It's funny how the lens which is considered crappy at home (I'm from Ukraine, those Industars are like $7-8 here on average and nobody wants them) is considered epic overseas. People are never happy with what they have.
For anyone wondering why this wont work on your mirrored camera: The m39 mount was made back in the day for rangefinder leica 35mm cameras. The design of these cameras positions the back of the lens less than an inch away from the film. On a mirrored camera, there is extra room for the physical mirror, which essentially takes away your infinity focus and puts that range into the closer (macro) end of the spectrum. Works great on a mirrorless, though!!
euhhh, all sheer crap compared to the same epoch (70-80ies) japanese stuff.... hipsters like to play with 'em though, guess fancy cyrillic gives 'em hard on... instead of getting the same results with filters :-) try old 20-30€ minolta glass or yashicas (which are comparable to contax zeiss), or takumars or kirons, whatever... in my time in ex urss we had those feds and zenths with industars or helioses 'cuz we couldn't get anythin else, we dreamed about any japanese lenses or at least ddr zeiss jena ones, even pentacon would be classier= :-) any dude with nikkor-e would go for a top pro :-)))
Hello! Just found this interesting video. For those who love history, there are a few different variations of Industar 61 depending on the factory who produced them, from the early sixties till the early nineties: KMZ factory in Krasnogorsk produced the following M42 lenses: Industra 61-Z Industar 61 A (with an aspherical lens) Industar 61 M LZOS factory in Lytkarino produced M39 Industar 61 L M42 Industar 61 L/Z (Л/З) (no, it's not the number "3" but the cyrillic letter equivalent to our "Z") M42 Industar 61 L/Z MC (multicoated version of the above) By the way the L/Z lens is a very nice lens for macro photography, with a 360° focus throw and an unsual star shaped diaphragm, but you will not be able to find it for 20$... The FED factory in Kharkov was named after Feliks Edmundovic Dzerzhinsky (even if he was born In Belarus and yes, we are talking about the first director of NKVD. His initials appear in the logo ФЭД): could be this be one of the reasons why now people in Ukraine do not like this lens so much? The lenses initially produced by FED were simply named Industar 61. After some time the denomination changed to Industar 61 L/D (Л/Д). The optical scheme is a variaton of the classical Carl Zeiss' Tessar scheme with the two external lenses made with Lanthanium crown glass (Lanthanium is not radioactive) while the other two are classical Flint. You can find many variations of focal length as well: 50-52-53-55mm, all f/2.8 with the same project resolution 44/33 lines/mm (center/border). Diaphragm is typically with 6 blades, but you can find some early lenses with 10 blades.
I have 17 of these lens, they used to be super cheap $3-10, I have over 90 vintage lens. old lens arent as sharp as modern lens but give an artistic output which modern lens cant do.
I'll gladly take character over sharpness any day. I've noticed that only photographers with poor editing skills or heck, just poor photography skills obsess over sharpness and megapixel counts. I think it has something to do with objectiveness. Photography is a subjective thing after all but since their photography is weak as hell they'll use objective facts to measure their skills
I would super love to hear you talk about your vintage lens collection and some of your favorites. I have a few older lenses myself for digital cameras and I really want to expand my collection to add that organic element that older lenses bring to digital filmmaking.
Man, I really enjoy watching your videos. Very straight forward with good use of vocabulary. No unnecessary crazy dubstep in the background nor distracting visual backdrop, nice crisp focus and simple lighting. Keep it up. I wan't one fo your shirts or hats (if you have any available for sale).
I have the Industar 50-2 lens for my Fuji. It's a great little 50mm pancake lens (though it starts at F3/5). I might have to pick one of these up to add to my collection. Right now that Industar 50 is my only 50mm lens so, getting a similar focal length with a faster aperture for such a low price is appealing.
True story. Built like tanks. All metal and mostly Zeiss inspired optics! Even won awards back in the day during some of the Grand Prix exhibitions (Mir/Tair).
@@cj64films I found a Pentax-M 28mm f2.8 in stunning condition on a shelf in an antique store for $12! I snapped that up so fast. Those deals are still out there if you look.
Industar-61 L/D, still one of my favorite lenses. So small, same for the adapter. Yet it's nice to use and produces nice pictures, especially when you stop down. I find it's quite nice for macro too with extension tubes. Great for beginners and those who appreciate the vintage characteristics. Stopped down they are certainly sharp-enough. When doing macro, i appreciate the color, sharpness and bokeh. Haven't used it in a while though, since i need to lube the focusing ring. Might aswell try this trick. Thanks!
Gotta just say it now, cause it has to be said. I love your channel, Caleb. You've really helped me get back into filming, and your equipment videos cover all the things I find relevant. Thank you!
Caleb, just wanted to thank you for the work you do! You fired up my interest in using vintage lenses and I learned about magic lantern from you, so having great fun with my eos m and my collection of old lenses. Needless to say I have an industar coming from Northern Ireland which has only cost me £20 off ebay! Got an adapter coming from China and that's only cost around £8.00,love this! Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Just found this lens at a local flea market, so far love it. Just a hint - 40.5mm isn't really akward size, quite a few Sony OEM lenses come with 40.5mm filter thread. I use my 16-50mm kit lens filter + lens cap on my Industar-61 for example ;)
I've got an old Nikkor 35 1.4 that you're just going to love. I might have to get the focus ring looked at, though, it sticks when I turn it in one direction but not the other.
Have no idea why you thought that industar 61 is a “Ukrainian” lens. It was USSR. It sound strange like some US citizen will call Minnesota not part of the USA =) But yes, it was made in Kharkiv in Ukranian SSR. All optical calculation was made by famous academics in optical knowledge G. Slusarev and V. Solovola. This lens is gorgeous! And is actually some kind of legendary. It is uses 4 lenses inside and two of them made by Lantanium crown (LaK in English, or ultraheavy Lantanium crown STK-9 in Russian nomenclature if you would say it to any PhD in optics they will be impressed anyway). I got two lens for more than 20 years, and the one is actually was used by my grand father with FED-3 rangefinder. Next generation of that camera was done for export and may be known worldwide as Revue-4. All my best B&W and colors photos were made by FED-3 with industar-61. It have really amazing feeling and character. As for resolution, on a low ISO B&W film I got several pictures than I printed manually on a wall sized paper and it was crisp enough to watch at a close distance (at 30 cm/76 inches). Better results can only be archived using 120 type film on a midsized 6x6 or 6x9 low ISO b&w film (which was gorgeous on a wall sized paper prints and was crisp enoght to watch from 10cm/25 inches and to see the whole picture you need to step backwards at list 5 steps :))) ). Not sure if any full frame 36x24 digital DSLR or mirrorless can get such a giant pictures (its a pity I didn’t have a opportunity to check for a wallsized print from super high resolution DSLR like sony or latest canon 5d). So my IMHO even if industar-61 doesn’t have very high MTF it is still good for a high resolution photo. For a video use I prefer Angenieux optimo, it was love at first sight, instant feature film look in any situation worked with it on red one mx in 2010, but I (as well as 99% of video industry guys) cannot afford to own it (as well as red camera). But for a low budget filmmaking -industar is a way to go for sure. I use it on Micro Four Thirds Panasonic gh1/gx7 and got 100mm kind of portrait lens as well as “normal” lens on a 135 type film rangefinder. It’s funny but for my taste it looks much sharper on a 135 film than on any digital camera (tried it on full frame as well), and no film grain scans cannot emulate this “resolution” with its “pliability”.
