David Sekanina

sold ?

Thank you Jeremy for the clarification, as I was confused about what's now true and what's outdated information. ?

Congratulations Gareth, nicely done.

because people ask me for footage: 90% of this is shot with the 20mm, the two close-ups are with the 35mm:

last lowering to 1250€, otherwise i keep the lens ?

Used Gossen Luna Pros can be had for 30-50$ and are great, and you can calibrate them, should they be off.

lowered to 1350€

part 3 by Justin:

For sale: Elite S16 lens 20mm T1.3, imperial markings

Nice condition, glass is clean, no scratches, no fungus, no separation, no haze. Aperture blades are clean, iris and focusing ring are smooth but slightly uneven.

1490€ excl. shipping and taxes. Located in Switzerland

given away

sold

I bought one in excellent condition a few weeks ago. The viewfinder is surprisingly nice. I'll have to 3D print a bottom sleeve to round the corners a bit, as they dig into my hand, when i try to cradle the rather heavy camera, and focus the lens.

Now on ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364242621184

decided to have it CLA'd first and will relist it once it's done.

For Sale: ELITE Mk IV Super16 35mm lens T1.3, metric scale, PL mount

Lens has no scratches, no fungus, no haze

1250 US$ excl shipping and taxes

Really impressive Robert!

For Sale: Angenieux 12-120mm T2.5 Zoom for regular 16mm

ARRI Bayonet mount

tiny scratch on the edge of the front element, no fungus, no haze, some dust elements inside

plus two diopters, one filter adapter and one filter.

priced to sell at 390 US$ excl shipping and taxes

For Sale: Focal Extender 2x Super16 only! Century Optics USA

PL to PL mount

New Old Stock

790$ excl. shipping & taxes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/14/umit-mesut-cine-real-clapton-london-film-club

Polaroid Tour:

The two doublets in the eyepiece is the Plössl eyepiece itself probably.

https://milwaukeeastro.org/beginners/eyepieces.asp

Here's a simple relay lens with two achromatic doublets. Left end pics up the image from the focusing screen, right end focuses the image in front of the eyepiece, which then picks it up and magnifies it. In such a setup, you can space the two achromatic doublets further apart, without the relayed image getting out of focus as long as the focusing screen distance stays at the focal point of the first achromatic doublet, and the eyepiece at the focal point of the second achromat.

I hoped the viewing system on your ACL was as simple as that, but by what you describe, the beams are not collimated in-between. In these more complex cases I bother an optical engineer, which I am not. Sorry I could not help ?

As long as the rays are still collimated in that portion of the viewfinder, so not converging or diverging, this will work. You can try this by pulling out the original viewfinder by a few centimeters while keeping the axis (making the optical path longer) and check if the image stays in focus. If it is still in focus, you're good to go ahead with a prototype. The image is mirrored twice with your add-on, so no image flip.

You can also use a prism, to ensure the angles meet the close tolerances, or two mirrors, like you said. Enhanced Aluminum or enhanced Silver mirrors have an extremely high reflectivity, the light loss will be minimal.

It's the light and the color grade, and Fincher's hate for the color pink:

Horses for courses. Some amazing films were shot on BLs, so I'd consider it, if the rental is significantly cheaper - or even buy one. Alan Gordon sold a 2perf BL two years ago for around 14K.