But Will it AutoFocus on a D40???

[Gdad]

I guess not on a D40 or on a D-Anything.

The Zoomar 180mm f1.3

There is one HERE in case anyone has $14K laying around they don't know what to do with.

One of the rarest of all photographic lenses, it's among the fastest glass 35 format lens longer than 100mm. This amazingly fast Zoomar 180/1.3 is one of the rarest photographic lenses. Though production is unknown, its not too modest price of $2668 in 1970's dollars probably kept production well below 50. Made in Zoomar interchangeable mount, it would fit on movie cameras and most 35 SLRs with the right adapter. This six element lens weighed in at a not so petite 15 lbs, with a close focus distance of 23 feet, minimum f/stop f/22. Add a 1.4 x converter and you have a 252/1.8!! Add a 2x converter and you still have a 360mm 2.6. Zoomar actually made a converter called a "Double 35." Amazingly, it is more than twice as fast as Nikon's closest comparable lens, the 200/2 Nikkor.

http://www.cameraquest.com/zoomar13.htm

 

[JoeDif]

I wonder what that little crank on the side is for

 

[kaffinito]

Oddly I don't feel the surge of "lens lust" for that particular peculiar lens.

 

[YesDear]

So Jeff..... Have you bid on it yet?

 

[Gdad]

So Jeff..... Have you bid on it yet?

LOL- No. I sold the 24-70/2.8 and the 70-200/2.8vr because they were too heavy and I never used them. At 15lbs I think I'll pass on this one.

 

[Groucho]

In case the football-shape and over-3lb Zeiss 180mm F2.8 wasn't enough... (but I still want one. )

I'm a "speed freak" as much as anyone but 15lb is a bit much. Ehh, it probably has terrible purple fringing at F1.3 anyway.

 

[pointandshoot]

...with a minimum focus distance of 23 feet. Yikes!

 

[brandydandy]

Holy bunch of way to heavy and pricey for me.