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Took my BMPC for a spin in the Salton Sea, CA.
 
https://vimeo.com/77268468
 
 

Well, both are amazing shots. Loved the Salton Sea video - especially the scenes with the old battered tube-tv and the last one - with the Heron?
 
The isco's are also fine, not as sharp as you mention. The one with the door is really great.

Took my BMPC for a spin in the Salton Sea, CA.
 
https://vimeo.com/77268468
 
 

I shot this short with Magic Lantern 50D Raw, and the Bolex 8/19/1.5 anamorphot. It was a finalist in the NewfilmakersLA OnLocation film festival.
 
https://vimeo.com/77430368

Took my BMPC for a spin in the Salton Sea, CA.
 
https://vimeo.com/77268468
 
 

it is worth good money if in great optical and physical condition.
if you are un sure about condition get a service from bernie o at 16.9 it will keep the value high as he is a motion picture camera and lens service tech.
that looks like it is from late 60s early 70s nice vintage something this old should have the a helicoid clean and regrease and alignment check.
the iscorama 54 was 1400 german dm in the late 80s used mainly by super 8 shooters the cameras cost 200-300 so that gives you an idea of it's high cost.the best camera at the time was the leicina special at 500 dm so big bucks for a lens only used sometimes.
the advantage of iscorama is the original 1958 design covered 35mm format as it was design for stills cameras so edge to edge performance is simply superb for the time even today stick that on the movie camera that shot the last bond movie and it will out resolve the sensor.
do not take it apart or mess with it to much a lot of iscorama have issues. do not give it to a mate or a local repair guy that would be lunatic.
the smaller and more advanced movie cameras get the more this type of lens will be sort after.

"Tony wilson" could answer that. My understanding is they were not cheap when they came out due to complexity of building them, thus why no one can make a comparable modern anamorphic at a reasonable price.
 
You don't want to know the price from a decade ago, or even 3 years ago, it will make you weep :)

Honestly, that test is a poor example of this optic's potential 
It's very very soft at large apertures, but I personally think it looks great once stopped down to around 5.6
 
However, the price inflation is out of hand I don't think it's ever worth more than $600, let alone $2k
Here's some stuff I shot with it on the Helios 44-2
(I use the Nikkor 50 1.8 AI now, even sharper)
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwabbott/9777957383/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwabbott/9777675601/

One of the regulars at the forum shot a nice comparison a while ago:
 
http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/2170-iscorama-vs-iscomorphot-8-2x-vs-iscomorphot-8-15x/

Any rough indication of price?

I've been shooting on the 50D with ML Raw hack at 1580 x 888 with an anamorphic lens. Here are some stills (just screen grabs off the Avid, not proper exports) Shot with Canon 40mm pancake f2.8 and the Bolex Moller 8/19/1.5 - http://imgur.com/a/nmknn#0

I've been shooting on the 50D with ML Raw hack at 1580 x 888 with an anamorphic lens. Here are some stills (just screen grabs off the Avid, not proper exports) Shot with Canon 40mm pancake f2.8 and the Bolex Moller 8/19/1.5 - http://imgur.com/a/nmknn#0

They're from ReWo http://content.rewotechnic.de/?page_id=81

$4,600! - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Iscorama-anamorphic-lens-/200926249978?autorefresh=true
 
Went up $2000 in the last fifteen mins.

Nice comment on Facebook... Somebody said the Blackmagic sucks because of the sensor size. This guy replied well...Says it all doesn't it!?

"[color=#333333][font='lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=2][left][background=rgb(237, 239, 244)]Yeah having real 1080p with 13 stops of dynamic range in 12bit 4:2:2 RAW or 10bit 4:2:2 ProRes sucks so bad when you can shoot pristine real 720p soft macroblocked unfocusable 8bit 4:2:0 compressed h264 on a 5D MarkIII for just $500 more!"[/background][/left][/size][/font][/color]