Re: Bolex Lenses

From: Sam Wells (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2008 - 15:35:07 PDT


2 inch = 50mm

despite rumored devaluation of the inch

The 25mm Kinoptic may be problematic on RX cameras at wide apertures:
spherical aberration, a little astigmatism might not give totally
sharp focus at infinity

Stopped down to f 4 or so, probably OK

-Sam

On Oct 16, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Ken Paul Rosenthal wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if the following lenses are suitable for a Bolex
> camera?:
>
> - Wollensak Raptar 2: (50mm) f/2.5 Cine Telephoto
>
> - Apochromat Kinoptik Paris 1/2 F = 25mm
>
> - *Cooke Ivotal Anastigmat 2 inch f/1.4
>
> *regarding this last lens (Cooke), does anyone know the focal
> length? it's not marked anywhere that clearly indicates it.
>
> thanks, ken
>
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