I removed the Hawkeye lenses from a Kodak 2A folder. Then, after removing all the lenses from a broken 135mm M42 mount lens, I fabricated a holder for the Hawkeye lenses and mounted it on the helical focus system. The lens sits 20mm inside the lens housing, making for a moderate lens hood. The flare in the image is entirely from the lens itself, as there was dense cloud cover. This lens is from a camera manufactured sometime between 1926 and 1934 with a focal length measured at ~123mm. Using these dates, it is obviously uncoated, which just adds to the charm of the images.
I am able to focus down to about twenty four inches and to Infinity and beyond. No, I haven’t seen Buzz out there yet, but I will keep looking. 
The original lens assembly for this lens had a pin to keep the aperture adjustment above ~f11. Since I was interested in getting the best of the worst, I left out any aperture adjustment.
Something to keep in mind is the original size image the Kodak 2a captured – a rather small 2.5 inchs x 4.25 inches. The images shown here are very oversized in terms of resolution versus the designed capability of the lens and the quality of the film in use.
This is an approximate example of the original size image.
