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African Violet and ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
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An African Violet flower seen through my new ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm lens (Prototype, only one ever made)

Visual light:


Ultraviolet light:


Infrared light:


and here the lens:


(C) WESTLICHT


Last edited by kds315* on Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:47 pm; edited 1 time in total


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Happy Dog Like Dog Friends


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Extraordinary resolution.
Thank you
OH


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Like 1 Like 1 Great...was this the swap? Wink


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kryss wrote:
Like 1 Like 1 Great...was this the swap? Wink


Oh no, a regular auction


Last edited by kds315* on Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:11 pm; edited 1 time in total


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Looks very good, both the photos and the lens. Love that serial number Smile


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Cool! What's the story behind the lens?


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Like 1 Like 1 small Friends

How doest it compare to CZJ 60/4 and other UV lenses for image quality?


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blotafton wrote:
Cool! What's the story behind the lens?


unknown it is. There is only some internal paper (I have a copy) showing that it was made.

kievuser wrote:
Like 1 Like 1 small Friends

How doest it compare to CZJ 60/4 and other UV lenses for image quality?


Very well, certainly above the CZJ 60/4 as it shows no focus difference!! Meaning,
it is an APO lens reaching into UV (I saw no focus difference UV-VIS-IR)


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Very nice!


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Impressiv! Like 1


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Impressive.

I wonder how it renders out of focus areas with these aperture blades (guess not the priority for the designers).


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These look similar:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leica-Elcan-F-5-6-52mm-52mm-F5-6-n-316-0007-Rare-Lente-Hecha-Por-Leitz-Canada-/361495587590?_ul=AR


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Very cool lens, and very impressive results, congrats!


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listera wrote:
Impressive.

I wonder how it renders out of focus areas with these aperture blades (guess not the priority for the designers).


Shape of the diaph looks like Helios-40 or Jupiter-6