burtonfzz You seem to know quite a bit about film photography, so I was wondering if you have any recommendations for a good rangefinder setup for around $100-$300 USD?
burtonfzz You seem to know quite a bit about film photography, so I was wondering if you have any recommendations for a good rangefinder setup for around $100-$300 USD?
Quigus hello there. Its a pity, but I can ONLY recommend ussr type of stuff, because I never used Europian or US foto stuff in film-era. I teached film photography for young pioneers in pioneer camp (which was not pioneer camp and they where not pioneers because it was in 90th and it was Russia, but summer camp still existed for that time period) Of course FED-3 rangefinder (I prefer the one with trigger for sliding film shots for the next one also there was the one with round dial to forward the film). I saw many of them, they all works perfectly in any case (mine was fallen down from the third flood to asphalt and it only got minor bend on the outside of the filters mount, and no other cosmetic or mechanical issues, works for almost twenty years since then and who knows, what happen before me :) ). Originally FED rangefinders was some kind of copy from Leica rangefinders (pronounced as “LIKE-Ah”). Industar lens also got some common ideas from Leica as well, but was not a clear copy. So, you could get almost Leica from USSR if prefer FED or its export version mentioned previously. Works great, no light leaks, lens are great as well. The only restriction and the one that makes it much exciter - is “normal” ~50mm lens design. So for FED-3 it will be industar 61 :) that is simple. Also you could attach any m39 mound lens to rangefinder without visual composing and focusing (but for focusing you could use markers on a lens) and just point and shoot and wonder what will be after film process:) done it several times with “TAIR” USSR telephoto lens and got a picture of a squirrel on a tree on my FED without viewfinder and focusing using marks. Also you can purchase external viewfinder turret and use compatible m39 lens if you are really rangefinder fan. Also great advantage of getting FED-3 it very nice leather case with “ФЭД/FED 3” logo and amazing leather smell! Mine still smells like any photo product should smell in the first place - leather and aluminium and a bit grease and chemical smell from film =) Also I would like to consider buying very basic “smena-8m” or “СМЕНА-8М», which was one of the cheapest rangefinder in USSR (also lens was hardly attached to camera body). It is strange camera, but got very strange and nice retro photos out of the box. I actually really likes the way it shoot and picture in the end. It was main camera that we used for pioneers photo classes - simple as a hammer. Also highly recommendable is Smena-35, its late 90th product, a bit plastic case like a toy camera, but (dont know how) got incredible color on a simple Kodak Gold film and on a Fuji film from 90th. Got it for summer vacation because forget to take FED, and was really impressed with picture quality at the end. Also can recommend Zenith-3M as a really nice SLR without known Zenith issues (the curtain stuck inside or broken right in the middle of the shoot, literally hated Zenith for that, and despite other Zenith SLRs - The Zenith 3M works flawlessly!) but it is classic SLR. P.S. never used photoexponometer (light meter) with FED/smena/zenith 3m and 95% of pictures was great, even with external flash, but for a really complex portrait indoors I used Zenith SLR with build-in light meter for precise skin tone control. One I got the whole film indoor without any usable photo without light meter, so it can be tricky. Nowadays you can attach industar-61 to digital mirrorless camera, get test picture with perfect exposure and set the same exposure setting into film camera :) if you dont attach industar62 to digital camera keep in mind that T-stops on aperture and F-stops may differ, and if you get F2,8 on two different lens it does not mean they actually transmit the same amount of light so exposure may vary. You can watch youtube for all exposure stuff as well :) if you are not sure how to exposure properly, you could find FED-5 on ebay as well, but exposure is easy, ones you get the basics. Cheers! Hope you got what you really want and need!
I wish you'd make more videos on lenses for dslrs. I'm having a really hard time finding some vintage lenses for my camera, but I am having a really hard time finding them.
Be careful with the oils, some of them can create a thin film of oil on the glass elements. When you use the lens in the sun the temperature can make the oil to vaporize and it is very difficult to clean it. Also if the oil escapes it can go from the helicoid to the aperture blades and they can stop working. Also most rangefinder lenses work better on not sony cameras. Sony sensors has a fat filter glass in front of the sensor and this changes the optical performance especially on the rangefinder wider lenses. So I recommend using Canon, Panasonic and maybe Nikon mirrorless bodies for best results. Check out Jupiter 8 and Jupiter 3 ;) they need 1 stop closing down and the image is much better than the Industar but yes they are more expensive. The Jupiter 3 can be quite expensive but it is a tiny 50 1.5...
I already have the Helios 44,-58mm and I just bought 4 of these lenses (55, 52, 53 and 50 mm for like $78) from this channel's review. Thanks!!!! I'm a new subscriber. I appreciate what you're doing!!!!!
Так выглядит cinimatec picture и в этом ее прелесть. Индустар ооочень хорош для видео, как и Гелиус 44. This is looks like the cinimatec and its beauty. Industar sooo good for video, like Helios 44.
Bought a pack of 7 of these a couple years ago while I was filling out my Jupiter lens collection. I prefer the Jupiters, but these are fun and small. They look ridiculous on an a7r3.
Yeah some of these old FSU lenses were based off classic zeiss optics. Look up the Jupiter series, J3, J8, J9, J12, all fantastic. The industars came in a few varieties. A 3.5 rigid, a 3.5 retractable, and the versions you featured. I could be wrong but the first 2 digits of your serial denote the year they were made. You should check out the LOMO TRIPLET T-43 4/40 ...
Fyi, the Industars started out life on the russian Leica copies, such as early FED or Zorki’s. The Industar is essentially a copy of the old Leica Elmar lenses. That is why they are so small, they used to be collapsable rangefinder lenses.
