Angénieux Alitar 50mm f/1.8
Angénieux · Alpa · 1946
Also known as: Angénieux Alitar 50mm f/1.8 · Angenieux Alitar 5cm f1.8 · P. Angénieux Alitar 1:1.8 f=50mm · Alitar 1.8/50
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alitar 50mm f/1.8, collapsible | Alpa | 1946–1952 | — | Unpublished |
- Formula and count unknown; the fields stay empty.
- The Alitar 180mm f/4.5 is a different lens with the same name and its own page; a listing that says only 'Alitar' needs the focal length before it belongs to either.
How to tell them apart
- Collapsible fast fifty with the P. Angénieux engraving; the name Alitar was reused for the 180mm f/4.5 telephoto
- Alitar 50mm f/1.8, collapsible: The fast alternative to the Alpar on the Reflex I and II — Pacific Rim Camera lists both as collapsible options on the Reflex I; camera-wiki's 1947 advertisement carries it at f/1.8.
Specifications
- Aperture range
- f/1.8
- Years manufactured
- 1946–1952
- Country
- France
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History
The Alitar 50mm f/1.8 is the other Angénieux standard lens for the Alpa Reflex: a fast collapsible fifty offered from the mid-1940s beside the f/2.9 Alpar, and listed in the 1947 range at that aperture. It is a Gauss-type design by the evidence of its speed, but no diagram, element count or production figure has been found for it, and the name — Alitar — was reused by Angénieux for its 180mm f/4.5 telephoto, so the two are easily confused in a listing. When Kern’s Switar 50mm f/1.8 arrived in 1951 it took the fast-standard role and the Alitar disappeared with the first generation of bodies. No review of it has been found.
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