Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Talking about 6x6 format..... The 38 Biogon is on the SWC.. mounted there permanently. The 40 is "portable". There was a 24 F3.5 which was a very limited production lens. KEH sold off a few maybe 10 years ago. They were fisheyes, like the 30. The 38 and 40 are rectilinear. Further notes on the 24.......from "The Internet".. IOW, use a large grain of salt when reading.... 1) Nordin says the lens was made for a "corporate customer" for an industrial application to be used on a 2000F camera. The glass has a tinted coating so that it is unsuitable for color film. ~50 were manufactured and a few had conventional shutters for use in non-2xxx cameras. 2) These lenses were designed on request from a tyre manufacturer to use for the inspection of tyres being produced. Carl Zeiss developed these lenses as a special product. There are a few different models some have a larger range of apertures, there are also a couple with leaf shutters. In the end the company that ordered these lenses never took delivery of them. I believe only 50 lenses were produced. 3) If you need to know, the price from KEH was ... $4800 Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net Yes the same focal length can be fisheye or I believe the term is rectilinear. 30mm is the classic Hassy wide if you don't made the fact that it doesn't come off its camera and wont go on a normal Hassy SLR. As its a true wide with elements going right back to the focal plane. For the SLR's you'd need a 40 which was the widest rectilinear they made. The 30 was a fisheye.