Ducati Dugon 19mm

[Attila]

One of the 'super' rare hi priced stuff.

Lens is incredible small, smallest what I ever hold.
Samples taken with lens

http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic,p,1315250.html#1315250

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[Nesster]

Don't tell me - mounting it even once on a camera decreases value by 50%

[Attila]

I am plan to try it out with tape mount on NEX if not sell fast, lens is friend of mine property.

[kds315*]

19mm, quite an impressive lens. I wonder how it performs....

[iangreenhalgh1]

I knew Ducati made motorcycles, but lenses?

I'm guessing this is from the 1950s, which makes me wonder what design they could have used, obviously not a biogon type, maybe it's a topogon?

[iangreenhalgh1]

I found some info here:

http://www.philaphoto.com/imageLibrary/thumbnails.php?album=129



And some more here:

https://sites.google.com/site/ldtomei/ducatisognoc1950

And more here:

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-17.html

Only a few hundred cameras were made in 1950-51, so rare indeed and popular with collectors.

[LucisPictor]

Hmmm... 19mm.... is it for a half-frame format cam?

[Attila]

[Minolfan]

If the lens is for halfframe you should compare it with app. 29mm for full frame AFAIK.
So wide but not superwide.