I own the N-61, 53mm f2.8 that I bought from a Ukrainian supplier. It cost me more for the shipping than what I paid for the lens. That's OK though. My copy came to me like you said, in fairly rough condition. The focus ring was so tight that it was impossible to accurately focus it at all. So I took it apart. Like I do with a lot of my vintage lenses. It came apart surprisingly easy. What I have found with all Soviet era lenses is that whatever grease they were using basically turns to dusty, waxy, goo over the years and makes the lenses hard to use. Both of my Helios 58/f2 lenses had this problem and this Industar was really bad. The only real way to fix this without getting oil all over the blades is to disassemble the lens, clean the glass, remove all the old waxy mess, and re-grease it. In the end, what I was left with was a stunning and beautiful little lens. Mine is the "zebra" stripped black and silver version with the clicked aperture. I'm not sure what's going on with your lenses, but mine is very sharp for a very basic lens. These are a Tessar design lens and even though they tend to be a bit slower, they also tend to be fairly sharp relative to other lens designs. I use it on my Canon R7 and I have the basic L-39 to RF adapter, but there are other things you can do as well. I have a thin mount RF to M42 adapter that I start with, then I thread on a focusing helicoid of 13-19mm. Then I use a L-39 to M42 adapter on the back of the lens. Now I can use the focusing helicoid for close focusing situations, which is the type of shots I really like. I can still focus it at about 5 to 7ft from the lens, but not much more then that. But now instead of the terrible 1 meter MFD, I can get really close and turn the lens into a close focusing, almost macro lens. And I can still go back to the L-39 to RF adapter for infinity focus as well. Its a lovely little lens that's fun to use once its fixed.
There's something special about using a lens 40+ years old and having it create beautiful images - very different to today's lenses, many of which will simply not be able operate in 40 years when the electronics are no longer supported!
The mirrorless cameras systems have revitalised the market for old vintage film camera lenses. No modern primes (outside of maybe Leica M and Voigtlander) look as interesting as these, or have as much character. Add in the affordability, eco-friendly/ethical ethos of buying second hand, great design and compact size and they're perfect. I'm starting to slowly build a collection of Nikon AI lenses for the purposes of film making, can't beat great old manual focus build quality!
Nikon 7xxx series and forward work with them because they have motorless option, you just need to set the apperture to the max and it will work flawless
4:50 How do you identify the Clickless lenses from the others? Is that the second (Preset) diaphragm ring in front of the lens, you show later on this time mark? Please answer.
Late reply, but possible useful. First you must know, he shows both the industar N-61, and Industar 26m. None of the 61's I have, are clickless. But all my 26m are clickless. None of them have preset aperture. The 61 is quite easy to de-click. All you have to do is to unscrew the threaded ring that holds the whole lens assembly, from the back side of the lens. Then remove a circular leaf spring, and the ball. Then put it back togheter in reverse order. The 61 have 6 aperture blades, and the 26m, have 9. If you consider these lenses, I would recomend you to check out the jupiter 8 50mm f2. 9 aperture blades, clickless, and about the same size as the two other (but much larger glass). When looking for these lenses, look after the "red p". It stands for the prefered coating on vintage soviet lenses. They are all prone to flaring, so a lens hood improves the contrast. Good luck!
@@samsen3965 A quick update. I just found one Industar 26m with click on the aperture. (I bought a quite huge lot, to get hold of a couple of interesting ones. Planning to sell/give away the rest). The Industar are very easy to maintain and de-click. But you need a tiny straight screwdriver, and a lens spanner. Both are cheap, and should be present in every vintage lens owners home...
Would you say any model gave more soap bubble bokeh? Or do they all do that noticably? I thought the effect in your example footage with the pin lights was just gorgeous. Would love to get a lens that does that.
And.. I come back from Ukraine few hours ago and saw a lot old school cameras and lenses on the streets of Kiev, sadly it's too late, only ebay option left.
I have a couple of these the 51 and a 20mm 69 after seeing this video- SO fantastic. Love using these for video much more than stills. I havent used any of my other lenses since. scary.
Hey Caleb, have you ever thought about doing an entire episode replacing your whole equipment with cheap counterparts? Like using an eos m with inexpensive vintage lens as your main camera, work lights or stuff like that?
Cool little lens! Would be awesome if you could do a comparison between certain vintage lenses and new cheap lenses. I could buy one of these and search for an adapter for my m50 for instance. And buy a step-up ring for my filter. Or buy a Meike 50 mm f2 and won't need a adapter or step up ring as the have the same filter size. Would be so interesting to see the difference in total cost AND the difference in picture quality.
Your last livestream was 7 months ago. When will you go live again? Can you do it between *11:00**-**16:00* Chicago time? This would be perfect for us in Europe *(**18:00**-**23:00**)* and California as well *(**9:00**-**14:00**)*
It's the flange distance. Though mostly these Russian Zenit lenses come in M42 mount as well. And those actually should be able to mount just fine with an adapter from say K&F Concept I believe. It's Nikon F that then still has a problem. The adapter would require optics for correction in order to make it work (infinity focus). Nikon unfortunately has the worst mount camera-side. Does make for the most adaptable lens mount to other systems though.
industars are very easy to disassemble completeley and to regrease. lubrication needs to be stable, if that gun oil evaporates on a sunny day you'll have to clean it up all inside... just get optical grade grease on aliexpess, it's dirt cheap...
