Weird, kooky but interesting old lenses for mirrorless adaptation

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I had the 38mm Xenar 2.8 lens from a Kodak 500 instamatic hacked to LTM. A little fussy in use, but produces lovely images.
 
peterm1 said:
Now this is interesting looking. I do not know much about Cooke lenses though of course I have heard of them. Is this specific one a cine lens or something else? I have often wondered with those how cine lenses cope with coverage of the sensor frame on mirrorless cameras as I had understood that the C mount ones cropped even on m4/3 sensors.

But you say this lens works with APS sensors.......I would like to know more if possible.
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Hi, this is a Cook Ivotal, made for 16mm movie cameras. It covers APS-C on my Fuji XE-1 fine. There are quite a few other high quality cine lenses that will cover m4/3, and some that will cover APS-C.

Generally, a long lens, longer than 50mm will cover. So a Kern Macro Switar 75mm will cover fine. That is another fantastic, small cine lens. The 25mm lenses will seldom cover without cropping. But they have very interesting effects. I have a Kino Plasmat, Kern Switar, and other 25mms I use a lot...for their effect.
 
"...long skinny overall but a bit pudgy in the mid section."


Hey, Peter! ...I resemble that remark!
except for the "a bit" part.:-(
 
Crazy Fedya said:
Are you using it on m43 only, or full frame and film as well? If so, how does it cover full frame?
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Covers full frame well, with only a hint of softness in the corners which disappears after f4 or so. Some vignetting, but less than I expected.

This is straight out of the monochrom:

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The next thing is huuuuge ——


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Abstract: This is a Casio H15 converted to M42 and equipped with a larger shutter. The sensor of this camera offers 14 megapixels on a surface of 6,17 x 4,55mm. This is only 1/30 of the area of the normal 24x36 frame. So this extreme enlargement gives quite a good impression on the actual resolution power of the tested photographic objective.
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http://zeissikonveb.de/start/objektive/objektivtests.html

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What I've always found interesting are the posh lenses fitted to ordinary cameras around the 1910's to 1920's. An example being the Kodak VPK (Vest Pocket Kodak) with a CZ Tessar or a Houghton Ensignette with a THT Cooke. The problem is that both are rare and there's no way I could justify the potential damage to them and the camera just to satisfy idle curiosity.


Of course, there might just be one in bits somewhere but you never see elderly cameras advertised as "spares or repairs" because they are usually sold as mint regardless...


Regards, David
 
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