What is the rarest camera/lens you own?

[Sirius Glass]

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The '57 Chrysler 300C 392 Hemi of lenses.

I wanted one of those for years just because.

 

[wiltw]

My rarest...note the 'M System' engraved on the front of the 28mm f/3.5 lens, not 'OM System'. I have an M System 135mm f/3.5 as well.

 

[jimgalli]

I wanted one of those for years just because.

The Chrysler? Or the Canon?

 

[Sirius Glass]

The Chrysler? Or the Canon?

The later.

 

[BradS]

The Chrysler? Or the Canon?

The later.

You'd get more mileage out of the Chrysler.

 

[Sirius Glass]

You'd get more mileage out of the Chrysler.

I already have 240,000+ on my 1997 Ford Explorer and 150,000+ on my 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

 

[eggen]

Hi,
Zuiko Auto-S 2/40. Not for sale

 

[P C Headland]

Probably my rarest camera is the Weha Chrome Six III, especially uncommon in that it is fully functioning.

 

[Nokton48]

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

760mm F14 Rodenstock Apo Ronar Rock Solid Sinar Norma Mount, built from Norma Parts Box Stuff. This 760mm F14 is the Iddy Biddy Little Brother of the 1000mm F16 Apo Ronar that is on the way. Shown with Norma Shutter #6 ready to go. This is going to work perfectly. I'll also do this same thing with the bigger lens.

 

[ic-racer]

My newest and now probably rarest lens:

24mm Lithagon for my East German Edixa Reflex.

The Lithagon was one of the first retrofocus 24mm designs. Everyone knows the Flectagon, but not many know of the Lithagon; different manufacturer also. The Lithagon is made by Enna.

 

[Mr Flibble]

Picked up a Kodak Suprema last weekend. Only some 1800 made

 

[warpath]

Gotta be one of my large format camera/lenses. Only because they're really old and probably not a lot available now. Modern lens, probably the pentax 67 75mm f2.8.

 

[Arthurwg]

Graflex 5x7 Press

 

[darkosaric]

Leica M1. Only around 9000 produced, and many are upgraded to M2 in the meantime.

 

[Mark J]

Leica R 35mm f/1.4

 

[David R Williams]

It's not that super rare, but on a performance x rarity multiplier, a Leica 100mm f/2.8 APO Macro Elmarit-R with a Leitax mount for Nikon, is pretty amazing.

Very susceptible to flare due to the completely flat rear surface (infinite radius of curvature?) of the final element, but otherwise it's a practically a perfect optic.

 

[Besk]

Minolta 24 Rapid. Square format on 35mm film.

 

[BobD]

It's not a rare model (Canon P) but this one belonged to actor Mike Connors who played TV's "Mannix"

I bought it at his estate sale earlier this year.

 

[Cluke95]

Rarest thing I've got is a K1000 engraved as #1 of 5 as owned by the N.Thurston High School photography program at one point.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Rarest thing I've got is a K1000 engraved as #1 of 5 as owned by the N.Thurston High School photography program at one point.

Welcome to APUG Photrio!!​

 

[KYsailor]

Bought this a few years ago at a flea market - attached to a battered Minolta SRT-101, the MC Rokkor 58mm F1.2 Apparently it is fairly rare, but it wonderful lens. I use it on my mirrorless Z6 and Fuji.

 

[Kino]

Bought this a few years ago at a flea market - attached to a battered Minolta SRT-101, the MC Rokkor 58mm F1.2 Apparently it is fairly rare, but it wonderful lens. I use it on my mirrorless Z6 and Fuji.

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Oh wow! What a stroke of luck!

 

[KYsailor]

Oh wow! What a stroke of luck!

Well not totally lucky, there is this giant flea/antiques market held twice a year up in Springfield Ohio. I go up occasionally and spend the day trolling through boxes "stuff" which include many old camera's - most of the sellers are antiques people and do not seem to know the least about cameras/lenses. I admit I probably went through many, many boxes to find this one. While I really enjoy these vintage lenses - there are very few that stand up to modern lenses in terms of image quality - this one stopped down to F/2 or so is amazingly sharp, even by today's standards.

 

[Duboscq159]

With an approximate date of 1858 and seldom seen, Josef petzval's second design the Landscape variation made by A.Ross here with f13.5 16.5"focal length (back focus) and covering 10x12"

 

[wtburton]

Prototype Bausch and Lomb very tiny 35mm lens thats f3 and stops down to f64 from an employees estate, there is also an old brass lens that is very similar