sparrow6224
Well-known
See this listing from, ahem, former Soviet Union locale. Did Zeiss even make such a lens? SN if genuine would be 1938.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350524841877&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350524841877&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
sparrow6224
Well-known
It actually looks kinda nice.... [slap] Sorry! Sorry!
GoneSavage
not actually
No 25mm lens designed with 35mm coverage in mind would have a front element that's so recessed...
Highway 61
Revisited
16mm or 9mm or 8mm cinema lens.
t.s.k.
Hooked on philm
Add to that, a 25mm Sonnar is highly improbable.
sparrow6224
Well-known
Actually is that a C-mount on the back? This would explain how a 25mm can be a Sonnar, I guess. I have but the vaguest knowledge of this.
sparrow6224
Well-known
Yes, I see Put Some Bleachers up in the Sun has answered my final question while I was writing it.
dexdog
Veteran
Lens is for the Movikon cine camera, according to Hartmut Thiele's book of CZJ lenses with production date of Jan 1939. I don't know if this is the 8mm or 16mm version.
sparrow6224
Well-known
Thank you Dex. When I thought it must be some sort of knock off I was surprised at 1. the quality of the lettering and 2. that it had a real serial number. For some reason the knock offs almost always have some sort of obviously bogus serial number. Anyway, thanks everybody.
batterytypehah!
Lord of the Dings
Should be a nice lens for M4/3 and the like, no?
Highway 61
Revisited
The rear element will probably hurt the sensor and otherwise the results would for sure be poor. Not even speaking of chromatic aberrations in front of a sensor etc, take for granted that cinema lenses don't achieve good optical performances especially in the corners - you don't inspect the corners of the image with a 20x magnifier when you're watching movies and eating popcorn, in general.
