Catalog entry

World's fastest lens

Previous entry Next entry Print this entry

View Related Forum Thread (3 posts) Edit this entry Find on eBay

Produced in very small quantities, (and not only rested on drawing papers) the GOI CV-catadioptric lens 20mm f/0,5 (YES, zero point five) stands as the fastest lens ever built, Two full stops wider than the actual top-scorers (the Noctilux-M and Canon EF-L, both "limited" at f/1,0); this amazingly, bulky 9,7kg of lens (with a mere 20mm focal length...) was born on spring 1948, and it should have been a really specialized guy, as it could match just a mere 2,9mm image circle; This monster puts again in sharp focus how much the old Soviet lens technology have reached... courtesy Mario Cavina.

Wiki Entry Options

Request Category Change

Catalog change requests are available to registered members. Please log in to request a category change and include a comment explaining why it should be approved.

Request Entry Removal

Entry removal requests are available to registered members. Please log in to request removal and include a comment explaining why it should be approved.

Request Image Removal

Image removal requests are available to registered members. Please log in to request removal and include a comment explaining why it should be approved.

Create linked copy of this entry in another category

Linked copies are available to registered members. Please log in to create a copy of this entry in another catalog category.

Create a relationship with another entry in catalog

Catalog relationships are available to registered members. Please log in to relate this entry to another catalog entry.

World's fastest lens

Catalog Entry Revision History

Text Changes

Image Uploads

File Uploads

Related Entries

Wiki Entry Options

Linked Copies