Considering Selling Mint Iscorama 54

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mrrsoc

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I can't find a lens-specific thread, but this seems like a reasonable starting place. If it's the wrong place, I'm sure an administrator will move it to the right location.

I have an Iscorama 54 that I bought to experiment and begin to learn about anamorphic cinematography. In the day, I shot a handful of rolls of super 8 on a Nikon and a small amount of 16mm. I went on to a career in features including many anamorphic using the Panavision lenses of the various series.

The Isco has been idle for decades. It's last event was to send it off to Germany for an optical check-out which was nominal. It is the type with the rotating anamorphic element, and the barrel is marked in only meters. I've considered marrying it with a modern consumer HD camcorder just for fun, but it's really more business than I want to undertake. It is in mint condition.

Do any of you think there is any interest in this lens these days for use on DSLRS or cameras such as the Panny 100?

By the way, the Nikon super 8 is also idle and might as well serve someone.

Cheers
 
to the OP ..you'll see that that lens and the 36 version are very sought after for dslr work and fetch pretty high prices. Do some research on the site.
 
I'm not sure what you desire...

Are you simply asking our opinion if you *should* sell the lens? Or are you kind of listing the lens for sale?

If you'd like to sell the lens, you can start a thread in the DVXuser MarketPlace, or I'd be happy to move this thread for you.


If I were to answer one of the questions above... I'd say there will always be a desire for glass, especially anamorphic, despite not being cine-level. So if you'd like to sell it, I figure there will be an audience who will want it.

On a side note: What frustrates me are the people who don't understand the importance of anamorphic lenses and the acquisition format. Remember that if you desire anamorphic 2.40 aspect, you need to shoot near a 4:3 aspect ratio or be prepared to pillar box your final film, ruining the HD resolution. 16x9 with a typical 2x anamorphic element makes for a 32x9 image.... or 3.56:1, not 2.40:1. Nobody says that even wider aspect ratios are not allowed, but 3.56:1 is crazy. Hence why I see lots of anamorphic DSLR footage that is 2.40 but still squeezed image. Ugh.
 
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