16mm f/1.8 Switar lens
Lens
16mm f/1.8 Switar lens
ca. 1960
Metal and glass
Overall: 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/4 in., 0.3 lb. (3.5 × 3.5 × 4.4 cm, 0.1 kg)
Gift of Marion Faller, 2012
2012.0567.0008
DescriptionBlack and silver, cylindrical, 16mm, f/1.8, high-speed wide-angle lens with a horizon field angle of 36º and a 32mm front mount.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on front of projector: Kern paillard / Engraved in white in red on front of lens: SWITAR 1:1.8 f=16mm H16 RX No 545046 / Engraved in white and orange on lens: Kern-Paillard Switzerland, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 2, 1.8, 8", 9", 10", 1, 1¼, 1½, 2, 3, 6, 15, 60, INF., feet
