eoskoji Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hey folks, I sent this message yesterday to Andrew and afterwards came to my mind to post it here too: "Hey Andrew, maybe you can help. I own a Moller 30 and I am trying to track down further information on it. Also wrote Moller in Germany. My main interest: Basicly everything. What was it used for? What is the mount called? Synchro focus? What was the taking lens? Things like this. If you have an idea where to ask best,please let me know. Thanks!" Any help is appreciated. I do have more specs and information to share, if somebody is interested. cheers, Junior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoskoji Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hey! Thanks for your reply. I've contacted the German Moller Museum and waiting for their reply now. I guess it was a synchrofocus (?) lens and I am curious to find out which taking lens it was using. There are even rumors this lens was used for some Hollywood films. But lets see... No, right now I am in Vienna and when I come back to Tokyo I guess I will only bring my Isco, as the Moller is too heavy. It features a 10cm front glas But lets get in touch anyways! I am working on a project that takes place in Tokyo and I am always looking for Tokyo related footage. Feel free to PM me if you are interested! cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynDan Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 It was almost certainly used with either Cooke Speed Panchro or Kinoptik taking lenses. Probably 40,50,75 and 100mm. All the early European 'Scope (Dyaliscope, Totalvision, CinePanoramic) systems used either one or the other. It's most likely pretty sharp since the glass is so big. Would love to see a test, both at infinity and close focus. Junior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoskoji Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/18/2018 at 5:38 PM, BrooklynDan said: It was almost certainly used with either Cooke Speed Panchro or Kinoptik taking lenses. Probably 40,50,75 and 100mm. All the early European 'Scope (Dyaliscope, Totalvision, CinePanoramic) systems used either one or the other. It's most likely pretty sharp since the glass is so big. Would love to see a test, both at infinity and close focus. Hey Dan, I found this posting: http://forum.mflenses.com/help-identify-this-mount-t56810.html Guess by John Barlow... he thinks it might be some sort of bayonet mount. So far I found nothing essential more out. Thanks, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoskoji Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 12/18/2018 at 5:38 PM, BrooklynDan said: It was almost certainly used with either Cooke Speed Panchro or Kinoptik taking lenses. Probably 40,50,75 and 100mm. All the early European 'Scope (Dyaliscope, Totalvision, CinePanoramic) systems used either one or the other. It's most likely pretty sharp since the glass is so big. Would love to see a test, both at infinity and close focus. Hi Dan, got this from the Moller Archive in Germany: What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynDan Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 The blue part looks like a simple Double Gauss prime lens. Maybe Zeiss or Kinoptik. The grey tabs on top and bottom are probably the focusing levers. I can't guess from this schematic how the taking lens and anamorphic lens was synchronized, but if the helicals are cut right, a bridge between the focusing tabs might be able to pull off dual focus in one movement. This is a Totalvision adapter (circa France 1960) that's similar in design and construction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Totalvision-Anamorphic-Cine-Lens-made-in-france-/113426233375 It was used with a set of four Speed Panchro primes from 40mm to 100mm mechanically linked to the adapter via the focusing lever. I'm guessing that your Moller works similarly. Either way, let's see a lens test! Junior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien416 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Couldn't have put it in a better way. To see an example of a coupled anamorphot to a taking lens, you might to check this link , it's in french and it's about the Franscope system, but the pictures are self explanatory. And I'm also very curious to see this Möller in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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