Barry Lyndon the Kubrick Movie is 50 years old | Photo History Trivia | The-Photo Forum

wklee

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wklee
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Dec. 14, 2025, 6:48 a.m. Dec. 14, 2025, 6:48 a.m.
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There's the Candlelight scene shot with a Zeiss 50mm f0.7 lens (I think) which Kubrick borrowed from NASA. He then adapted the lens for the Movie which is now in a Museum.

Only a few of those lenses were ever made.

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Dec. 14, 2025, 1:31 p.m. Dec. 14, 2025, 1:31 p.m.
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@wklee has written:

There's the Candlelight scene shot with a Zeiss 50mm f0.7 lens (I think) which Kubrick borrowed from NASA. He then adapted the lens for the Movie which is now in a Museum.

Only a few of those lenses were ever made.

10, according to ChatGPT:

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1 lens was kept by Carl Zeiss.

6 lenses were supplied to NASA.

3 lenses were acquired by film director Stanley Kubrick (famously used on Barry Lyndon).