Leica 90 f1 anyone?

[Avotius]

A few days ago on the bay I saw this Leica 90 f1, I downloaded the image (I have a collection of camera equipment images, better then buying the stuff!) and then moments later the auction was gone. It was one of the arsenal auctions and I dont recall the price, but the item was gone fast, that or I just cant find it anymore, in fact I cant find arsenal photo on there at all now, I must be looking in the wrong place. Anyho the image sucks, you cant even see the lens markings for the f1 or what mm the lens is, but the action header was clear enough.

A real conversation piece eh?

 

[Davor]

Wtf, no way that is M-mount. That beast has got to block up like 200% of the viewfinder.

 

[Silva Lining]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that these were specially made for the US Navy or ARMY. Of course I may have dreamt that 🙂

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I remember seeing an auction for this...err...item.

I'm afraid that most "pro" photographers would waste it by stopping it down to f/5.6, you know, with the fascination over "sharpness" and all that...

 

[ferider]

Yeah, this comes up every so often.

Not RF coupled but M mount for aerial photos. What you see in the front
are rings to use it to focus at different distances (20 and 100m).

Roland.

 

[Magus]

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[jlw]

Not RF coupled but M mount for aerial photos. What you see in the front
are rings to use it to focus at different distances (20 and 100m).

What kind of aerial photos are you going to be taking at a focusing distance of 20M?!?

Oh, well, maybe they were for a high-speed camera used for weapons testing or such.

Incidentally, we don't know that this lens covered 24x36mm; the M mount may just have been a convenience since it would be an off-the-shelf item for Leica. Lenses of f/1 and even faster aren't all that unusual for smaller formats, such as cine camera use.

 

[ferider]

Here is one more picture:

Leitz Elcan-R 90/1, very rare, usually fetches around US 20 - 30k at
auctions. Some more info here:

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004347

Apparently Leitz made a 75mm f/0.85 Summar in 1934 as well.

Roland.