Kern Macro-Switar 36mm f1.4 H8RX

[rawhead]

Here's one surprising find; I picked up a Bolex H8RX with three Kern Macro-Switars (the wide-angle 5.5mm/1.6 is not designated Macro, but can focus at 4.5"), thinking they'd be interesting to mount onto a Pentax Q.

Turns out the longest lens, the Macro-Switar 36mm f1.4, has an image circle that almost covers a micro-4/3 sensor. Image rendering is classic Macro-Switar.

These three lenses also have C-mount screws (at lest the sizes; not the flange distance) as opposed to D-mount screws; so, you can screw onto your C-mount->m4/3 adapter and shoot. You just can't get anywhere near infinity... not even 3 feet at wide open


Close focus--no cropping


~35cm--no cropping



Stopped all the way down, still not focusing to ~1.5m away. You can see the image circle at this aperture doesn't cover the entire sensor.

Images of the lens itself.




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[Attila]

Handsome little lens, thank you for sharing!
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