Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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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