Barney909

3 minutes ago, brera100 said:

Please accept my apologies for the slow response to Tito Ferradans’ message.

Deadlines are always chasing me down, so I’m unlikely to be the most prolific poster…

I am aware of the amazingly generous work Tito has done with his Lens Encyclopaedia and wonderful YouTube videos. And time permitting, I’d be happy to provide any information which might help his work.

However…

There is someone who can supply much, much more information than I ever could.

His name is Tony Shapps, erstwhile proprietor of The Widescreen Centre in London. This establishment was the largest consumer anamorphics dealer in the world from the 70s through to the 90s, and Mr Shapps was a personal friend of the CEO and owner of ISCO. He also provided most of the information for the Iscorama Wikipedia page, and is an absolutely top fellow by all accounts.

So perhaps someone on the forum should try and open communication channels with him via his Facebook page:

https://en-gb.facebook.com/tshapps

And to Barney909, I’d consider putting the lens back on eBay, but running the sale as an auction. It’s a very rare piece of glass, and if a real ding-dong bidding battle got going, you might even make enough money to buy an Iscorama 42; and a 54.

With enough left over for a baby Iscomorphot on the side.

I’d also be a bit wary of hanging what is potentially a $2000 - $4000 lens off my camera with some cheap filter bodies, so you might want to enquire at redstan.com about a custom clamp. 

Good luck…

Wow, that's a lot to take in... I'll certainly consider it. And I might return those filters...

Thanks for the advice

Wow. Thanks everyone, really great response. Especially brera100 for the background info.

I've ordered some cheap 72mm filters to hack together a mount and will be testing shortly, will keep you updated 

Hi all,

Has anyone come across one of these before, I can't seem to find out anything about this lens?

Front markings are ISCO-GÖTTINGEN ISCORAMA - ANAMORPHOT 1.5x - 49 MC.

It has the the same front and rear element diameters as a 54. However this one has a 72mm rear mounting thread, and instead of buttons, has the same alignment mechanism as the 42.

I haven't been able to test it yet, thinking of hacking together a UV filter mount. In the meantime does anyone have any more info on this lens?

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thank you!