http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30035&item=3807617092&rd=1

"This rare set of three optical components make it possible to photograph compressed images with the Nikon camera on 35mm film"

Doesn't this sounds just like what we want in order to get an anamorphic image with the XXXX35 adapters?

I could be entirely wrong...thoughts?
Rob

don't know what the ratio would be... could be some new 1.85:1 1.44:1>?
who knows...

quoted from http://member.melbpc.org.au/~cksm/Widescreen.html
I formatted the data from the site for dvinfo:

I tried to understand the cylinder lens thread(http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23076)...and it seems we'd need a 1.33x compression factor? So, are these useless?

NAME: ISCORAMA 36
Compression Factor: 1.5x
Maximum length (front to rear): 73.9mm
Front diameter (outside): 76.2mm
Filter thread: 72.0mm
Rear element diameter: 36.0mm
Rear barrel diameter - ? -
Rear barrel thread: 49.0mm
Weight: 400g
Focusing range: 2m-infinty

NAME: ISCORAMA 42
Compression Factor: 1.5x
Maximum length (front to rear): 83.0mm
Front diameter (outside): 87.0mm
Filter thread: 82.0mm
Rear element diameter: 42.0mm
Rear barrel diameter: - ? -
Rear barrel thread: 62.0mm
Weight: 750g
Focusing range: 2m-infinity

NAME: ISCORAMA 54
Compression Factor: 1.5x
Maximum length (front to rear): 102.5mm
Front diameter (outside): --
Filter thread: 95.0mm
Rear element diameter: 54.0mm
Rear barrel diameter: - ? -
Rear barrel thread: 77.0mm
Weight: 1000g
Focusing range: 2m-infinity

No replies huh? I really though this would be something...a 35mm lens which is already set up for anamorphic...it's killing 2 birds with one stone...
ah well..

Hey Rob, may be you need to post this on the Aldu static 35 thread. Eventhough it doesn't belong there, those guys are very knowledgeable.

From the auction:

"The third component, the anamorphic adapter, attaches to either the camera lens or the projector lens when in use."

I don't understand, how is that anamorphic adapter any different then the one's already available from Century Optics and panasonic?

From the pictures, it looked like it had a 35mm lens connector...not sure what these are called...but that there would be absolutly no fabrication needed to attach the anamorphic adapter to a 35mm lens.

This, plus the fact...nevermind! wow...that sucks. When I posted this link, the auction was @ $30. I didn't think that this thing would skyrocket up to $200...I was thinking $60 tops.

Sorry guys, thought I had found something that'd be added value to our el cheapo adapters.

Rob