Russian Largeformat Lenses

[tenderobject]

hello again!

i have a good friend lend me an industar 11m 300cm f/9.

right now i'm trying to research some info about russian lenses for LF. I've been using russian lenses for my miniature cameras and mediumformat and i'm quite happy with how these russian lenses performs.

ok, the lens that i have right now seems to be a tessar design and i think it is used for reproduction/enlargements but can be use in 18x24 wooden plate camera..

are there any more good russian lenses for LF? yes, that will cover 5x7 or more. no petzval copy for russian no?

can someone post pictures taken with their russian lenses please?

thanks for the help.. again..

i've tried to search russian lenses here but i think my keywords is not enough..

regards

J

[Brian Stein]

The primary lenses I am aware of are the industarś mostly made by GOMZ which were tessars; some folks think they are none too sharp but as usual others vary.

If you search under industar in LFF youĺl find a bunch of threads.

Also http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/industar-51.html
http://www.kpraslowicz.com/2009/09/0...m-industar-51/

A couple of other links

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ter-optik.html
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/2...-required.html
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/2...plus-plus.html

[tenderobject]

The primary lenses I am aware of are the industarś mostly made by GOMZ which were tessars; some folks think they are none too sharp but as usual others vary.

If you search under industar in LFF youĺl find a bunch of threads.

Also http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/industar-51.html
http://www.kpraslowicz.com/2009/09/0...m-industar-51/

A couple of other links

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ter-optik.html
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/2...-required.html
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/2...plus-plus.html

thanks brian. i've checked some of the sites youmentioned.. will check the others..

seen some images from industar 51 210mm but none for the industar 11-m. there is also a version of the 300mm with big aperture. will research more. hopfully some users would give some useful insigths about these russian LF lenses and show their photos.

thank you.

[K. Praslowicz]

I picked up the 300mm/f4.5 Industar-37 a few months ago. I've been lazy though and haven't finished mounting it to a lens board yet to try and use it. The I-37 is quite large, but it should fit on a 4x4 board.

Here is a photo of the industar-37 side by side with an Industar-51 mounted on a 4x4 board. I put my hand in the frame to help show scale.



I should stop being lazy and get some shots with this lens.

[Dan Fromm]

For three catalogs of lenses made in the Soviet Union, go here: http://www.lallement.com/pictures/files.htm Also root around here: http://www.photohistory.ru/Wood.html and here: http://www.zenit.istra.ru/catalog/lenseslist.html These last two are more up-to-date.

Knowing Russian helps, isn't absolutely necessary.

IMO, relatively few "Russian" lenses for LF are readily available and none are easily/cheaply used because their cells won't go into standard shutters. But if you have, say, a Speed Graphic or are willing to live with a Packard shutter's limitations, some of them may be worth playing with.

Petzvals? AFAIK all of the lenses made in the Soviet Union that cover large formats are anastigmats. I mean, why copy antiques when there are modern lenses to copy?

[jb7]

They look a lot like Apo Ronars...

[Dan Fromm]

They look a lot like Apo Ronars...

Yeah, right. A tessar is a dialyte. All process lenses look alike in the dark.

[jb7]

How specific do you need me to be?
The barrel is almost a perfect match for my Apo Ronar process lens.

That ok?

Ok for me to have an opinion too?

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Dan's comment was about the lens design, not the looks ...

[Mike1234]

And I think Dan was also sneaking in a little wry humor.