOR」シリーズでミラーレスレンズ市場に参入を発表しました。18・25・35・50・73・100mmの単焦点でT2.1に統一。マウントはFFミラーレス4マウントに対応。

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ミラーレスカメラ用に設計された新しい単焦点レンズシリーズ「Leitz HEKTOR」を発表。

焦点距離は18・25・35・50・73・100mmで、すべてT2.1の開放値を持つ。

マウントはユーザー交換式でE、L、RF、Zに対応。

HEKTORはイメージの個性とビルドクオリティを重視。

外観や描写は100年以上にわたるシネマと写真レンズの歴史を参照し、1930〜50年代のクラシックMレンズやペッツバールレンズに着想を得ている。

非球面を用いない1980〜90年代的設計により自然なフレアや球面収差、像面湾曲が表現される。

一方で最新のコーティングによりベール状フレアを抑え、色収差も大幅に軽減されている。

これらのレンズはより安価なカメラシステム向けであるが、Leitzの高級レンズと同じくドイツで設計・製造・組立が行われ、細部まで高い品質管理が徹底されている。

価格は一般的なミラーレスレンズより高いが、長期的な信頼性や整備性を考慮した投資価値のある製品。

レンズは完全マニュアルで、外径80mmを持つ。25〜100mmは77mmのねじ込み式フィルターに対応。

フォーカスリングは120°、絞りリングは49°の回転角を持ち、位置が統一されているため交換時の操作が容易である。9枚羽根絞りにより全域で丸いボケを保つ。

名称「HEKTOR」は1930年代にマックス・ベレックが設計したライカHektorレンズに由来する。今回のシリーズはその復刻ではないが、銀色のアルマイト仕上げや象徴的な73mmをラインナップに含めることで、当時の遺産に敬意を表している。

参考価格（B&H Photo）

Leitz Cine HEKTOR 18mm T2.1：7,590ドル

Leitz Cine HEKTOR 25mm T2.1：7,390ドル

Leitz Cine HEKTOR 35mm T2.1：7,390ドル

Leitz Cine HEKTOR 50mm T2.1：7,390ドル

Leitz Cine HEKTOR 73mm T2.1：7,390ドル

Leitz Cine HEKTOR 100mm T2.1：7,390ドル

プレスリリース

SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
Wetzlar, Germany – September 10, 2025 – Leitz Cine enters the mirrorless lens market with the Leitz HEKTOR lenses, a brand new set of prime lenses designed specifically for cameras using mirrorless mounts. The lenses come in six focal lengths: 18, 25, 35, 50, 73 and 100mm, all T2.1. The user interchangeable mount options include E, L, RF and Z for maximum flexibility.

The Leitz HEKTOR lenses prioritize two things: image character and build quality. The look of HEKTOR has been curated by examining lenses from the past 100+ years of cinema and photography history. The look is inspired by classic M lenses from the 1930s and 1950s, as well as Petzval lenses, to combine pleasing characteristics like dynamic flare, field curvature and spherical aberration into something that is wholly unique while feeling familiar. By utilizing non-aspherical designs reminiscent of the 1980s/90s, these characteristics come into the lenses naturally. Modern touches include coatings that control veiling glare better than older lenses as well as significantly reduced chromatic aberration.

The Leitz Cine brand has always stood for a high standard of quality, and although these lenses were designed for less expensive camera systems than Leitz’s high-end glass, the same amount of care, consideration and attention to detail exists in the HEKTOR lenses. These lenses were designed in Germany and are manufactured and assembled in Germany by the same hands that build other Leitz lenses like SUMMILUX-C and HUGO. While more expensive than most mirrorless lenses, the Leitz HEKTOR series is built to last, to be easily serviced, and with available parts for a reliable, long-term investment.

The lenses are fully manual and feature an 80mm outer diameter. The 25-100mm lenses have a 77mm screw-in filter thread. Focus and iris ring locations match for quick lens changes with 120° and 49° rotations, respectively, making them easy to work with when operating and pulling focus. A nine-blade iris maintains a round shape through all stops for consistency in the out-of-focus areas.

“We spent a lot of time exploring and testing to get the character of these lenses right, to make them something that would be appealing to modern cinematographers but timeless in their beauty,” said managing director Rainer Hercher. “Too often lenses are designed to be as fast, clear and as inexpensive as possible without giving attention to the attributes that create a great, compelling image. In listening to our customers we heard them asking for something with soul, with emotion, something that could help elevate their work. The Leitz HEKTOR lenses are for them.”

The name HEKTOR is a reference to the original Leica Hektor lenses created in the 1930s by legendary lens designer Max Berek for Leica’s original screw mount 35mm cameras. Though not an adaptation of those lenses, the new HEKTOR series pays homage to the inspiration they provided with a silver anodized finish and the inclusion of a 73mm, an iconic lens in the original line.