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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:06 pm    Post subject: very unusual Switar about to finish on ebay... Reply with quote
Kern-Paillard Switar 0,94/26mm
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250533285335#ht_2240wt_1167

I wish I could afford this for my G1, but I think I am about 1 year to late on buying cine lenses Crying or Very sad

Anyone ever heard of this lens? I did a google on it, and I can't even find mention of a F0.94 anywhere. I think the 26mm's are rarer than the 25mm, and this is reflected in the price. The 26mm f1.1 go for high prices on ebay, usually around $1600, but at least they are listed in catalogs. Is this a lens made for NASA or something? any Kern buffs around?


PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow, what a lens Shocked

went for 1300 Euro ( 1950 US )


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
rel. cheap actually for such a lens!

Just in case someone doesn't know:
Switars are made of Zeiss glass.


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
kds315* wrote:
rel. cheap actually for such a lens!

Just in case someone doesn't know:
Switars are made of Zeiss glass.


Klaus,

You mean Schott/Main glass?


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was once told Zeiss (mentioned also on the bolex site). But since Zeiss bought Schott some years ago, we would both be right.


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow a night-vision-wide-angel lense...
anybody tested this lense before? some pics would be realy nice.

greeting from switzerland
Pascal


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kds315* wrote:
I was once told Zeiss (mentioned also on the bolex site). But since Zeiss bought Schott some years ago, we would both be right.


Not quite. Schott Jena was founded and owned by the Zeiss brothers, Abbe and Schott, and was one half of the original Zeiss foundation - Zeiss glass is Schott glass.


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kabraxis wrote:
wow a night-vision-wide-angel lense...


I'd be extremely surprised if that is wide angle - in all probability it is a 16mm or 1/2" video lens, with little more than 13mm useful image circle.


PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I doubt that too, since it was made for 16mm and only very few lenses cover the mft sensor - not even teh 25mm Switar does that w/o vignetting!


PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had asked Andrew Alden about it, he maintains the Bolex collector site. Here is his answer: "The f0.94 26mm Switar is relatively uncommon as it was originally designed as a lower price version of the usual 26mm f1.1 so lacked the Macro range - they found that it could be opened up more hence the 0.94 aperture. Problem was it ended up only a few pounds cheaper than the 1.1 and not many were sold. They were not generally included in the Bolex price lists and turn up usually on cameras supplied to Universities and technical institutions."

Out of my price range, but I would love to play around with it a bit on the m4/3 cameras.

Stefan
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