will this work: Angenieux-2.2-12-120mm ?

Arri Standard mount, it looks like, and you'd need to find some way to add a 1.6x extender, making it a 19-190mm f3.5, for it to cover the AF100 since this lens is intended for 16mm. Or you could shoot normally and crop to 16mm (~720p), but that would lose resolution and sensor size.
 
The 12-120 was a great lens in it's day (the first generally available zoom for 16mm), but it's not sharp even by 1970 standards. I'd avoid a zoom lens from the past if I were you, you'd do better with a funky Olympus kit lens.

I did like the zoom crank on the old 12-120 though...
 
Definitely would not cover 4/3 format, will cover 2/3 format Scarlet or an Ikonoscope nicely though. These were premium lenses in their day and used by the tens of thousands on 16mm TV news cameras as well as for general 16mm production use. They are by reputation a bit soft wide open, but from 2.8 on they sharpen up considerably. One primo used example sold by Cinematechnic a couple of years ago measured 200 line pairs per mm at center on the lens projector at f4, so "soft" is a relative term. A more typical older one would be more like 120 lp/mm, but this is still sharper than most modern 35mm still lenses except for the very top of the line premium models. It all depends on condition with these puppies. Pristine well maintained examples will do very well. An old beater of a news lens maybe not so much. The Arri mount B versions as above are a better bet than the A versions used on Auricon and CP16 news cameras. The latter are where most of the reputation for softness came from and much of this was due to hard use and poor maintenance. They are capable of producing beautiful images.

There are some great footage samples of this and other 16mm lenses at: http://arri16s.com/Home.htm
Keep in mind when viewing these samples that the 16mm film is the limiting factor on resolution, not the lens.
 
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thank you all very much...

so i wont buy it... but interesting link.. i will look into it..

cheers..
 
I shot a documentary in 1971 (ACAPULCO GOLD) that was blown up to 35 mostly with a 12-120 - it looked great on the big screen. But it was a brand new lens. And the 10mm prime I used with it was much sharper.
 
laugh all you want...George Carlin introduced the film at several universities and Cheech and Chong did their standup when it played somewhere, LA maybe (I was the cinematographer/editor and didn't stay with it after it was finished),
 
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