HELP wanted about Kilfitt Marko 90/2.8 lens

flyingpalm

Any body familiar with this lens?

I just bought one on ebay and believe it's the earliar version which marked as Heinz Kilfitt Munchen Makro-Kilar 1:2.8/90.

It is in Arriflex mount but also can be dismount to two parts, and the front part is M39 mount?

The questions are:

1. Is this the 1:1 version?
2. Is it can be used on Exakta 66 camera which is P6 mount?
3. If it can be use on P6, where can I get the adapter?
4. Saw another adapter from Kilfitt called Realp, what's this adapter for?

Thanks in advance.

flyingpalm · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject:

Or anybody can tell me is this a P6 mount?

flyingpalm · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:30 am Post subject:

No body can help?

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

Back when I was a camera dealer (late 80s to mid 90s), I owned one of these lenses. It is a magnificent looking lens, as is the 40mm. From what I understand, all Kilfitt macros are 1:1. Isn't it marked on the barrel?

I don't know if it can be used on the Exakta 66 because of its larger negative size -- I've only seen the Kilfitt macros for 35mm. An easy way to tell what size its image circle is, if you have a room with a light colored wall facing a window, hold the lens up against the window, and move it back and forth until the image it projects is in focus. This tells you two things: the registration distance (which will be greater for the Exakta 66 than for 35mm) and the size of the image circle. If it has a long registration distance and a wide image circle, then it should work for medium format applications. If it doesn't, it's a 35mm lens.

There's an exception to this, though. One 90 Kilfitt I owned had a built-in reflex housing with an M39 (Leica screw) mount. I don't recall now if the housing was removable. But if it was, then a lens like that without the housing would have a pretty long registration distance, but still won't have a greater image circle.

It was something like this in design, but looked entirely different:

Click here to see on Ebay

Oh, I'm pretty sure the "realp" adapter is for Alpa. Kilfitt and Alpa were a popular pair back in the day.