For Sale: 35mm Lomo Super Speed OKC12-35-1 Lens (Very Rare) in custom PL mount for 35mm Lomo Round Front Anamorphic

Richard Joneleit · December 22, 2023

$6,000 USD, Or Best Offer.

I see three potential options for this lens:

1. Great for anyone putting together a set of Lomo Super Speeds to have rehoused with GL Optics (I've seen their latest MKV rehousing for Lomo Super Speeds, and they feel really good/smooth).

2. You could potentially buy a PL mount housing for this lens, like this one on ebay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/114874718075 NOT MY AUCTION), and pay an experienced lens technician to fit it into the housing if you wanted to use it as a spherical lens without a full rehousing.

3. If you happen to own a 35mm Lomo Round Front Anamorphic, this could be a cool modification for your lens to make it a Super Speed T1.8 lens. This housing it's currently in is incredibly rare - a custom modification by Sergey Kravchenco (spelling?) in Russia. Of course this would require an experienced lens technician as well.

The lens is currently at True Lens Services in the UK, and included in the photos is an independent lens report from them. I will probably have it shipped back to me in NYC in January. TLS also provided me with these pictures of the lens that I'm including here.

If there's a buyer interested in option #3, could also offer to sell as an extra with this lens - a custom-made Orbital system by Arma Cine in the UK, for an additional $1,000 USD - that's a fair bit less than I paid. Includes a custom metal lens cap, a foot for lens support, a custom iris gear, and I can throw in both imperial and metric distance rings. I have these parts with me in NY, but I could ship them to either TLS or Arma Cine in the UK if you wanted to ask one of those companies about modifying/combining your 35mm Lomo Round Front with this rear Super Speed, and I'm sure either could attach this Orbital system at the same time.

I haven't shot anything with this particular lens, except for a lens test when it was a complete 35mm Lomo Super Speed Anamorphic. I can share a Vimeo link to that footage if you're considering that third option. And here's a link to Sergey's Flickr account that I found, showing a little more info about this modification: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45352422@N08/8279373591/in/photostream/

I personally love the look that Lomo Super Speeds create. If you're interested in using the lens as a spherical lens (Option #1 or #2 above), and not already super familiar with the look they create, here's some great sample/test footage showing how beautiful the Lomo Super Speeds are (this footage was not shot by me or with this 35mm) https://youtu.be/IZZzro92hgo

If you don't want to have TLS modify your lens (option #3 above), I'd prefer an in-person transaction here in NYC. I may also be able to coordinate an in-person sale with the help of a friend in Los Angeles. If you're not local to either city, I'm sure I could also arrange an escrow transaction through a US-based broker like Lori Carson (https://www.justcinemagear.com) or Matt Livingston (https://newlifecine.com), or through a US-based lens technician like Jacek at OptiTek, if you'll cover their fee.

Please send me a DM if you have any questions.

More pictures: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB7NDV