Help identifying old lens
Nov 22, 2021 13:47:27 #
This is ONE of two lenses which I removed from a VERY BIG aerial camera in Los Alamos surplus sale.
Unfortunately I did NOT note the NAME, BRAND, MODEL of this huge discarded camera and sadly there are NO markings on the what was removed. IT is odd shaped there were two of them, I gave ONE away.
the diaphragm works and most likely it is a VERY WA lens, when looking thru it, it looks fish-eyed like...
Thanks for any insights
Unfortunately I did NOT note the NAME, BRAND, MODEL of this huge discarded camera and sadly there are NO markings on the what was removed. IT is odd shaped there were two of them, I gave ONE away.
the diaphragm works and most likely it is a VERY WA lens, when looking thru it, it looks fish-eyed like...
Thanks for any insights
Nov 23, 2021 06:47:02 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
If there were two of them they may have been mounted to give a 3d image. Used to enhance differences in the ground or gun emplacements?
Nov 23, 2021 09:30:14 #
Nov 23, 2021 09:42:36 #
alphadog wrote:
This is ONE of two lenses which I removed from a VERY BIG aerial camera in Los Alamos surplus sale.
Unfortunately I did NOT note the NAME, BRAND, MODEL of this huge discarded camera and sadly there are NO markings on the what was removed. IT is odd shaped there were two of them, I gave ONE away.
the diaphragm works and most likely it is a VERY WA lens, when looking thru it, it looks fish-eyed like...
Thanks for any insights
Unfortunately I did NOT note the NAME, BRAND, MODEL of this huge discarded camera and sadly there are NO markings on the what was removed. IT is odd shaped there were two of them, I gave ONE away.
the diaphragm works and most likely it is a VERY WA lens, when looking thru it, it looks fish-eyed like...
Thanks for any insights
This item looks like a condenser off an old microscope, not a lens.
Nov 23, 2021 10:55:06 #
I personally took it OUT of an aerial camera which was located in Los Alamos NM Surplus sale.
It was difficult to remove and there were TWO lenses in place. As an estate sales searcher, I rarely buy or get into microscopes unless they are Zeiss or something sophisticated like the slit microscopes Opticians use to examine eyes. Thanks for your input. rc
It was difficult to remove and there were TWO lenses in place. As an estate sales searcher, I rarely buy or get into microscopes unless they are Zeiss or something sophisticated like the slit microscopes Opticians use to examine eyes. Thanks for your input. rc
Nov 23, 2021 12:38:33 #
I believe that it came off a camera found in the wreckage of a UFO. The aliens would land on earth and stand before the spacecraft to take selfies. I have heard from a very reliable source retired from the military that UFO's are here circling our sky looking down in search of Bigfoot which they have yet to find although my source told me that he was told by one of them that he interviewed that they believe that they spotted Elvis coming out of a Memphis, TN Walmart.
Your lens is a rare find and in all likelihood the aliens will return to retrieve it so have your camera ready!😜
Your lens is a rare find and in all likelihood the aliens will return to retrieve it so have your camera ready!😜
Nov 23, 2021 13:44:26 #
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Nov 24, 2021 00:37:58 #
I can't really find anything like it online. It looks like the focal length is less than 5mm, maybe even less than 2mm.
The two different lenses might be fore different wavelengths of light (infrared, visible). I think photogrammetry would be done by comparing two consecutive shots rather than with two onboard lenses since you could pick a larger parallax that way.
The two different lenses might be fore different wavelengths of light (infrared, visible). I think photogrammetry would be done by comparing two consecutive shots rather than with two onboard lenses since you could pick a larger parallax that way.
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