View Full Version : Uncommonly strange lens names
goamules
2-May-2011, 18:16
I thought there used to be a post of ultra rare lens names, but cannot find it. I just found one:
RAPID RECTALINEAR - A lens that has it's head far up it's a**. For sale: 380335973253
Older:
Velveetar - The front element of a Velostigmat matched to the rear of an Ektar. Used for taking cheeze pictures for gourmet magazines....
cdholden
2-May-2011, 19:35
Didn't Mark Sawyer just post about his Velosi-Raptar?
Hmmm, I notice the seller is Pacific Rim Camera. :eek:
Dan Fromm
3-May-2011, 02:54
Wrangulon -- specially designed for photographing disputes
Biogong -- The 'dinner is served' lens
sultanofcognac
3-May-2011, 03:48
Strangulon: lens you absolutely must have but wife won't let you buy… so you creep up behind her, grab her by the neck…
Struan Gray
3-May-2011, 05:27
Bartar : a lens for swapping
c.d.ewen
3-May-2011, 05:54
Berito, in case you get hungry.
Charley
Dan Fromm
3-May-2011, 06:19
Hangulon -- for executions
MIke Sherck
3-May-2011, 08:23
There was a New York shop which used to list all sorts of old lenses in their magazine adds; "Lens & Repro", something like that. I used to read their adds just for the lovely names...
Mike
Mark Sawyer
3-May-2011, 08:25
Hmmm... this reminds me, I need to play with my old Iwswgon this summer... :)
Carl Zeiss' Topogon ;)
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Top-Gun-movie-16.jpg
Ben Calwell
4-May-2011, 05:45
The shytagon, a lens for those of us who hate setting up the view camera in public places and drawing attention to ourselves.
Harold_4074
4-May-2011, 14:13
Beenangon, to be used when your subject arrived early, got tired of waiting for you, and left.
bobwysiwyg
4-May-2011, 14:28
Wrangulon -- specially designed for photographing disputes
Or cattle drives. :)
Jack Dahlgren
4-May-2011, 15:35
Super Simmar XL for keeping your photography on a low boil
aduncanson
4-May-2011, 20:39
My all time favorite: the Pink Dot Areola-Ekstra
See:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=13048
Dan Fromm
5-May-2011, 04:51
Topar. Its a hat! No! Its a lens!
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