Answer me first, please!

[Greg Crawford]

There is a yard sale about a mile from my house, they have lots of old video surveillance cameras for sale, with lens.

Mostly C mount, Computars. 25 mm, 12.5 mm and some wider. These lens have working focus and F stop rings.

Any thoughts on these lens on Super 8 or 16 mm cameras with C mounts?

[rollemfilm]

It depends on the lens. Many of the older tv lenses were made by Tamron. I have used a zoom Canon lens made by Tamron (go figure) and what I like about it is that it has an iris that closes all the way. But the quality is rarely up to cine specs. Although I do use a 12.5 Cosmicar that works great for black and white. Very sharp lens, and fast. The barrels were not made to standards either, so often flare is problematic. I would say if they're cheap and prime lenses and maybe Cosmicar it might be worth it. But they will never match up to good cine primes or zooms.

[Skyliner]

Be very careful of rear projections, especially on wide angle lenses, although they are c-mount they will foul or even break the reflex mirror on cameras like the Beaulieu. you have been warned! [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]