Novoflex has a long history of innovative third party designs to match existing camera systems, including bellows, lenses, and prisms.
I dare you to take this and your Photosnaiper to shoot pics of local government buildings…. I swear the thing looks like a ray gun from Logan’s Run. Also came with a bayonet mount lens hood.
I can’t see how it’s connected but it’s consistent with the info I found that this is technically a lens head (probably Leica SLR mount? dunno…) and adapts to other mounts like Nikon, Exacta, Minolta and who knows what else, with adapters that are apparently semi-permanently attached with set screws. I can see that the connector is an adapter of some type, it says NIKLEI-P, which I assume is a Nikon-Leica adapter.
#Noflexar system lens construction schematics series#
I’d never heard of anything like this lens and so did a quick internet search… turns out it and its series siblings were pretty popular in their day as fast follow-focus lenses, and even qualify as cult classics according to the great Medium Format page. So I got it home and put it on the old FM2 and it fits like a glove. I’ve been trying to get rid of it for a while. Do you have an old Nikon? ‘Why, as a matter of fact I do…’ You want it? It’s yours. It’s a zoom lens for an old Nikon, I was told. ‘What in the world is this thing?’ I asked. On my way out I was passing some guys who were rifling through the ‘free’ box when this odd pistol-looking thing on the counter caught my eye. Book traversal links for Noflexar 400mm f/5.Funny story – I was up in Santa Rosa at the Photographer’s Supply place getting a couple of archival negative binders, and barely resisting the temptation to buy some film knowing I had a fridgeful at home.
Moderately low contrast in center and corners atf/5.6 (11) moderate contrast in center andĬorners at f/8 (16) moderately high contrast in center and moderate in corners at f/11 (22) to f/22 (44) moderate contrast in center and Notes: *Effective aperture in parenthesis (). OM-4T with mirror & diaphragm prefire with Bogen Telephoto Lens Support & monopod supporting camera. Noflexar 400mm f/5.6 (Novoflex System) with Olympus 2X-A Teleconverter Moderately high contrast in center at all apertures moderate contrast images in corners at all apertures except f/22 (32), where they are moderately high. OM-4T with mirror & diaphragm prefire with Bogen Telephoto Lens Support & monopod supporting camera - different lens than above. Moderately high contrast but lack of resolution. OM-1 with mirror lockup and second tripod supporting hood Noflexar 400mm f/5.6 (Novoflex System) with Olympus 1.4x Teleconverter High contrast in center and corners at f/22 to f/32. High contrast in center and moderate contrast images in corner at f/5.6 and f/8 very highĬontrast in center and moderately high contrast in corner at f/11 very high contrast in center and high contrast in corners at f/16 moderately Causes a blurry focusing images away from center on a 2-4 focusing screen - a combination that should be considered unusable. Notes: A workable combination using the Bogen Telephoto Lens Support, offering much better lens support than previous tripod mounted schemes. OM-4T with mirror & diaphragm prefire and Bogen Telephoto Lens Support - same lens as OM-2000 test. Pistol grip - but unavailable that way for testing. Best employed on a tripod with a tripod collar forward of the Notes: High contrast slightly cooler images than with a 400mm f/6.3 Zuiko. OM-2000 with mirror prefire and second tripod supporting hood - camera rightside up, but mounted to tripod with head oriented vertically Notes: Exceptional ease of focusing handheld due to Novoflex rapid focusing system high contrast at f/8 to f/16 remarkably bright viewfinder image for a super telephoto of this aperture, although some difficulty in finding correct focus when used in typical overcast sunlight (EV12). OM-1 with mirror lockup & second tripod supporting hood - camera
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