When you think 1:1 is fast....

[Waus]

you should check out the westlicht-auction site: a zeiss 1:0,33/40mm exists!

 

[hipsterdufus]

For those that were looking for the lens:

http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=214626&_ssl=off

 

[oftheherd]

Not wanting to register and look, I am assuming even for an RF, the front rim must rest on wheels. Or is it VW bug mounted?

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I do believe that's an April Fool's joke?

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

However, they have one of the Kubrick f/0.7 Planars up for auction, and that is definitely real!

 

[tlitody]

is that an underwater lens. I seem to remember seeing a nikon one with huge front element many years ago but it might have been a nikon with zeiss lens on it.

 

[sevo]

Given the reputation of Westlicht we can assume they did not photoshop it but sell the real thing. Not that that makes it any more useful - that lens supposedly was a joke display object built for a Photokina.

 

[tlitody]

now I look again the lens is off center. The photoshopping is not too clever. Definitely a fishy one.

 

[tic]

Q = Quatsch = BS. There is some background about the Super-Q which was a joke from a Zeiss-employee, in The Zeiss Compendium book by Barringer & Small.

 

[mbisc]

Q = Quatsch = BS. There is some background about the Super-Q which was a joke from a Zeiss-employee, in The Zeiss Compendium book by Barringer & Small.

Since Mr. Barringer (sadly) passed away last year -- is this item from the auctioning off of his estate?

 

[kram]

This is an old joke lens rehashed. But it does produce an image on the film. It was put together to show that if you want a really fast lens, it could be like this. But who would use such a massive 40mm lens. Zeiss was proving a point, in going for quality optic rather than out right speed.

A top quality ZM 50mm f1.2 would be nice though