Barry Lyndon the Kubrick Movie is 50 years old

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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:

Quoted message:

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).
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wklee
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Dec. 14, 2025, 1:54 p.m. Dec. 14, 2025, 1:54 p.m.
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@xpatUSA has written:

@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:

Quoted message:

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).

Thanks for the answer!

neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-famous-f0-7-lenses/

“BARRY LYNDON”: THE FULL STORY OF THE FAMOUS F/0.7 LENSES

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Daneland
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Dec. 14, 2025, 4:18 p.m. Dec. 14, 2025, 4:18 p.m.
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@wklee has written:

@xpatUSA has written:

@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:

Quoted message:

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).

Thanks for the answer!

neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-famous-f0-7-lenses/

“BARRY LYNDON”: THE FULL STORY OF THE FAMOUS F/0.7 LENSES

Thanks for the link; it was a really good read.