Seems you replied to me, but UA-cam doesn't show your reply anywhere underneath this video/under my original comment? (Seems to happen more often lately on YT. Or just earlier they put through a comment of mine posting it 4 times). UA-cam needs to get their shit together. I was able to read all of it and find this comment of yours by looking under the video and sorting the comment section by 'newest. Anyways... to me lenses are like flavors of icecream. There isn't one true icecream flavor anyone should like, they all have their own right existing! My own first lens was a Minolta Rokkor MD 50mm f/1.7 (and came with a film camera attached). I went through a whole bunch of flavors around the 50 mil focal length. Pentax-M Asahi 50mm f/1.4. Canon FD 50mm f/1.4. Etc. But there's really something special about the Russian lenses. One of the most iconic: the Zenit HELIOS 44-2 58mm f/2 obviously with its swirly bokeh. I have the two lenses that won a Grand Prix back in the day, my copy of the MIR-1 37mm f/2.8 even has that engraved to commemorate. The TAIR-11A 135mm f/2.8's aputure blades are insane! The Jupiter 85mm f/2 is a beaut as well. Epic for portraits. The INDUSTAR 61 L/Z 50mm f/2.8 is great for macro. The INDUSTAR 50-2 50mm f/3.5 must be one of the earliest pancake lenses! They are just so interesting to me! Built like friggin' tanks, optically full of character and of course... dirt cheap! Unbelievable! And sometimes you can even find some offered as 'NOS' (New Old Stock; unused!). The HELIOS-40-2 85mm f/1.5 ('Cyclop') is one of those interesting and iconic lenses that I don't have though. But I don't discriminate, I don't say Russian or well USSR dated are the end-all. I have a large set of the Contax Yashica Zeiss primes. Pretty much all f/2.8 ones, except for the 50mm f/1.4. Lovely stuff for sure! Or my Leica (actual Leica-branding, not Leitz (Wetzlar/Canada)) Summicron-R E55 35 & 50mm f/2, probably the priciest vintage lenses I own. On the other end of the spectrum, seeing you are familiar with AliExpress, I also have a set of the 'green circle lens' APS-C covering C-mount lenses that can be found over there. Better than the Fujian-style cheapo CCTV-like lenses that really are just toy lenses. Or other lenses you can buy new out of China from the likes of SLR Magic, ZY Optics/Zhongyi/Mitakon, Laowa, Zonlai, etc (before the 7Artisans/Kamlan era). Then I have quite modern lenses. Every videographer probably has the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8. Caleb and might have been caught using the Nikon 'Bourne' lenses (from memory I believe The Bourne Ultimatum was shot 70% on the Nikkor 28-70 and 80-200mm f/2.8D ED re-housed lenses). Tokina has a Cinema AT-X series of T3 zooms. The base for those are just f/2.8 stills lenses, which I've got. I have a whole set of Veydra Mini Cinema Primes (which I backed way back when on Kickstarter; they now seem to be re-released (with Veydra seemingly dead and able to do much about it) by Chinese company Meike for way cheap!) and so on, and so on. Then all the other native MFT glass from Panasonic(/Leica) and Olympus (PRO). Overall I think my lens collection well exceeds 100+, which I realize is overkill. GAS much? xD But then we're back at the original point again... they're like flavors of icecream... they're all different, but all so gooooodd in their own way. And are you in the mood for the same flavor of icecream everyday? I like to change things up every now and then. ;)
I love vintage lenses. I use a Pentax 50mm 1.8 on my Fuji X-H1 for video. Some months ago I busted on THREE!!! vintage russian cameras with the infamous Helios 58mm attached, 20 bucks each! I went to my thriftstore, inspected the three cameras/lenses and... didn't buy any. They didn't looked as bad as I thought at the time. Now, as a rule, if I find a lens I might be able to use on my DSLM, I purchase immediately. Still mad about myself...
Small question, dont know if its been said here already. If so, im sorry. But for EF mount of Nikon F mount, cant you just get a m39 to m42 ring and then m42 to required mount adapter?
Ukrainian? Well... I'd rather say Soviet :) You know, it's like T-34 tank - it's production was based in the Kharkov, Ukrane, but you barely can call it Ukrainian)
@@bvz75 The "Industar" lenses began to be produced in the 1930s. Even before World War 2. Made by Ukrainian people under soviet occupation you said? Try to study the history course and try to think again. What a mess you have in your head. This is the result of TV propaganda, I think.
Thanks for another gem Caleb! Any problems with the infinity focus? Seems like having that problem on adapting these manual vintages to my GH3, the Helios and the Auto-110 all have problem getting focus at infinity?
It's funny how the lens which is considered crappy at home (I'm from Ukraine, those Industars are like $7-8 here on average and nobody wants them) is considered epic overseas. People are never happy with what they have.
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Sounds like a money making op for you.
@@Whatsup_Abroad I'm quite happy with my current job, thank you :)
@@alexadrianov8357 nothing wrong with a side hustle haha
Can you sent one in India
For anyone wondering why this wont work on your mirrored camera: The m39 mount was made back in the day for rangefinder leica 35mm cameras. The design of these cameras positions the back of the lens less than an inch away from the film. On a mirrored camera, there is extra room for the physical mirror, which essentially takes away your infinity focus and puts that range into the closer (macro) end of the spectrum. Works great on a mirrorless, though!!
Gotta love the Zenit/KMZ/LOMO lenses.
Helios, Jupiter, Industar, Mir, Tair, etc. They all so dope and affordable!
euhhh, all sheer crap compared to the same epoch (70-80ies) japanese stuff.... hipsters like to play with 'em though, guess fancy cyrillic gives 'em hard on... instead of getting the same results with filters :-) try old 20-30€ minolta glass or yashicas (which are comparable to contax zeiss), or takumars or kirons, whatever... in my time in ex urss we had those feds and zenths with industars or helioses 'cuz we couldn't get anythin else, we dreamed about any japanese lenses or at least ddr zeiss jena ones, even pentacon would be classier= :-) any dude with nikkor-e would go for a top pro :-)))
@@andreika6681 Where do you think Russian & Japanese lens makers got their optical formulas from ?
Yep, Zeiss/Meyer/Schneider etc.
Hello!
Just found this interesting video.
For those who love history, there are a few different variations of Industar 61 depending on the factory who produced them, from the early sixties till the early nineties:
KMZ factory in Krasnogorsk produced the following M42 lenses:
Industra 61-Z
Industar 61 A (with an aspherical lens)
Industar 61 M
LZOS factory in Lytkarino produced
M39 Industar 61 L
M42 Industar 61 L/Z (Л/З) (no, it's not the number "3" but the cyrillic letter equivalent to our "Z")
M42 Industar 61 L/Z MC (multicoated version of the above)
By the way the L/Z lens is a very nice lens for macro photography, with a 360° focus throw and an unsual star shaped diaphragm, but you will not be able to find it for 20$...
The FED factory in Kharkov was named after Feliks Edmundovic Dzerzhinsky (even if he was born In Belarus and yes, we are talking about the first director of NKVD. His initials appear in the logo ФЭД): could be this be one of the reasons why now people in Ukraine do not like this lens so much?
The lenses initially produced by FED were simply named Industar 61. After some time the denomination changed to Industar 61 L/D (Л/Д).
The optical scheme is a variaton of the classical Carl Zeiss' Tessar scheme with the two external lenses made with Lanthanium crown glass (Lanthanium is not radioactive) while the other two are classical Flint.
You can find many variations of focal length as well: 50-52-53-55mm, all f/2.8 with the same project resolution 44/33 lines/mm (center/border).
Diaphragm is typically with 6 blades, but you can find some early lenses with 10 blades.
Diggin' the new multi-angle setup, Caleb. Also enjoyed the phrase "knurled nubs". That can be the name of our thrash metal band.
Gerald Undone oh look! You also watch UA-cam lol
Knurled Knubs make it even more epic...
It's stupid how much I love vintage glass
It’s an addiction for sure
I have 17 of these lens, they used to be super cheap $3-10, I have over 90 vintage lens. old lens arent as sharp as modern lens but give an artistic output which modern lens cant do.
