can anybody tell me more about this lens?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7542770020&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1

Seems someone has several. Portrait with adjustable sharpness?

well, if you stretched the definition of adjustable sharpness....
I'mnot sure what it came out of, but 84mm lenses were pretty common in 2 1/4 TLR cameras. they were also used with the PhotoRecord camera that used 35mm film, particularly an f5. A Google of "Amaton" showed several 84mm Amatons with "adjustable focus", which is what I suspect this is, now why it isn't marked for feet I don't know, and the color coding is certainly aftermarket.

It probably covers 2 1/4 square, moderate chance of covering 2x3 and no chance above that.

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On 2005-09-11 16:15, puderse wrote: can anybody tell me more about this lens? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7542770020&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1 Seems someone has several. Portrait with adjustable sharpness?

I'm with Les. Not the best of ideas, but if you want to find out what it is and the price is low just buy it. And then you'll know.

Not a portrait lens, and not with adjustable sharpness. It has, as the seller said, front element focus. Lenses with front element focus are found, for the most part, on low-end folding cameras. Odds are against it, but if the price is right enough do take a flier on it and report back.

FWIW, Wollensak also used the name Amaton for some f/9 or f/10 process lenses that I understand were dialyte types and not bad. But your bon-bon is not a process lens.

General rule that usually works: if it is cheap it is good but completely unheard of, or it isn't much good. In this instance, the odds favor "isn't much good."

Cheers,