Eric Stevens wrote,on my timestamp of 21/04/2012 8:49 AM:
f/0.7 Zeiss designs for NASA (Apollo program) and then further modified.
It's not clear to me if Kubric borrowed/rented/bought/stole the lenses
from NASA or if they were new lenses made for him.
See http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm
Amazing how sensor size and "negative size to print" aren't once mentioned!...