a haughty paperweight or sell on eBay to someone who has the projector but no lens
Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” –Lewis Hine On Jun 5, 2011, at 12:03 , Bulent Celasun wrote: > Hello All, > > Today I have found a Carl Zeiss Jena Kipronar 1:1,9 f=135mm "lens". > I guess this is a lens for projection devices and was built in, > perhaps, nineteen forties. > It does not seem to be coated. > No diaphragm is present. Likewise, no focusing ring... > It seems to have two elements (or, groups) at each end. > Glass seems fine. > It is 140mm long and the diameter is about 76 mm. > The middle part consists of a 88 mm- long bright (chrome?) metal. > > I wonder if I can use this as anything other than a USD 20 paper weight. > > Can I, perhaps, built a camera which exposes a sensitized surface via this > lens? > Sort of a view camera? > How can I find its "flange distance", if there is one? > > Any ideas? > > Bulent > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
