75mm f/1.9 Switar lens

75mm f/1.9 Switar lens

Lens

75mm f/1.9 Switar lens

ca. 1960
Metal and glass
Overall: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3 7/8 in., 0.6 lb. (4.4 × 4.4 × 9.8 cm, 0.3 kg)
Gift of Marion Faller, 2012
2012.0567.0012
DescriptionBlack and silver, cylindrical, 75mm, f/1.9 Switar lens with lens caps, 41mm mount and aperture adjustment dials.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on lens cap on front of lens: Kern paillard / Engraved in white and orange around lens: SWITAR 1:1.9 f=75mm No 1028606 Kern-Paillard, Lens made in Switzerland, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 2, 1.9, feet, 5, 5½, 6, 6½, 7, 7½, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 25, 30, 50, 100, 600, INF.

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