This listing is for a Kodak Cine Ektar 63mm f2 lens.
Lens is in overall excellent shape. External barrel has only minor signs of wear. Aperture and focus helicoid both move freely and smoothly. Optically, the lens is in great shape with only minor cleaning marks and internal dust, as should be expected. There will be no impact on image quality. Lens is free of haze, separation, and fungus. Aperture moves freely and smoothly, but has no mechanism and in the lense's current form has to be turned with a tool. Lens appears to have very slight yellowing, presumably a result of thorium content in the lens glass. This will likely have a mild warming effect when recording in color, but this can often be reversed by exposing the lens to UV light (such as sunlight) for a period of time.
This is an item is from a huge collection of vintage ham radio, test equipment, parts and camera equipment we are currently processing. We have many manuals, Ham Radios, thousands of test equipment and associated parts and pieces. It will take us approximately 2-5 years to process this recently purchased estate - yes, there is a lot for us to handle.
The previous owner was a Ham Radio operator who collected all of these interesting items over the years. He really focused on purchasing equipment from special surplus auctions at the Nevada Test Site, Sandia Labs, Nellis Air Force Base, Kirtland Air force Base, etc. Many of the items we have are from EG&G, Department of Energy, NASA, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army. The previous owner kept notes on nearly everything as it seemed to be his life-long hobby to collect, test, and document everything he owned.
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Manufacturing technology was not the same as it is today so imperfections should be expected.
Also, these items may have been in storage for 40-80 years and could be dusty, greasy or have surface rust, spider webs, etc.