[Konvas] and the winner is......? (Barry Lyndon)

[Adam Frey]

Back to Barry Lyndon (and to bring it back to Soviet made gear), I saw a 
documentary a while back that talked about Kubrick getting hold of some 
super fast Zeiss lenses that were used by NASA (just looked it up and 
read they were 50mm, f/0.7).

I bet they had more than just a few issues when using them. I mean, 
shooting interiors at f/0.7, the shallow Depth of Field would be a 
nightmare to work with. They would have had to make many concessions, 
and if nothing else, it would have to have been extremely hard to work with.

What's the fastest lens you've worked with? And how many issues did you 
have with it all the way open?

And speaking of which, does anyone know the fastest glass made by the 
LOMO factory? I'm assuming that LOMO and/or other Soviet lens 
manufacturers were making glass for the space race as well...


Cheers,

Adam Frey
Director/Cinematographer
Crimson Chain Productions
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