I'll gladly take character over sharpness any day. I've noticed that only photographers with poor editing skills or heck, just poor photography skills obsess over sharpness and megapixel counts. I think it has something to do with objectiveness. Photography is a subjective thing after all but since their photography is weak as hell they'll use objective facts to measure their skills
I would super love to hear you talk about your vintage lens collection and some of your favorites. I have a few older lenses myself for digital cameras and I really want to expand my collection to add that organic element that older lenses bring to digital filmmaking.
Man, I really enjoy watching your videos. Very straight forward with good use of vocabulary. No unnecessary crazy dubstep in the background nor distracting visual backdrop, nice crisp focus and simple lighting. Keep it up. I wan't one fo your shirts or hats (if you have any available for sale).
Thanks. I just ordered a 53mm one for $17 Shipped! Happy that I clicked your little bell!
Bam! 🛎FTW!
@@dslrvideoshooter there were even cheaper options but this seller had over 1000 5 star reviews and it looks flawless.
@@SpaghettiPaparazzi From which seller did you buy it?
@@0200Oscar seller is "bssriya" but I just checked he does not have any for sale.
I have the Industar 50-2 lens for my Fuji. It's a great little 50mm pancake lens (though it starts at F3/5). I might have to pick one of these up to add to my collection. Right now that Industar 50 is my only 50mm lens so, getting a similar focal length with a faster aperture for such a low price is appealing.
Love the new studio. Very minimal but perfect.
Sometimes cheap doesnt mean bad quality. I really love to try out cheap stuff from time to time!
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True story.
Built like tanks. All metal and mostly Zeiss inspired optics!
Even won awards back in the day during some of the Grand Prix exhibitions (Mir/Tair).
I got a vintage Vivitar 28mm F2.8 and it was 8 bucks at the antique store lol
@@cj64films I found a Pentax-M 28mm f2.8 in stunning condition on a shelf in an antique store for $12! I snapped that up so fast. Those deals are still out there if you look.
Industar-61 L/D, still one of my favorite lenses. So small, same for the adapter. Yet it's nice to use and produces nice pictures, especially when you stop down. I find it's quite nice for macro too with extension tubes. Great for beginners and those who appreciate the vintage characteristics. Stopped down they are certainly sharp-enough. When doing macro, i appreciate the color, sharpness and bokeh.
Haven't used it in a while though, since i need to lube the focusing ring. Might aswell try this trick. Thanks!
It's also quite radioactive :)
industar 61 vs 61 L/D what's the difference in performance?
Gotta just say it now, cause it has to be said. I love your channel, Caleb. You've really helped me get back into filming, and your equipment videos cover all the things I find relevant. Thank you!
Caleb, just wanted to thank you for the work you do! You fired up my interest in using vintage lenses and I learned about magic lantern from you, so having great fun with my eos m and my collection of old lenses. Needless to say I have an industar coming from Northern Ireland which has only cost me £20 off ebay! Got an adapter coming from China and that's only cost around £8.00,love this! Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Just found this lens at a local flea market, so far love it.
Just a hint - 40.5mm isn't really akward size, quite a few Sony OEM lenses come with 40.5mm filter thread. I use my 16-50mm kit lens filter + lens cap on my Industar-61 for example ;)
I've got an old Nikkor 35 1.4 that you're just going to love. I might have to get the focus ring looked at, though, it sticks when I turn it in one direction but not the other.
I love mine! The photos that I've got out of it have been amazing.
Have no idea why you thought that industar 61 is a “Ukrainian” lens. It was USSR. It sound strange like some US citizen will call Minnesota not part of the USA =) But yes, it was made in Kharkiv in Ukranian SSR.
All optical calculation was made by famous academics in optical knowledge G. Slusarev and V. Solovola.
This lens is gorgeous! And is actually some kind of legendary. It is uses 4 lenses inside and two of them made by Lantanium crown (LaK in English, or ultraheavy Lantanium crown STK-9 in Russian nomenclature if you would say it to any PhD in optics they will be impressed anyway). I got two lens for more than 20 years, and the one is actually was used by my grand father with FED-3 rangefinder. Next generation of that camera was done for export and may be known worldwide as Revue-4.
All my best B&W and colors photos were made by FED-3 with industar-61. It have really amazing feeling and character. As for resolution, on a low ISO B&W film I got several pictures than I printed manually on a wall sized paper and it was crisp enough to watch at a close distance (at 30 cm/76 inches). Better results can only be archived using 120 type film on a midsized 6x6 or 6x9 low ISO b&w film (which was gorgeous on a wall sized paper prints and was crisp enoght to watch from 10cm/25 inches and to see the whole picture you need to step backwards at list 5 steps :))) ).
Not sure if any full frame 36x24 digital DSLR or mirrorless can get such a giant pictures (its a pity I didn’t have a opportunity to check for a wallsized print from super high resolution DSLR like sony or latest canon 5d).
So my IMHO even if industar-61 doesn’t have very high MTF it is still good for a high resolution photo. For a video use I prefer Angenieux optimo, it was love at first sight, instant feature film look in any situation worked with it on red one mx in 2010, but I (as well as 99% of video industry guys) cannot afford to own it (as well as red camera). But for a low budget filmmaking -industar is a way to go for sure. I use it on Micro Four Thirds Panasonic gh1/gx7 and got 100mm kind of portrait lens as well as “normal” lens on a 135 type film rangefinder. It’s funny but for my taste it looks much sharper on a 135 film than on any digital camera (tried it on full frame as well), and no film grain scans cannot emulate this “resolution” with its “pliability”.
burtonfzz You seem to know quite a bit about film photography, so I was wondering if you have any recommendations for a good rangefinder setup for around $100-$300 USD?
burtonfzz You seem to know quite a bit about film photography, so I was wondering if you have any recommendations for a good rangefinder setup for around $100-$300 USD?
Quigus hello there. Its a pity, but I can ONLY recommend ussr type of stuff, because I never used Europian or US foto stuff in film-era.
I teached film photography for young pioneers in pioneer camp (which was not pioneer camp and they where not pioneers because it was in 90th and it was Russia, but summer camp still existed for that time period)
Of course FED-3 rangefinder (I prefer the one with trigger for sliding film shots for the next one also there was the one with round dial to forward the film). I saw many of them, they all works perfectly in any case (mine was fallen down from the third flood to asphalt and it only got minor bend on the outside of the filters mount, and no other cosmetic or mechanical issues, works for almost twenty years since then and who knows, what happen before me :) ).
