Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/20
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- sorry!
Nick
--- Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> That's an Industar. They're Elmar copies, I believe,
> although not so direct as the Jupiters. Surprisingly
> decent lenses in my experience (I have a couple).
>
> Nick
>
> --- Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Where did you get it? I found a 53/2,8 Russian LTM
> > that came on one of my
> > FEDs (I have no idea what it is, but the Russian
> > writing doesn't look
> > anything like "Jupiter"). It may be an Industar.
> How
> > many Russian 53/2,8
> > lenses could there be?
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> >
>
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org]
> > On Behalf Of Daniel
> > Ridings
> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:53 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] enough with Olympus DSLR
> > postings PLEASE
> >
> >
> > On 3/20/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net>
> wrote:
> > > I was considering getting an old 50/3.5 Elmar
> and
> > am glad that I
> > > didn't. The elements are too small for John Van
> > Stelten to polish!
> > > Right now, the 50/3.5 Heliar is closest to the
> > retro look in a
> > > contemporary lens.
> > >
> > > Jeffery
> >
> > Psssttt ... I didn't want to mention it because it
> > was off-topic ... but the
> > shot I posted this week:
> >
> > http://dlridings.se/paw/2006/11.html
> >
> > That was with a Russian cousin to the 50/3.5
> Elmar.
> > It was with an
> > Industar-50, the collapsible one. It cost me a
> > whopping $28. I priced the
> > 50/3.5 newer Elmars (I have an uncoated,
> unnumbered
> > one from the early
> > 30'ies) and really couldn't be sure they would be
> > that much better than my
> > trusty uncoated one.
> >
> > So I went with the Industar. It's coated and clean
> > as a whistle. No fungus
> > worries etc.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
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