telewatt Posted April 29, 2013 Share #1 Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) The lens Telyt 4,8 / 400mm lens was planned as THE sport lens of the time ... Of that prototype lens, there were 4 pices that were awarded to sports photographers ... including Max Mühlberger (he took the pictures of the Munich '72 Olympic posters) and Fred Joch ... the lenses were recollected at the Photokina 1972 for presentations .... Max Mühlberger and Fred Joch drove together to the Photokina to pick up the lenses after the Photokina '72 .... but the car crashed at the way home, and Mühlberger died and both lenses were badly damaged, the Elements had burst. The lenses were later repaired. The lens was never built in series ..... If I counted correctly, there were 7 elements in that lens... The number of the Lensens were 0001196, 0001197, 0001198, 0001199....of the accident 0001197, 0001196..... Does anyone have more information? regards, Jan Edited April 29, 2013 by telewatt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Hi telewatt, Take a look here Leitz Telyt 4,8/400mm. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
luigi bertolotti Posted April 29, 2013 Share #2 Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Just a picture of an item sold at Westlicht' auction (2010 - picture from Westlicht online catalog) : very fine construction, it seems : no idea of the design... but if you say it was a 7 elements , it could have evolved in the Telyt 350 f4,8... a Mandler design also of 7 elements. The size seems similar to the Zeiss Tele Tessar 400 f 5,6 for Contarex, which in 1972 had just ended its not lucky life... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 29, 2013 by luigi bertolotti 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/203640-leitz-telyt-48400mm/?do=findComment&comment=2309969'>More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted April 29, 2013 Share #3 Posted April 29, 2013 Refering to Westlich auction the descriptions and pictures mismatche WestLicht Photographica Auction: Past Auctions description of the 0001196 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted April 29, 2013 Refering to Westlich auction the descriptions and pictures mismatche WestLicht Photographica Auction: Past Auctions description of the 0001196 J.C. in which auction was the lens? I can not find it. regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted April 29, 2013 Share #5 Posted April 29, 2013 Just a picture of an item sold at Westlicht' auction (2010 - picture from Westlicht online catalog) : very fine construction, it seems : no idea of the design... but if you say it was a 7 elements , it could have evolved in the Telyt 350 f4,8... a Mandler design also of 7 elements. The size seems similar to the Zeiss Tele Tessar 400 f 5,6 for Contarex, which in 1972 had just ended its not lucky life... With a Novoflex pistol grip! Fascinating. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted April 29, 2013 Share #6 Posted April 29, 2013 J.C. in which auction was the lens? I can not find it. regards, Jan ...Telyt-R 4.8/400mm 'Prototype' - by WestLicht 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted April 29, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) interesting.... after the car accident, it was indeed repaired, it has also changed a little bit... The grip attachment has probably made new. to the accident pictures (Published in "25 Years of Leica Historica") ... it still looks a little different. regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted April 29, 2013 With a Novoflex pistol grip! Fascinating. Yes, Novoflex delivered modified grips. The design of the lens was made by Rolf Crema. regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 29, 2013 Share #9 Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) This telyt is illustrated also by Lager in his volume on lenses, with no written details. Worth noting the low prices of some R items in that auction of May 2010 (indeed, it was the one where I bought my Telyt 800... by chance, illustrated with the description of the Telyt 4,8 400, thanks to the mismatching evidenced by JC.... ) Edited April 29, 2013 by luigi bertolotti 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted April 29, 2013 Share #10 Posted April 29, 2013 This telyt is illustrated also by Lager in his volume on lenses, with no written details.Worth noting the low prices of some R items in that auction of May 2010 (indeed, it was the one where I bought my Telyt 800... by chance, illustrated with the description of the Telyt 4,8 400, thanks to the mismatching evidenced by JC.... ) Was supposing... but fine if You tel yt 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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