07-21-2011, 07:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2011, 07:20 PM by Brightcolours.)
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1311250875' post='10178']
Quite interesting article:
http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/en_CLB_40_Nasse_Lens_Names_Planar.pdf
I didn't know that there was a Zeiss 50mm f/0.7 (auctioned for 90.000$ lately).
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The lens originally was a 70mm f1, funded by the Nazi's in 1941 to guide weapons at night.
In 1966 the project was revived by NASA to photograph the shadow side of the moon. To the 70mm f1 lens 2 elements were added which condense the light (a 0.7x TC which brings the focal length to 50mm and the f-value to 0.7).
There were 10 produced, 6 bought by NASA, for the Apollo program (moon shots). 3 bought by Stanley Kubrick, and one kept by Zeiss.
I suspect the ones being sold at times are the Kubrick ones.
About Stanley Kubrick using the lenses:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm
A scene shot with the 50mm f0.7 lens (candle light):
http://youtu.be/-FE1Y8TwhBY
Quite interesting article:
http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/en_CLB_40_Nasse_Lens_Names_Planar.pdf
I didn't know that there was a Zeiss 50mm f/0.7 (auctioned for 90.000$ lately).
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The lens originally was a 70mm f1, funded by the Nazi's in 1941 to guide weapons at night.
In 1966 the project was revived by NASA to photograph the shadow side of the moon. To the 70mm f1 lens 2 elements were added which condense the light (a 0.7x TC which brings the focal length to 50mm and the f-value to 0.7).
There were 10 produced, 6 bought by NASA, for the Apollo program (moon shots). 3 bought by Stanley Kubrick, and one kept by Zeiss.
I suspect the ones being sold at times are the Kubrick ones.
About Stanley Kubrick using the lenses:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm
A scene shot with the 50mm f0.7 lens (candle light):
http://youtu.be/-FE1Y8TwhBY