What lenses - Fed, Zorkij and Zarja

[hoanpham]

Now as I have sony nex, and would like to try out some more compact. Olympus PenF cannot be found in my local market, and might be too expensive. I think Fed, Zorkij og Zarja use the same mount, perhaps a cheaper price tag.

What is your recommendation to build up a set of lenses?
What price range can i expect?
What adapter can i use on the nex?
Other RF lenses?

I am totally new to these cameras, RF and lenses. My closest relation is P6, Kiev, CZJ, Pentacon and Petri (but in P6 or M42 mount).
Not neccessary to buy these, but I would like to study/read about them before spending money.

Many thanks.

[Attila]

Fed , Zorki both good if works. Some of them in excellent working order ,some of them not. Lenses are usually good to excellent.
My favourite ones are Jupiter-8 5cm f2 RED P, Jupiter-9 8,5cm f2 RED P, Jupiter-11 13,5cm f4 RED P, Industar-22 5cm RED P collepsible etc these are early silver finish lenses. They have stunning IQ , later version has can be even better coating and can be stunning lenses too and lemon also , a bit more gamble than earlier ones.
From camera line I like best Zorki 4 (big finder) , Fed-2 seperate magnified finder + view finder, Zorki-2C , but if works all do job very well. If you need good working camera or / and lenses look around first on market and come back to me I willing to sell many of my L39 cameras , due I like Kiev/Contax better. Lenses also available on local market here , they are common so I can sell you well tested good items from both camera and lenses.

[fotomachi]

Considering lenses in LTM, I have good experiences with Industar-26m, Industar-61L/D and the Jupiter-8
I haven't tried the Jupiter-3 yet, but it has been reported to be a good lens as well.
With the Jupiter-9, I have limited experience, but I like its results: somewhat soft and beautiful OOF-rendering (it's a Sonnar design), very good for portrets.
There are truckloads of Industar-22 and Industar-50s, but their quality is so-so. Not bad, but certainly not good I like them as toys. After a day of I22ing, you value your sharp lenses higher

You can buy the Industars (26m and 61L/D) from many Russian 'bayers for about 15 euro. They are very good bang for the buck.
Jupiter-8 tends to cost somewhat more, but you can't really call them expensive
A Jupiter-9 can cost 60-100 euro in LTM.

[Tedat]

[fotomachi]

[ForenSeil]

I have Jupiter 3 and 8 and had several Industars (I think 26M and 61(L/D) in several versions.)
My Jupiter 8 50/2 was the best in sharpness and colors. Also very good bokeh etc.
Jupiter 3 50/1.5 is the softest wide open while producing an interesting character... I like it but it's usually more expensive than Jupiter 8.
I don't like the Industar rendering and they are also not good in sharpness and colors compared to the Jupiter 8 and any 50mm Canon FD or 50mm Minolta MD lens...

Sometimes M39 Steinheil lenses are going cheap (cheaper than Leica and Zeiss but not as cheap as the USSR lenses) and most of them are very good.

[hoanpham]

Thanks Attila, Fotomachi, Jan, ForenSeil.

As Attila keep feeding with photos from these lenses, I don't think I can stand for long

[Attila]

[iangreenhalgh1]

Some samples from mine on NEX:

1955 red P J-8 M39:



1959 I-50 collapsible M39:



1988 I-61 M39:

[hoanpham]

The Konicas have different mount, are they compatible?

I am currently running 5 systems: P6, canon fd, OM, pentax K and nikon F.
Only P6, pentax K and nikon F can tilt.

Any suggestion for a set of RF?
I need only a few good and cheap - all from wide/UW to approx 135

[ForenSeil]

[hoanpham]

RF lenses won't be tiltable.

For wide option, I have SEL16.
CZ24 is awesome too, but too pricy at the moment.

P6 can tilt with P6-PK tilt adapter, use on my pentax dslr.
Ezfoto makes several tilt adapters for nex, but i cannot find canon-fd-tilt, nor olympus-om-tilt, on nex.
The ones i have is for nikon F and pentax K.

These adapters have tilt only, no shift.
Kipon makes one shift adapter for nikon F on Nex, and they promissed to make shift in several different mount last year, but shift only, no tilt.

I haven't try Kipon shift adapter. Shift with regular lenses is limited, but mostly I need only a slightly shift to straighten the perspective a little bit, typical architecture in 28mm, 30mm, 35mm for portraits at ground level.

My best combo is nikkor 28/3.5PC or pentax K28/3.5shift using with tilt adapter. or OM35/2.8shift with leitax-pentax-K mount

[iangreenhalgh1]

There are the Zork shift adapters for EOS, they come in different MF mounts, mamiya 645 seems a common one.

I bought a Bronica 50mm for ETRS the other week for 30ukp, mint apart from a little fungus that took about 5 mins to clean, Mamiya lenses can be had for similar prices with patience and luck.

EOS-NEX adapater than Zork EOS shift adapter with a cheap MF lens is what I'm planning.

I'll keep you informed of how I get on.