Anyone with opinion on Vologda factory lenses?

Jeff Zen · Joined: 17 Jun 2009 Posts: 262 Location: Northwest USA

I've never owned a Vologda Factory made Russian lens with the logo below.
Does anyone have any experience or opinion on these lenses? How do they compare to KMZ?
Does anyone know when this logo replaced the older bow and arrow design?
Thanks in advance...

aoleg · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1389 Location: Berlin, DE

I have a few of their lenses, including MC Helios-77M-4. Back in the Soviet days, the factory was considered slightly inferior to KMZ; however, I personally don't find it to be the case. Mir-37 'V' (or 'B') for Vologda is quite terrible though.

beachboy2 · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:51 am Post subject:

My Mir 1B from them is excellent!
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Poolhall · Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 1296

My Mir-1V is good too! I have a few lenses from Vologda and they all seem to be ok . As Aoleg says,opinion was it was not quite as good as KMZ, and many think the same of MMZ too, its probably a case that KMZ quality control was better than the other factories rather than anything else and that fewer lemons were able to get through it! Very Happy

aoleg · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1389 Location: Berlin, DE