wow thanks a lot for the info's dan.. would like to get speed graphic for my barrel lenses (is it rare to get a 5x7 speed graphic?). hit and miss when i'm using barrel lenses and i'm new in LF photography so still trying to learn! i was going to get the I-57 because of the larger aperture. but right now i think it's better to play around with what i have so far.. the I-57 and my I-11m are all the same when it comes to lens design right? so both will just perform the same. it's just that I-57 (which i think is more expensive than I-11m) has bigger aperture. am i right?
thanks again guys! i need to shoot these barrel lenses that i have. right now i'm on using paper negs. hope i could post some shots here later.
Thanks, Arne.
tenderobject, go to www.graflex.org and read the FAQs.
Also, did you mean Industar-57 or -51? I ask because I'm not acquainted with the -57. The -51 is a 210/4.5, can be easily be used on 3x4 and larger Speed Graphics. I tried one out on my 2x3 Speed -- long story -- and rejected it as not sharp enough. Soviet lenses seem to be quite variable in quality.
I haven't heard about or seen an Industar-57 either - of course that does not mean it doesn't exist, every surprise is possible when it comes to Soviet lenses... The 4.5/300mm Industars I am aware of are the Industar-11 (without the "M" of the f/9 Apo-Tessar copies, it was made before WWII), Industar-13, Industar-37, and Industar-55. The 13 and 37 were made by KOMZ, the 55 by GOMZ. Note that there was another Industar-55 with 140mm focal length, a lens for a 9x12cm view camera named "Techno", as well as an Industar-55y (actually 55u, y is the cyrillic u, made by MMZ/Belomo) with 140mm focal length, an enlarging lens.
:-) sure, typos happen all the time!
But-one has to be careful here because of the way the Soviet lenses were named: The name (Industar, Orion, Uran etc.) designates the design type, the number designates for what format and camera it is - if you know the lists. An error by one digit could mean the difference between an 8x10 lens and a 35mm one, or the difference between a small lens with Leica screw mount and a monster of an aerial lens.
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