Staeble Lineogon in rare AKA mount.

[jamaeolus]

I happened on this unusual find in my lens feed. I had to buy it. Previously the only AKA mount Staeble lens I had seen was the Telon 85mm. This example looks brand new. I have a copy in the much more common Paxette mount. The Lineogon is remarkably good for a 35mm from the late 50's in my opinion.

[jamaeolus]

[jamaeolus]

Included a lens cap from Staeble. I had never seen a lens cap with their name on it.

[jamaeolus]

Here seen mounted on a near pristine AKA Arette BW.

[blotafton]

Looks good with the black parts!

I'd be tempted to shoot a roll.

[jamaeolus]

It's on my list. I also hope to do a side by side with digital of the Schneider Xenagon 35mm 3.5.

[stevemark]

[jamaeolus]

My personality defect (willpower deficit) prevents me from putting up a good fight against urges of this magnitude. It had all my triggers. Unusual marque of which i have a decent collection, good optics, gorgeous livery, mint condition and lowish* price. How could i NOT buy it?


*lowish, since I had absolutely no comparators, so market price is a total guess. I paid less than dinner for 2 at a fine dining restaurant though...

[Pancolart]

Beautiful find. Must be rare. I've had one in Paxette mount.

[stevemark]

[philslizzy]

A Nice find. I have one in LTM fitting and its a really nice lens to use. I havent done any 'testing', just some general photos.

[jamaeolus]

Phil, I agree it is a very nice lens from (generally) a very good optical provider. I find it better than the similar FL, the Choro, of the other FL's such as the Kata is also quite good. I believe that Novoflex labelled Staeble lenses for many of their macro offerings, i have the 60mm for bellows. They are quite good I think. The Telon 85 is an outlier in their offerings and is just mediocre to quite bad based on what copy you got. The telexons, both 85 and 135 are pretty good.

[jamaeolus]

A processed sample from lineogon. I think I overdid it.

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