Originally FED rangefinders was some kind of copy from Leica rangefinders (pronounced as “LIKE-Ah”). Industar lens also got some common ideas from Leica as well, but was not a clear copy. So, you could get almost Leica from USSR if prefer FED or its export version mentioned previously. Works great, no light leaks, lens are great as well. The only restriction and the one that makes it much exciter - is “normal” ~50mm lens design. So for FED-3 it will be industar 61 :) that is simple. Also you could attach any m39 mound lens to rangefinder without visual composing and focusing (but for focusing you could use markers on a lens) and just point and shoot and wonder what will be after film process:) done it several times with “TAIR” USSR telephoto lens and got a picture of a squirrel on a tree on my FED without viewfinder and focusing using marks. Also you can purchase external viewfinder turret and use compatible m39 lens if you are really rangefinder fan.
Also great advantage of getting FED-3 it very nice leather case with “ФЭД/FED 3” logo and amazing leather smell! Mine still smells like any photo product should smell in the first place - leather and aluminium and a bit grease and chemical smell from film =)
Also I would like to consider buying very basic “smena-8m” or “СМЕНА-8М», which was one of the cheapest rangefinder in USSR (also lens was hardly attached to camera body). It is strange camera, but got very strange and nice retro photos out of the box. I actually really likes the way it shoot and picture in the end. It was main camera that we used for pioneers photo classes - simple as a hammer. Also highly recommendable is Smena-35, its late 90th product, a bit plastic case like a toy camera, but (dont know how) got incredible color on a simple Kodak Gold film and on a Fuji film from 90th. Got it for summer vacation because forget to take FED, and was really impressed with picture quality at the end.
Also can recommend Zenith-3M as a really nice SLR without known Zenith issues (the curtain stuck inside or broken right in the middle of the shoot, literally hated Zenith for that, and despite other Zenith SLRs - The Zenith 3M works flawlessly!) but it is classic SLR.
P.S. never used photoexponometer (light meter) with FED/smena/zenith 3m and 95% of pictures was great, even with external flash, but for a really complex portrait indoors I used Zenith SLR with build-in light meter for precise skin tone control. One I got the whole film indoor without any usable photo without light meter, so it can be tricky. Nowadays you can attach industar-61 to digital mirrorless camera, get test picture with perfect exposure and set the same exposure setting into film camera :) if you dont attach industar62 to digital camera keep in mind that T-stops on aperture and F-stops may differ, and if you get F2,8 on two different lens it does not mean they actually transmit the same amount of light so exposure may vary. You can watch youtube for all exposure stuff as well :) if you are not sure how to exposure properly, you could find FED-5 on ebay as well, but exposure is easy, ones you get the basics.
Cheers! Hope you got what you really want and need!
I wish you'd make more videos on lenses for dslrs. I'm having a really hard time finding some vintage lenses for my camera, but I am having a really hard time finding them.
Be careful with the oils, some of them can create a thin film of oil on the glass elements. When you use the lens in the sun the temperature can make the oil to vaporize and it is very difficult to clean it. Also if the oil escapes it can go from the helicoid to the aperture blades and they can stop working.
Also most rangefinder lenses work better on not sony cameras. Sony sensors has a fat filter glass in front of the sensor and this changes the optical performance especially on the rangefinder wider lenses. So I recommend using Canon, Panasonic and maybe Nikon mirrorless bodies for best results.
Check out Jupiter 8 and Jupiter 3 ;) they need 1 stop closing down and the image is much better than the Industar but yes they are more expensive. The Jupiter 3 can be quite expensive but it is a tiny 50 1.5...
I have got a FED 2 with industar lens on it and i love it.
I already have the Helios 44,-58mm and I just bought 4 of these lenses (55, 52, 53 and 50 mm for like $78) from this channel's review. Thanks!!!! I'm a new subscriber. I appreciate what you're doing!!!!!
I'm from Ukraine and your test footage looks and feels like most Ukrainian TV shows. Guess now I know why 😄
it looks good tough ahah ^^
Так выглядит cinimatec picture и в этом ее прелесть. Индустар ооочень хорош для видео, как и Гелиус 44.
This is looks like the cinimatec and its beauty. Industar sooo good for video, like Helios 44.
Greatly pleasured to see compatriot on such high quality channel
anyone please can we use it on smartphones ?
Max hahaha
I do have a love for those Industar and Jupiter and Zenit and Mir
Bought a pack of 7 of these a couple years ago while I was filling out my Jupiter lens collection. I prefer the Jupiters, but these are fun and small. They look ridiculous on an a7r3.
New set looks great dude!
I have a couple of those Idustar, they are fun to play with!
The mount is sometimes also called LTM, or Leica thread mount.
Need that info on the table Tripod though.
I have several and find that I'm using them the most. The silk look combined with a sharp image is outstanding. Overly sharp lenses SUCK! Good review!
4:14 my favorite part of this video. So smooth!
Another amazing vintage lens vid. We definitely share the love for these amazing little gems. Keep them coming! 🙌
Bro you just found some gems with this!
I really love the way your background light looks like a window is off to the right.
The shots do look very cinematic, and the bokeh is just lovely.
7:04 actually it's a nice diameter cuz Sony 16-50 E PZ also have the same filter thread
Love these old vintage lenses! I guess that's because I'm vintage, too :)
Which lenses have that soap-bubble bokeh? That's gorgeous!
Are you ever going to do a review of the a6400?
I picked up one of these exclusively for b/w video work. It give it the noir smoky bar in the backwater of Europe look.
Yeah some of these old FSU lenses were based off classic zeiss optics. Look up the Jupiter series, J3, J8, J9, J12, all fantastic. The industars came in a few varieties. A 3.5 rigid, a 3.5 retractable, and the versions you featured. I could be wrong but the first 2 digits of your serial denote the year they were made. You should check out the LOMO TRIPLET T-43 4/40 ...
Thanks for these vintage lens videos. I have 2. Great little lenses.
Nice!!! Hoping to many many more videos on vintage!
Fyi, the Industars started out life on the russian Leica copies, such as early FED or Zorki’s. The Industar is essentially a copy of the old Leica Elmar lenses. That is why they are so small, they used to be collapsable rangefinder lenses.
Zorki- russian cameras, FED - ukrainian cameras. Know difference.
I own the N-61, 53mm f2.8 that I bought from a Ukrainian supplier. It cost me more for the shipping than what I paid for the lens. That's OK though.
My copy came to me like you said, in fairly rough condition. The focus ring was so tight that it was impossible to accurately focus it at all. So I took it apart. Like I do with a lot of my vintage lenses. It came apart surprisingly easy.
What I have found with all Soviet era lenses is that whatever grease they were using basically turns to dusty, waxy, goo over the years and makes the lenses hard to use. Both of my Helios 58/f2 lenses had this problem and this Industar was really bad. The only real way to fix this without getting oil all over the blades is to disassemble the lens, clean the glass, remove all the old waxy mess, and re-grease it.
