General Information

Serial #

582747

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LENS: METAL AND GLASS/ BAG: LEATHER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

5.1 cm

Width

4.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ISCO

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Göttingen

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER WHO MADE FILMS FOR THE POLISH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1958 & 1973. ONE OF HIS FILMS HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261]

Function

USED TO TAKE CINE PICTURES BY THE ANAMORPHIC PROCESS WHICH DISTORTS THE IMAGE ON THE FILM IN A LATERAL DIRECTION [REF 2]

Technical

WHILE CINEMASCOPE WAS POPULAR WITH THE PROFESSIONALS IN THIS PERIOD IT WAS RARELY USED BY AMATEURS WITH 16MM CINE CAMERAS. THESE LENSES WERE ONCE VERY EXPENSIVE AND IS A VALUABLE ARTIFACT FOR THE COLLECTION [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON CENTRE RINGS: 'ISCOMORPHOT 8/1,5x/ ISCO-GOTTINGEN/ Made in Germany/ feet 1.7 2 2.5 3 4 5 6 8 12 17 35 INF/ mtr. 0.5 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.5 2 2.5 3.5 5 10 [infinity smybol]

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

LENS: BLACK CENTRE WITH SHINY METAL RINGS ON EACH END;BAG: BROWN

Decoration

TOP RING OF LENS HAS VERTICAL BLACK BARS EMBEDDED IN CHROMED RING