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Brian

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Have an Adapted lens that is unusual, rare, or you are Just very Proud of?
The place to "show and Tell"

The Biotar 4cm F1.4 is the first F1.4 lens that I am aware of. 1927, "Lens of Extreme Rapidity".

biotar2.jpg
  • RICOH - CX1
  • 35.4 mm
  • ƒ/5.2
  • 1/189 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 200
biotar1.jpg
  • RICOH - CX1
  • 35.4 mm
  • ƒ/5.2
  • 1/189 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 200


This lens was given to me in return for some repair services. About 300 made, 50 in the mount that this one was in. Made for 35mm Movie cameras.

I gave it to Chris at Skyllaney. When the Bertele Sonnar was first announced 3 years ago, Chris contacted me to let me know one of the prototypes would have my name on it. I wanted to return the favor, and sent him the Biotar and a 35mm F2 Wollensak Fastax lens. Chris converted both to Leica Mount. I like to think that raising the cash helped them through bad times of Covid. I know he was excited to convert them, and some lucky person owns a usable piece of History. The second lens on the first row to the Left. is this lens converted to M-Mount.

So- the first of my "Show and Tell"


 
A pair of early Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm Sonnars "T", about 1939.
Converted to Leica mount using focus mounts from Jupiters with bad glass..
Wartime_1939_Sonnars1.jpg
  • RICOH - CX5
  • RICOH ZOOM LENS
  • 5.4 mm
  • ƒ/3.7
  • 1/64 sec
  • ISO 200
wartime_1939_sonnars2.jpg
  • RICOH - CX5
  • RICOH ZOOM LENS
  • 6.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/6 sec
  • ISO 200
 
Century Optics Tele-Athenar 500mm 1:5.6
LENS-setup-600.jpg


Nikon NIKKOR-Q 400mm 1:4.5 Auto
LENS-setup-600.jpg


Leica Summicron 90mm 1:2 (Canada) on a Nikon D70
Summicron-90-f2-16462-Nikon-s.jpg


Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 80mm 1:2.8 T on a Nikon D50
LENS-D50-s.jpg


Dallmeyer Rapid Landscape on a Nikon D50
Dallmeyer-D60-02-s.jpg


Dyotar 180mm 1:4.7 Soft Focus on a Nikon D60
Dyotar180-D60-s.jpg


Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear on a Nikon D60
EQUIP-BL-RR-PB6-D60-s.jpg


Kodak Anastigmat 152mm 1:6.3 on a Sony NEX5
CAM-w-NEX5-600.jpg


Kodak No. 3 Brownie Model B lens on a Sony A7II
LENS-w-hood-1-600.jpg


Vest Pocket Kodak Lens on a Sony A7II
LENS-on-cam-600.jpg


Minolta RF Rokkor-X 800mm 1:8 on a Sony NEX5
LENS-w-NEX5-2-600.jpg

Tamron Spotting Scope Reflector on a Sony NEX5
LENS-NEX5-Direct-600.jpg


Nikon Reflex Nikkor 500mm 1:8 N on a Fuji F30 DC
IMG-N-500mm-on-F30-s.jpg


Topcon R. Topcor 30cm 1:2.8 on a Sony NEX5
LENS-with-NEX5-600.jpg


Komura 500mm 1:7 on a Sony NEX6
LENS-b-600.jpg


Rikenon 100mm 1:2.8 (for Ricoh 126-Flex TLS) on a Sony A7II
LENS-on-camera-600.jpg


Argus C3 CINTAR 50mm 1:3.5 on a Sony A7II
RING-V3x-Cam-600.jpg


Tamron Nestar 400mm 1:6.9 on a Sony NEX5
LENS-on-NEX5-600.jpg


Pentax-110 20-40mm 1:2.8 on a Sony NEX5
LENS-20-40mm-028-40-600-X.jpg
 
cintar_M9.jpg
  • RICOH - CX1
  • 8.8 mm
  • ƒ/4.2
  • 1/17 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 400


I ended up giving this lens to a Friend that really liked the images from their C3.

Converted to Nikon S-Mount using a CZJ Sonnar 5cm F1.5 mount, then used with a Nikon to Leica adapter.
L1002913.jpg
  • Leica Camera AG - M9 Digital Camera
  • Leica Elmar-M 50mm f/2.8
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/125 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 160



I used a stand-off ring to set the distance from the barrel to the mount, Accurate with the RF across the full focus range. I converted a pair of CZJ 5cm F3.5 Tessars from Exakta mount doing the same. Tessars in Contax mount are 10x the price of the originals.
 
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