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Carl Zeiss Jena Movikon 16mm lenses on NEX
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:20 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:20 pm
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I bought two pre-war cine camera lens a 7,5cm and 5cm Sonnar , both have Movikon mount , register distance is close to C mount.
I had ethical question convert or not convert them to mount on NEX to feed curiosity.
First I thought adapter , but due small available space it did look impossible to make it well.
I can't butcher rare lenses with conversion or very hard to do and I will always shameful Embarassed
Karoly my genius repair man found a good solution , he did made ring from strong plastic to a NEX adapter which is keep lens gently and strongly , positioned perfectly , usable well and if need removable and lens will in genuine stage again. I will make some shoot later from adapted lens , looks pro and even more important no harm on lens.


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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:48 pm
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Good idea, looking for ward to seeing the results. I always wondered about those lenses!!


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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:58 pm
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Very nicely done - congrats!


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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:40 pm
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Thank you ! I was so happy once I saw result.


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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:09 am
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:09 am
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Sonnar 7,5cm

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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:30 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:30 pm
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Those lens are great, from times when engineering was an art.

Do you know the image circle size for these lens, is it standard 16mm?


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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:27 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:27 pm
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I know only both cover APS-C no vignetting.


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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:17 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:17 pm
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Expected such good quality as I heard about that. Very nice!


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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:01 pm
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kds315* wrote:
Expected such good quality as I heard about that. Very nice!


Perhaps best quality pre-war item until now what I did try.


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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:47 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:47 pm
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