In the end, what I was left with was a stunning and beautiful little lens. Mine is the "zebra" stripped black and silver version with the clicked aperture. I'm not sure what's going on with your lenses, but mine is very sharp for a very basic lens. These are a Tessar design lens and even though they tend to be a bit slower, they also tend to be fairly sharp relative to other lens designs.
I use it on my Canon R7 and I have the basic L-39 to RF adapter, but there are other things you can do as well. I have a thin mount RF to M42 adapter that I start with, then I thread on a focusing helicoid of 13-19mm. Then I use a L-39 to M42 adapter on the back of the lens. Now I can use the focusing helicoid for close focusing situations, which is the type of shots I really like. I can still focus it at about 5 to 7ft from the lens, but not much more then that. But now instead of the terrible 1 meter MFD, I can get really close and turn the lens into a close focusing, almost macro lens.
And I can still go back to the L-39 to RF adapter for infinity focus as well.
Its a lovely little lens that's fun to use once its fixed.
There's something special about using a lens 40+ years old and having it create beautiful images - very different to today's lenses, many of which will simply not be able operate in 40 years when the electronics are no longer supported!
Cool informative video! You made me very interested in this lens. How do you identify the ones with the clickless aperture?
The mirrorless cameras systems have revitalised the market for old vintage film camera lenses. No modern primes (outside of maybe Leica M and Voigtlander) look as interesting as these, or have as much character. Add in the affordability, eco-friendly/ethical ethos of buying second hand, great design and compact size and they're perfect. I'm starting to slowly build a collection of Nikon AI lenses for the purposes of film making, can't beat great old manual focus build quality!
Wow! I just went and ordered one of these now that I know they exist. Can't wait to try it out!
I received it and wow! I don't want to shoot with anything else! Thank you for alerting me to this gem.
Nikon 7xxx series and forward work with them because they have motorless option, you just need to set the apperture to the max and it will work flawless
4:50 How do you identify the Clickless lenses from the others? Is that the second (Preset) diaphragm ring in front of the lens, you show later on this time mark? Please answer.
Late reply, but possible useful. First you must know, he shows both the industar N-61, and Industar 26m. None of the 61's I have, are clickless. But all my 26m are clickless. None of them have preset aperture. The 61 is quite easy to de-click. All you have to do is to unscrew the threaded ring that holds the whole lens assembly, from the back side of the lens. Then remove a circular leaf spring, and the ball. Then put it back togheter in reverse order. The 61 have 6 aperture blades, and the 26m, have 9. If you consider these lenses, I would recomend you to check out the jupiter 8 50mm f2. 9 aperture blades, clickless, and about the same size as the two other (but much larger glass).
When looking for these lenses, look after the "red p". It stands for the prefered coating on vintage soviet lenses. They are all prone to flaring, so a lens hood improves the contrast. Good luck!
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@@samsen3965 A quick update. I just found one Industar 26m with click on the aperture. (I bought a quite huge lot, to get hold of a couple of interesting ones. Planning to sell/give away the rest). The Industar are very easy to maintain and de-click. But you need a tiny straight screwdriver, and a lens spanner. Both are cheap, and should be present in every vintage lens owners home...
I just purchased last month. I thought no one will find out. Lol
Woah those look fantastic. I'm gonna need to pick up at least one...or all of them
I love that you were in rockford!
i snagged an industar last month, i love that little puppy. if you ask me it's as sharp as anything.
If I recall the crappy Sony APS-C kit (16-50) uses a 40.5mm filter. Might assist in tracking one down.
Would you say any model gave more soap bubble bokeh? Or do they all do that noticably? I thought the effect in your example footage with the pin lights was just gorgeous. Would love to get a lens that does that.
And.. I come back from Ukraine few hours ago and saw a lot old school cameras and lenses on the streets of Kiev, sadly it's too late, only ebay option left.
I have a couple of these the 51 and a 20mm 69 after seeing this video- SO fantastic. Love using these for video much more than stills. I havent used any of my other lenses since. scary.
For 50 bucks i bought the FED 5 and a similar lens. The FED is oretty much untouched so it was a great find.
Hey Caleb, have you ever thought about doing an entire episode replacing your whole equipment with cheap counterparts? Like using an eos m with inexpensive vintage lens as your main camera, work lights or stuff like that?
6:20 on this part actually these lens will fit on nikon f (m39 to nikon f adapter) but what you cant do is focus to infinity :(
Cool little lens! Would be awesome if you could do a comparison between certain vintage lenses and new cheap lenses.
I could buy one of these and search for an adapter for my m50 for instance. And buy a step-up ring for my filter.
Or buy a Meike 50 mm f2 and won't need a adapter or step up ring as the have the same filter size.
Would be so interesting to see the difference in total cost AND the difference in picture quality.
Just nabbed a 55mm for just over $13 shipped. Stoked to try it out, thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh a fellow rockfordian! Definitely got my subscription
Your last livestream was 7 months ago. When will you go live again?
Can you do it between *11:00**-**16:00* Chicago time?
This would be perfect for us in Europe *(**18:00**-**23:00**)* and California as well *(**9:00**-**14:00**)*
Bro Pike you're like a GOD on UA-cam I got my cameras and knowledge from you and others in this line of work love my GH4 and lenses thanks to you 🙏
Haha! I don't know about that! Glad you're enjoying the content!
Absolute godsend this channel!
Hello Caleb, great channel and video, would you be able to tell me which Industar has the smooth aperture ring? Many Thanks.
Lens 'flare' is usually a unique look too. With film they used to, not sure what the digitizer will do with flare.
Oh thanks! Gonna try one of these lenses for freelensing... on my old Nikon df
These look so cool but one question...why can't these work with an EF mount?
It's the flange distance. Though mostly these Russian Zenit lenses come in M42 mount as well.
And those actually should be able to mount just fine with an adapter from say K&F Concept I believe.
It's Nikon F that then still has a problem. The adapter would require optics for correction in order to make it work (infinity focus).
Nikon unfortunately has the worst mount camera-side. Does make for the most adaptable lens mount to other systems though.
Does focus peaking work with vintage/adapted lenses?
i also want to know this. i think the answer is yes, but i am not sure.
@@cagatayaksu6549 I'm somewhat new to the camera world and haven't ventured into manual only lenses yet. If focus peaking works, I'll jump into it.
@@cagatayaksu6549 It does work. I purchased an adapter so I could use my dad's old lenses and focus peaking works.
@@RyanTreadaway thanks a lot for the info :)
@@cagatayaksu6549 I'm happy I could help!
i saw you have there jupiter 8. its really nice old lens with creamy bokeh and at 2,8 or 4 it is amazing sharp.
I believe the optical design is a Tessar derivative.
