MarkP Posted December 16, 2011 Share #1 Posted December 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Upon flicking through the B&H website I came across this lens for $US6500. Apparently only about 1500 were made between 1940-1954. Used Leica 33mm f/3.5 Stemar M Stereo Lens (Oirzo) B&H Photo I have no intentions of buying the lens but I thought it may be of interest to a collector here. Does anyone know anything about it? Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Hi MarkP, Take a look here Leica 33mm f/3.5 Stemar M Stereo Lens (Oirzo) for sale at B&H Photo. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
TomB_tx Posted December 16, 2011 Share #2 Posted December 16, 2011 The 50-54 timeframe is right, as that was the stereo fad. My dad had a Stereo Realist camera that he used for decades, until processing became scarce. The stereo cameras were a better solution, as they spaced the lenses about the same as a person's eyes, so the 3-D effect was more realistic. I used one myself in the 1960s. I still have my dad's slide collection and stereo projector. The true stereo cameras interleaved the matching frames on the roll of film due to the lens spacing, so matching frames were not adjacent. That's what processing labs were set up to handle. So the Leica film would have required special handling to mount, if one wanted to use them with a standard stereo viewer or projector. However, a lot of stereo enthusiasts mounted their own slides. It could be that Leica intended the slides me mounted on a single full-frame slide and viewed with a special viewer, instead of the common wide-slide viewers for stereo cameras. I've seen a few of these Leica lenses come up for sale, and it certainly is collectable - if not practical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted December 16, 2011 Thanks Tom What did the stereo images look like when projected? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted December 17, 2011 Share #4 Posted December 17, 2011 Leitz sold the OTEMO prism unit to increase the separation between the left and right images. They also made a stereo lens (two 50/3.5 Elmars) for the Prado projectors. Does anyone know if Leitz sold Polaroid viewing glasses to go with it? Zeiss made corresponding units for their Contax cameras and slide projectors. AFAIK the slides were compatible between Zeiss and Leitz systems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 17, 2011 Share #5 Posted December 17, 2011 Leitz sold the OTEMO prism unit to increase the separation between the left and right images. They also made a stereo lens (two 50/3.5 Elmars) for the Prado projectors. Does anyone know if Leitz sold Polaroid viewing glasses to go with it? Zeiss made corresponding units for their Contax cameras and slide projectors. AFAIK the slides were compatible between Zeiss and Leitz systems. I don't think they made stereo spectacles... but Leitz Canada, at the times of the short lived STEMAR system, made a battery-operated stereo viewing unit (OINRO); Leitz Wetzlar, years before, made too a stereo viewing unit for natural light - VOTRA - a finely styled device (http://www.stereofotos.de/Handbetrachter_vor_1945/Votra/body_votra.html) , at the times they made the Stereoly unit for Elmar. The Stemar lens for sale at B&H is a well known and rare collectible... no surprise for the price asked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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