Angénieux 50mm f/1.5 type S5

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Good afternoon,
I’m looking for some advice. A friend of mine has recently given me a vintage Angénieux 50mm f/1.5 type S5, he’s not particularly interested in cameras but he just came across it and after googling the lens, realised it must be of some worth, and so passed it to me.

As far as I can tell, the lens is genuine (it came from a genuine source too), however it is worn, and has a nasty black spot on the glass. I have no idea if it works. I have a feeling the lens has been dismantled at some point because the numbers on each fixed ring don’t align with images I’ve found on Google, which suggest the rings were separated at one point and put back in a different orientation.
I’m happy to upload pictures of the lens if needs be, but I’m wondering what I should do with it? How much is it worth? Is it worth selling? Is it worth refurbishing and using (I currently own a Canon 600d)? Who can I speak to validate that the lens is in fact authentic? Would it be more of an amicable solution to sell the lens, give the ‘owner’ half, and then put the other half towards a nice L‑Series or something similar? If I wanted to sell it, what would the best channel be?

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
ebay it with proper description and photos; I'd use regular 'e' instead of é. Any lens would have to be mint if you expect serious money and this sounds like a bit of a dumpy. It is your choice whether you want to invest money refurbishing it and risk losing out or take a hit and sell as is.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/191478262240?clk_rvr_id=804995770067&rmvSB=true

P.S. Angenieux is a French company mostly focusing mostly on video lenses. It appears to be one of those and with that in mind you may be better of buying Sigma 50mm ART for your dSLR.
 
I suspect that it's going to have quite a short register distance and will therefore only be able to focus at <1 metre on your 600D. You can try it by just holding in front of you 600D without a lens on, setting it to infinity and then checking through the viewfinder where the focus falls.

Bob
 
Laudrup said:
Have you got a picture of it?
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I’ll take some pictures of the lens and get them posted on here as soon as I get the chance.
daugirdas said:
ebay it with proper description and photos; I'd use regular 'e' instead of é. Any lens would have to be mint if you expect serious money and this sounds like a bit of a dumpy. It is your choice whether you want to invest money refurbishing it and risk losing out or take a hit and sell as is.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/191478262240?clk_rvr_id=804995770067&rmvSB=true

P.S. Angenieux is a French company mostly focusing mostly on video lenses. It appears to be one of those and with that in mind you may be better of buying Sigma 50mm ART for your dSLR.
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Thanks for the additional information. I definitely would not class the item as ‘mint’. My approach was to either sell it cheaper than all of the models currently for sale with need of some TLC. Or to repair the lens and sell it at a higher cost. Used condition lenses are floating around the $8,000USD mark, with the lowest at $5,000USD, I could stick mine up at $3,000USD as is, for a quick sale. Or it may be worthwhile spending £X now, if it will yield £XXX when I sell it.
Canon Bob said:
I suspect that it's going to have quite a short register distance and will therefore only be able to focus at <1 metre on your 600D. You can try it by just holding in front of you 600D without a lens on, setting it to infinity and then checking through the viewfinder where the focus falls.

Bob
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Thanks for that. I’ll try that as soon as I get the chance and post the results.
 
I managed to get some pictures of the lens tonight.

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Some of those old (c?) mount lenses were supposed to have a black dot in the middle, as far as I'm aware.

It does look like it's been opened up (the scratches on the front ring give that away) but how can you be sure it's not perfectly serviceable? I'd start an auction at $5000.00 and if it didn't sell, lower the start price and auction again :)
 
manualfocus-g said:
Some of those old (c?) mount lenses were supposed to have a black dot in the middle, as far as I'm aware.
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Schneider used to put a radial graduated ND filter in the lens to balance out the exposure across the frame.....very similar in appearance to the spot visible in the Angenieux. Zeiss, on the other hand, made an external radial grad calibrated for each lens type.

Bob
 
manualfocus-g said:
Some of those old (c?) mount lenses were supposed to have a black dot in the middle, as far as I'm aware.

It does look like it's been opened up (the scratches on the front ring give that away) but how can you be sure it's not perfectly serviceable? I'd start an auction at $5000.00 and if it didn't sell, lower the start price and auction again
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I believe it is a C-mount cine lens. I noted the scratches, maybe someone has tried to clean or refurbish the lens already? I’ve contacted a couple of local vintage camera stores to get an opinion, so far I have had one response from a specialist camera shop who would offer somewhere in the region of £500 with a view to refurbishing and reselling the lens themselves. £500 is less than what I wanted, but it’s a start. I’ve also had another response from a vintage camera dealer who have confirmed the lens is genuine.

I’m finding it difficult to find channels in which to sell the lens, with it being so specialist. So that’s my next task.

Canon Bob said:
Schneider used to put a radial graduated ND filter in the lens to balance out the exposure across the frame.....very similar in appearance to the spot visible in the Angenieux. Zeiss, on the other hand, made an external radial grad calibrated for each lens type.
Bob
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Thanks for the information; it’s certainly an interesting lens. I’ve looked at a few sample pictures on google and they look fantastic – hopefully the lens can be restored to that quality again.
 
manualfocus-g said:
Why wouldn't you flog it on eBay and realise it's true value? A dealer will surely pay you the minimum and sell on for a lot more.
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True. I think this is what I will be doing. I just wanted to ensure it was genuine, and that if I were to sell it on eBay, I had a rough idea of how much it would be worth.
 
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