I couldn't resist buying this today while I was rummaging around in a box at a car boot sale.
The gunk on the front appears to be mud, by the way
I think the rear cell actually comes from another lens, as it won't screw more than about ¾ of a turn on, although the finish and the colour look identical to the rest of the lens. The thread doesn't look damaged to me, but then I'm no engineer. With the rear cell on, or indeed off, I can't get an image to form.
So that's a tenner wasted, unless I can find an appropriate rear cell, which seems about as likely as my winning the lottery.
All the elements seem to have some sort of damage, but the barrel has a very smooth working 12-bladed iris, though.
I should have bought the Kodak 203mm f/7.7 (in a jammed Compur) that I found in the same box, really, but I didn't have enough cash on me. Sigh. Bad decision.
Anyway, just for LOLs as they say, can anyone (Dan? Ian?) tell me anything about this thing? Is it actually a process lens?
The gunk on the front appears to be mud, by the way
I think the rear cell actually comes from another lens, as it won't screw more than about ¾ of a turn on, although the finish and the colour look identical to the rest of the lens. The thread doesn't look damaged to me, but then I'm no engineer. With the rear cell on, or indeed off, I can't get an image to form.
So that's a tenner wasted, unless I can find an appropriate rear cell, which seems about as likely as my winning the lottery.
All the elements seem to have some sort of damage, but the barrel has a very smooth working 12-bladed iris, though.
I should have bought the Kodak 203mm f/7.7 (in a jammed Compur) that I found in the same box, really, but I didn't have enough cash on me. Sigh. Bad decision.
Anyway, just for LOLs as they say, can anyone (Dan? Ian?) tell me anything about this thing? Is it actually a process lens?