Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stephen wrote: > > I just picked up a 75/2 Astro Berlin Gauss-Tachar pre-war uncoated LTM > RF coupled lens. It seems fairly rare, even Marc was not aware of it. > > Does anyone else out there know anything about it, or have other LTM RF > coupled lenses by Astro-Berlin? > > Stephen Gandy Hello Stephen, I did not know they also made RF-coupled lenses. There are also single-eye-reflexlenses named Tachar 1:1.8/ 125 and 150 mm. Astro was a brand of the german firm Bielicke & Co. Berlin. They were known for thier extreme telephoto-lenses such as Telestan 1:3.5/ 200-2000mm and the "Fernbildlinse" 1:5/300-1000mm. As far as I know this firm doesn't exists anymore. This lenses were made for use in combination with their own reflexhousing or with the Visoflex I,II and III. There were also versions made to fit the Arriflex 16 and 35mm movie-cameras. In the Swiss book: "LEICA-Fotoschule", page 29, is a picture of a "Wehrmachts"-soldier using an Astro 1:4/800mm lens and a LTM-camera shooting pictures over the Channel from the french coast of english radar-intallations!! 1941!!! - -- Regards!! Fred Hess Den Haag / the Hague Nederland / the Netherlands (NL) tel + 31 70 325 83 12 fax + 31 70 325 86 34