Longshot WTB: 16mm bolex lenses: Switar, Angenieux, Ektar, also VINTAGE CELLPHONE

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I'm hoping someone has a box of old 16mm gear up in an attic somewhere with a couple nifty lenses inside. Some of these are drawing some outrageous prices out on ebay (so check if you do), but unfortunately I don't have the pockets for ebay prices on some of these. I'm just looking for a few lenses to use on my camera for my film school ambitions. :) C-Mount lenses are getting some good use on the Micro 4/3s formats, hence the rising prices.

Specifically looking for 25mm in the f/.95 - < f/2.0 range (this gives me an effective 50mm range on the m4/3 platform), but there's a lot to choose from in that range. Stuff wider than 25mm is going to be harder to use with the vignetting (and using the crop mode kinda defeats the purpose in some ways...), but hey, I'm all ears. :)

Also, I really want an older 80s "brick" cellphone to use as a prop. It doesn't need to work, it can just be a shell, I don't care.

something like

Heck, though, if someone has a Nokia 8110 laying around, that would be nifty, as well.
Last edited by MongoMania on Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:31 pm
I don't have anything your looking for, but for the 80s 'cellphone', you might try a Goodwill or Salvation Army, they generally don't really know or care what state their electronics are, when they receive them. Plus, cheap. :)
yeah, definitely. My gf and I blocked out yesterday for goodwill/salvation army hunting only to find that they were pretty much all closed for Easter, d'oh. The Jewish Council ones were open, but after about 4 hours of driving around, we finally called it. Le Sigh.
Get this Pentax C22525KP 25mm F1.4 (1"). It's the best C-mount for less than $100 new. Don't buy the Fujinan fakes.
Good luck!
got one in my cart on ebay. I've got the cheap chinese 25mm Fujian or some such knockoff and I was actually pretty impressed with what it can do.
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