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If we're talking about crazy lenses, might as well jump straight to the Zeiss 50/0.7: http://neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-famous-f0-7-lens
by twic 7y ago
If we're talking about crazy lenses, might as well jump straight to the Zeiss 50/0.7:
http://neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-famous-f0-7-lenses/ http://neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-fam...
Only ten were made. NASA bought six to send round the dark side of the moon. Stanley Kubrick bought the other three.
- falcrist 7y agof/0.7 manual focus and no aperture. That thing must be a royal PITA to focus...
- pedrocr 7y agoInfinity focus for the moon I'm sure and special rigs for Barry Lyndon apparently: http://neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-famous-f0-7-lenses/ http://neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-fam... I also remember reading somewhere the actors had a bad time from having to make sure to stand still to not go out of focus. 4cm of depth of field isn't much.
- twic 7y agoOne of the articles about it mentions that Kubrick directed the scene so that the actors only moved from side to side, so they'd stay in focus.
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- s_gourichon 7y ago> Only ten were made. NASA bought six to send round the dark side of the moon. Stanley Kubrick bought the other three. That makes nine. An instance of "The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... Oy... ten! TEN Commandments! For all to obey!"? [15...10 Commandments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXeTsWGPT0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXeTsWGPT0w)
- twic 7y agoThey didn't sell the tenth.
- sudosysgen 7y agoEven crazier, the Zeiss R-Biotar 100mm f0.73, which can be found on ebay for under a thousand dollars.