This rare set of Bausch & Lomb Super Baltar lenses was rescued from a storage unit and painstakingly cleaned and restored so they are once again able to capture that classic Hollywood look on film or digital media. Included in the set are a 20mm f2, 25mm f2, 35mm f2, 50mm f2, 75mm f2, and […]
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I couldn’t wait to go through and look more closely at the Super Baltar lenses, so I spent some time this week doing just that. What I have here is a set of 6 Bausch & Lomb Super Baltar lenses in Mitchell MK II mount with BNCR adapters, in 20mm, 25mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm, and
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Some time back, we acquired some military surplus Mitchell KF8 camera bodies and accessories. Only one of the cameras was complete, but each camera arrived with a case of 3 to 6 lenses in giant housings. Upon further inspection, we discovered that these were mostly Bausch & Lomb Baltar 50mm, 100mm, and 152mm lenses, along
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New to the site this week are a variety of prime lenses from brands like Kinoptik, Cooke, Bausch & Lomb, and Astro Berlin. More lenses to come!
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Earlier this week, three classic CinemaScope lenses came into our inventory. Sadly, they are here because of the death of my friend John Hora. John was a veteran cinematographer of countless national television commercials and many feature films and television shows. I met John while I was working with John Russell at JAR Enterprises some
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Now that we are finally settled in our new home, we seem to have an extraordinary amount of time on our hands as a result of the current health crisis. We have been using this time to go through the many boxes of lenses that we have brought into inventory and not yet had time
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