Mystery lens on Mitchell

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artist708

Mystery lens on Mitchell

Post by artist708 » Wed May 15, 2013 10:00 am

Hello
Anyone have any Ideas about this attachment lens with bellows, currently on GC no.798 , Mounting bracket is also
unusual ? with 50mm lens image is wide , about 15 plus pounds , lot of glass for some reason .
Artist708
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lens mitchell little.jpg

hollywoodandmore

Re: Mystery lens on Mitchell

Post by hollywoodandmore » Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:06 am

That IS an interesting lens shade/cover of some type. Almost looks like it is for shooting in wet conditions?

say2313

Re: Mystery lens on Mitchell

Post by say2313 » Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:08 am

This looks like a Dimension 150 (70 mm) format lens, aka Mitchell BFC and/or a Todd-AO fish eye. More info here:

http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingto3.htm
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todd-ao_first_camera.gif
Todd AO Camera


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