Other/Uncategorized HU: Zunow 35mm f1.7 lens in Ltm

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rogue_designer said:
pretty - I wonder how this compares to the CV Ultron.

Odd that it looks like the fstops are organized in reverse of most lenses I own.
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this would be an early to mid 1950s design, no aspherical surfaces here.
this was the fastest 35mm lens at the time it came out, slightly before the Nikkor 35/1.8 and the Canon 35/1.8 and the f1.5.
Zunow was a small independent maker that pushed the envelope,
so all the big players watched what it made for inspiration and later brought out their own designs for competition on the market.
 
The Popular Photography mags I have from the 50's have long, long lists of "bargain priced" LTM and Contax mount lenses, including many Zunows (they were the insanely fast ones at a given focal length). I'll try to dig some of these out and post them. I wonder how they all went away and what a shame that is!? This was really fine stuff.
 
It sold a for over 2K. Other than a collector's value - I really don't see a reason to get one. As a user - however fine it was in its day - CV Ultron will have to beat EASY. NOt to say it wouldn't be fun to play wit this lens.
 
>>Odd that it looks like the fstops are organized in reverse of most lenses I own.<<

The f/stops are in the direction of Contax and Nikon lenses.

A few months ago I saw some images posted on another Website taken with the Zunow 50/1.1; it was quite fast, but also had a lot of chromatic aberation.
 
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