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testing my lenses part 123 - Industar 22 50mm/3.5
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:59 pm
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collapsible version
samples made with Olympus E-M5













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Looks great to my eyes. I have been looking for one to buy, any particular "period" I should look for?


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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:28 pm
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well, my copy has cyrillic lettering and red P , serial number N6069300 KMZ logo
according to http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?804100465 my lens is from 1956 version PT5870


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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:49 pm
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Thank you! I bought this


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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:06 pm
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yes, that's the same as mine. you'll need some kind of lens hood, because the lens tends to lose contrast when focusing at distant objects


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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:15 pm
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WolverineX wrote:
yes, that's the same as mine. you'll need some kind of lens hood, because the lens tends to lose contrast when focusing at distant objects


Ok, I`ll look for one, thx Wink


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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:00 pm
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I just bought one, I have usually just ignored the slower normals this is one I just could ignore any longer, your pictures pushed me to get one.

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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:17 pm
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I have a couple of them and a collapsible I-50 too. Sharp in the centre from wide open, but corners are a bit weak on full frame, needs to be well stopped down to be sharp across the frame. If using on APS-C or M4/3 this issue is avoided though.


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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:36 pm
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It could end up living on my NEX-7, though it is hardly used anymore, the A7r sees most of the use.


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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:36 pm
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WolverineX, what hood do you have on your Industar? The original or some home-made? Thank you.


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I'm looking into modifying my 22, to remove the MFD stop pin and install a longer pin in place of the infinity stop pin... Which will cut MFD in half.

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stimilek wrote:
WolverineX, what hood do you have on your Industar? The original or some home-made? Thank you.


i've used black plastic canister for 135 film, cut the bottom off and made a cut in the side of the canister so i can stretch it over the lens front


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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:16 pm
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Really sharp!

And ingenious solution for the hood. I will have to make one.
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