Hi Caleb! nice to see more vintage lens on your video. I want to see character comparison from Industar, Takumar and Helios lens in the future video~
industars are very easy to disassemble completeley and to regrease. lubrication needs to be stable, if that gun oil evaporates on a sunny day you'll have to clean it up all inside... just get optical grade grease on aliexpess, it's dirt cheap...
Seems you replied to me, but UA-cam doesn't show your reply anywhere underneath this video/under my original comment? (Seems to happen more often lately on YT. Or just earlier they put through a comment of mine posting it 4 times). UA-cam needs to get their shit together. I was able to read all of it and find this comment of yours by looking under the video and sorting the comment section by 'newest. Anyways... to me lenses are like flavors of icecream. There isn't one true icecream flavor anyone should like, they all have their own right existing! My own first lens was a Minolta Rokkor MD 50mm f/1.7 (and came with a film camera attached). I went through a whole bunch of flavors around the 50 mil focal length. Pentax-M Asahi 50mm f/1.4. Canon FD 50mm f/1.4. Etc.
But there's really something special about the Russian lenses. One of the most iconic: the Zenit HELIOS 44-2 58mm f/2 obviously with its swirly bokeh. I have the two lenses that won a Grand Prix back in the day, my copy of the MIR-1 37mm f/2.8 even has that engraved to commemorate. The TAIR-11A 135mm f/2.8's aputure blades are insane! The Jupiter 85mm f/2 is a beaut as well. Epic for portraits. The INDUSTAR 61 L/Z 50mm f/2.8 is great for macro. The INDUSTAR 50-2 50mm f/3.5 must be one of the earliest pancake lenses! They are just so interesting to me! Built like friggin' tanks, optically full of character and of course... dirt cheap! Unbelievable! And sometimes you can even find some offered as 'NOS' (New Old Stock; unused!). The HELIOS-40-2 85mm f/1.5 ('Cyclop') is one of those interesting and iconic lenses that I don't have though.
But I don't discriminate, I don't say Russian or well USSR dated are the end-all. I have a large set of the Contax Yashica Zeiss primes. Pretty much all f/2.8 ones, except for the 50mm f/1.4. Lovely stuff for sure! Or my Leica (actual Leica-branding, not Leitz (Wetzlar/Canada)) Summicron-R E55 35 & 50mm f/2, probably the priciest vintage lenses I own. On the other end of the spectrum, seeing you are familiar with AliExpress, I also have a set of the 'green circle lens' APS-C covering C-mount lenses that can be found over there. Better than the Fujian-style cheapo CCTV-like lenses that really are just toy lenses. Or other lenses you can buy new out of China from the likes of SLR Magic, ZY Optics/Zhongyi/Mitakon, Laowa, Zonlai, etc (before the 7Artisans/Kamlan era).
Then I have quite modern lenses. Every videographer probably has the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8. Caleb and might have been caught using the Nikon 'Bourne' lenses (from memory I believe The Bourne Ultimatum was shot 70% on the Nikkor 28-70 and 80-200mm f/2.8D ED re-housed lenses). Tokina has a Cinema AT-X series of T3 zooms. The base for those are just f/2.8 stills lenses, which I've got. I have a whole set of Veydra Mini Cinema Primes (which I backed way back when on Kickstarter; they now seem to be re-released (with Veydra seemingly dead and able to do much about it) by Chinese company Meike for way cheap!) and so on, and so on. Then all the other native MFT glass from Panasonic(/Leica) and Olympus (PRO). Overall I think my lens collection well exceeds 100+, which I realize is overkill. GAS much? xD But then we're back at the original point again... they're like flavors of icecream... they're all different, but all so gooooodd in their own way. And are you in the mood for the same flavor of icecream everyday? I like to change things up every now and then. ;)
I love vintage lenses. I use a Pentax 50mm 1.8 on my Fuji X-H1 for video. Some months ago I busted on THREE!!! vintage russian cameras with the infamous Helios 58mm attached, 20 bucks each! I went to my thriftstore, inspected the three cameras/lenses and... didn't buy any. They didn't looked as bad as I thought at the time. Now, as a rule, if I find a lens I might be able to use on my DSLM, I purchase immediately. Still mad about myself...
Just ordered one for 15 bucks shipped! Amazing!
You should make a video on how you go about finding these lenses. That’s a skill I’d like to have.
Go to eBay and search "Soviet lense"
What about an L mount converter for the panasonic s1? Any chance we get that?
Great video as always. That bokeh is flipping AWESOME!
Finally a lens I can afford! xD
Using a Zenitar 50s/1.2 for both photo and video. The difference is that Zenitar is really sharp.
These look really cool! I only own a Canon 500D, but there appear to be M39 mounts for it - is there any reason why this wouldn't work?
Cool little lens. Has anyone else here shot with it before?
Small question, dont know if its been said here already. If so, im sorry. But for EF mount of Nikon F mount, cant you just get a m39 to m42 ring and then m42 to required mount adapter?
I have one. Great lens for video.
Can't I just drop a lut on it to achieve the same look? JUST KIDDING!
so these lenses were orginally made for camera with greater flange distance than EF mount (for exemple) ?
Rangefinder cameras like FED 3 and FED 4, I think they were also mean't to be usable with Leica.
being not in the usa, what to use instead of gun oil? sewing machine oil?
Have you managed to use these on an iPhone? What sort of adapter would you use?
Hi, great video. I'm guessing these can't be used on DSLRs because of phalange distance?
nice find
these are the kind of videos I need, cheap gear 😊
Great oiling tip!
Ukrainian? Well... I'd rather say Soviet :)
You know, it's like T-34 tank - it's production was based in the Kharkov, Ukrane, but you barely can call it Ukrainian)
Designed in Ukraine, build in Ukraine by Ukrainian people under soviet occupation, so it Ukrainian.
@@bvz75 The "Industar" lenses began to be produced in the 1930s. Even before World War 2. Made by Ukrainian people under soviet occupation you said? Try to study the history course and try to think again. What a mess you have in your head. This is the result of TV propaganda, I think.
@@checktheneck russians occupied Ukraine in 1920, learn history. We are talking about Industar 61 not about other Industar models.
@@bvz75 Slava Heroyam, Slava Ukraini !!!! All things made in Ukraine are Ukrainian !!!! Not Soviet Fascist Putin Rubbish propaganda.
Whats that table tripod for sony? It looks badass
You need m39 step up ring 39 to 42 and m42 mount what ever camera you have
Thanks for another gem Caleb! Any problems with the infinity focus? Seems like having that problem on adapting these manual vintages to my GH3, the Helios and the Auto-110 all have problem getting focus at infinity?
I have problems with infinity focus with my Mir 1b. I found that cranking down the aperture helped a lot
Is it possible to use it with Nikon D5100 F mount with any kind of adoptor. Please respond.