This is a new, unused, very rare telephoto lens manufactured by Nikon, which is very fast for its focal length. Only several hundred were ever made. When shooting wide open at T2.0, the backgrounds are rendered as beautiful soft, out-of-focus pastel patterns. Instantly a dark and difficult location becomes lovely to shoot. This lens was converted to a Century neutral mount by Century Precision Optics, North Hollywood, CA. It is presently fitted with a PL mount, but could be fitted with Panavision, Aaton, BNCR, etc. or any still camera mount by purchasing the proper lens mount from Century. The mount simply screws onto the neutral mount on the rear of the lens. The lens covers the Super-16mm, the "Silent" or Full Super-35mm Aperture, the 35mm still camera format and Vistavision. The front and rear elements are clean and scratch free. Front and rear lens caps are included. A matching height 15mm Arri mattebox-rod lens-bridge is included. An A&J camera case is included.
This very rare lens is in new, never-used condition.
This is the PL mount fitted to the rear of the lens.
Any camera lens mount can be fitted: Panavision, BNCR, Arri B,
Arri PL, Arri Straight, Etc., plus many Still Camera Mounts:
Nikkor, Canon, Etc. Of course, mounted on any still camera,
all focus and aperture settings must be done manually.
Notice that there are integral focus and aperture drive gears.
Filtration is done by screwing one or two 40.5mm filters on the rear of the lens mount.
This is the Century Precision Optics fabricated
"Neutral-to-Arri PL Mount Adapter." Here it has one
40.5mm filter mounted. It can hold a stack of two filters.
For more information about other Century Neutral Mounts,
contact them in Burbank, California, USA at: (818) 766-3715
or Fax them at: (818) 505-9865
This is the "Century Neutral Mount" on the rear of the lens. The supplied PL lens mount, or any other you might purchase from Century screws on here.
This shows both lens hoods extended.
This is the machined foot, suitable for mounting lens support bridges
to matte box rod systems. The height matches the heigth of the bridges
that Clairmont Camera presently uses. This is slightly different than the current
Arriflex height, but a shim of approximately 1/8 inch can be easily fabricated
to place under the lens foot and on top of a current Arriflex lens bridge to match that height.
The thread in the mounting hole is the standard 3/8-16 used for all lens bridges.
This thread is reinforced with a stainless steel "Helicoil" insert.
The Lens in its A&J case.