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Perkin-Elmer 600mm solid cat. lens

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Christos Mallios 18-Jan-2019 23:13
While employed in a technical position at Perkin-Elmer between 1979-1981, I picked up a 800mm F11 Solid Cad lens that was offer to employees only. The lens was hardly used over the past almost 40 years. I am interested in selling and looking for some advice how to go about determining the lens fair value and how to contact interested individual who can appreciate and knows the quality of Perkin-Elmer lenses. I would appreciate any information that could be made available.

Christos Mallios
Oly Olson12-May-2012 07:40
I think Perkin-Elmer made several lenses like this one, which happens to be in f/8. I don't use it much, but I'm still amazed at what an achievement it was back in the day.
joe 19-Apr-2012 21:56
I used one of these in the army in "73/"74. I remembering it being f/11 wide open. Nikon mount. I had a new F2 at the time, but had to remove the meter to mount the lens as it was too large in dia. to mount with the meter on the camera. I remember the focal length was around 800mm, and the lens was very short like 3" long. I also used two super multi-coated takumar lenses,,, 500mm and 1000mm on a Pentax Spotmatic.
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