Doesn't this make you want to cry?

This is so bizarre. The used camera store in Ottawa had two of these.

We speculated they were used for some other optical purpose, maybe some instrument, but didn't know what.

I recall a story where Noct-Nikkor 5.8cm f1.2 lenses were bought specifically for some scientific purpose due to their coma free design. Maybe there is something very crucial with the f0.95 lens - the f stop maybe?


Vick
 
Assuming of course that the description is accurate. This lens was also available in at least one other mount, cheaper. Why wreck a coupled lens when you could buy an uncoupled one cheaper?

Cheers,

R.
 
In the late 1950's and early 1960s the Scientists at our Lab bought Leica and Nikon lenses, disassembled them, used the optics. It was cheaper than having them made.
 
It's also true, of course, that there's no convincing argument against doing exactly what Brian describes, especially with current production lenses, though it can be a bit sad if the lens is taken apart just for curiosity by an incompetent. It's only now that we think 'what if...?' At the time, it may have been the most rational possible choice.

Cheers,

R.
 
The 0.95 was also sold as a TV lens, the one on eBay is, from the markings, a photographic version, but could have been cannibalized by a studio some where.
 
So the final price was about what I paied for a Canon 7 with a near-mint 50/0.95 a few years ago.

Things have gone up in price. I'm watching a Canon 7 with a 50/0.95 going for almost $3,000.
 
Years back, when I was part of LUG (leica users group) somebody there reported that a modified Canon 50/0.95 was used by the U.S. military in some capacity. I wonder if this is one of those lenses?

Jim B.

I think that was one of those lenses....I have also seen f1.2/50 Canon LTM's in the same mount used by the US Army and also British military in the 1960's.

Tom
 
We have a 50mm 1.2 here at work. It has a atomic reference on the barrel. Its up on ebay if anyone is interested. You would be surprised at whats been used for scientific reasons in the past.
 
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