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Subject: Re: [OM] New Toy!
From: "Stephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:47:04 +0100
tessar formula : industar 10, 22, 50
sonnar formula : J8, J3, J9
biogon formula : J12

other good lenses :
industar 61 LD
and Helios 103 (planar formula)  but won't work on a Leica...

but the 35 ultron is such a good lens... it's the resident lens on my  
M6...

Good hunt for a lens

Stephan






Le 22-janv.-09 à 00:33, Chris Crawford a écrit :

> Andrew,
>
> I actually have one of the Industar-22 collapsible 50mm/3.5 lenses,  
> but it
> won't mount on the screw-M adapter I have (my 35mm ultron is  
> screwmount too)
> because the infinity lock hits on the adapter :( I am thinking of  
> unscrewing
> the infinity lock so I can try it out. The guy who gave me the  
> camera sent
> another Russian screwmount lens, a Jupiter-8 (50mm/2), but it  
> backfocuses
> really bad and it has several missing screws too, it is in bad shape  
> and is
> not worth fixing. I'd like to find a good Jupiter-8 because I've  
> seen lots
> of photos on Rangefinderforum that were shot with them and they had  
> nice
> bokeh.
>
>
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-747-3962
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>
> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>
>
>
> On 1/21/09 5:55 PM, "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I think that might be a bit beyond Chris' pocket!
>> I'd concur with the advice on the Russians - you can pick them up
>> from the Ukraine for almost nothing and while the quality is variable
>> and they'll often have a problem like a sticky helical, it's worth he
>> chance. The Industar 61 L/D f2.8 has it's fans and sells for around
>> $30 + $12 postage but make sure it's the late model, all black 55mm
>> version. There's a 50/2 available for about the same and an old
>> 50/3.5 Collapsible for less but the Model 61 has rare earth glass
>> (Lanthanum). They were made for the late, unlamented Fed 5 body and
>> as those have died, the lenses were orphaned. You'll need a cheap
>> Chinese M adapter to go with it as all the Russians are screw mount.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21/01/2009, at 10:00 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>>
>>> You might consider looking out any of the Konica-M Hexanon lenses.
>>>
>>> I have a Hex 50 / f2. Its results are indistinguishable from those
>>> of my
>>> Summilix M 50 / 1.4.
>
>
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Stephan VAN DEN ZEGEL

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