

The Industar has won lots of praise over the decades and people really seem to love it. Intro Specs Performance Recommendations (on a D200 digital Nikon) See my 50mm Lens Comparison for a knock-down, drag-out comparison among this and many other 50mm lenses. If you can't appreciate good industrial design, you're toast. A huge range of used stock which changes daily, 120 and 35mm film, processing, advice and much more! With finder, hood and caps, it will sell for a modest Lens: 50mm Aperture: f/1. If you use this lens with a SONY mirrorless camera, you will need a mount adapter called M42-NEX. One final thing to watch out for: The M42 to M39 lens adaptor is easily stuck to the M39 to M adaptor, as I discovered, so be careful 🙂 The clamps(46C) provide better stability reduce the lens rocking caused by the camera shutter. Most are made by Asahi Pentax (Takumar), but there are a few others as well. However, for some reason they dropped the use of the “Super Xenar” or “S-Xenar” designation, which makes it difficult to identify which of the postwar lenses use the five-element design. 7, the Helios 44M-6 50mm F/2, the Minolta MC Rokkor - PG 50mm F/1. 4 (latest version with 60mm filter threads) which is just about the Edge to edge, the images are not as sharp until you begin to step down the aperture. The ULD name means “Ultra-Low Dispersion” lens. 5mm filter size manufactured from 1950-1974 in the Soviet Union. 8 lens - that’s well over a pound and a half and increases further if fitted with the optional 50mm x f=1. Voigtlander lenses in Leica M Mount OR Leica Screw Mount. From F4 to F11 it's outstanding ! A mount adapter is required to use the vintage lens with current digital cameras.

They will fit on Spotmatics - SP, SPII, SPF, ES, and ESII primarily. Now being an M42 lens, it has the same flange focal distance as the K-mount, so using it with an official M42-K adapter I can use it on my K-1 amongst other cameras.

When it comes to the best Canon lenses for portraits, they’re won’t be many that match the power and quality of the Canon 50mm f/1. The lens is clean an clear of any scratches. The older (silver finish) samples are better, but lack automatic diaphragm and often come in M39 mount, albeit can be used with M49 conversion ring. To me, the best performers in this test are the Helios and Super-Takumar.
