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Added: Helios-103 53mm f/1.8 for Kiev mount, two versions (V1 and V2)

May 18, 2012 - The Helios-103 was produced in 1981-1985 by Arsenal in Kiev (Ukraine). It is a moderately fast lens (f/1.8) and can be s...
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Added: Industar-50 5cm f/3.5 П (LZOS) for LTM

May 08, 2012 - The collapsible Industar-50 lenses were made by 3 factories: KMZ (Krasnogorsk), KOMZ (Kazan) and LZOS (Lytkarino). The K...
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Added: Industar-50 5cm f/3.5 П "made in Kazan" for LTM

May 04, 2012 - The Industar-50 is a lens with quite a long history. Its production started in the early 1950s by KMZ (Krasnogorsk) but...
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Added: ZK Zorki 5cm f/2 for Kiev (ЗК Зоркий)

May 03, 2012 - The ZK Zorki (ЗК Зоркий) 5cm f/2 was one of the forerunners of the Jupiter-8. ЗК stands for Sonnar Krasnogorsk. The earl...
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Jupiter-8: The Arsenal Gang

April 30, 2012 - The Jupiter-8 (ЮПИТЕР-8) has quite a history. Many versions have been produced. Sometimes, the changes were limited to a...
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Added: Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/2 Ai

April 26, 2012 - Nikon's Nikkor 50mm f/2 is not a very popular lens today, for the most part because there are affordable faster alternat...
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Added: Jupiter-8 5cm f/2 П for Kiev

April 25, 2012 - The Jupiter-8 (ЮПИТЕР-8) is the Russian version of the German Carl Zeiss Sonnar f/2 (The f/1.5 Sonnar was cloned under t...
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Added: Zenitar-M 50mm f/1.7 for M42

April 23, 2012 - The Zenitar-M 50mm f/1.7 was produced by KMZ (Красногорский механический завод) in the 1970s-1980s. It is quiet a chunck...
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The Kazan Twins

April 16, 2012 - The list of all variaties of the Industar-22 may seem endless... There are rigid versions, collapsible ones, black facep...
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Added: Industar-50 5cm f/3.5 П (KMZ) for LTM

April 04, 2012 - Time to look at another Russian beautie:) Today's model was born in 1958 in the KMZ plant in Krasnogorsk, which also fa...
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Added: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 (M42)

March 28, 2012 - The 50mm f/1.4 Takumars are highly regarded by most of its users. Decent sharpness, buttersweet bokeh, and usually avail...
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Aram takes his first picture!

March 12, 2012 - Aram took his first picture! An emotional moment for every dad interested in photography:~) He knows that I am pushing t...
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Conversation with my spouse

March 12, 2012 - I was having a conversation with my spouse, but like so many of us, she was making many hand gestures while talking. I f...
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Domein de Merode: New Night Photo Gallery Finished

March 06, 2012 - I finally finished the images of my 3 night "expedition" to the Castle of Westerlo. With the hottest night at -10ºC, it...
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Added: Industar 50-2 50mm f/3.5 (KMZ) for M42

March 02, 2012 - The Industar 50-2 is a very small Tessar design pancake-type lens with M42 screw mount. The M42-NEX adapter is bigger!...
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Added: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/3.5 1Q (EXA)

March 01, 2012 - This CZJ Tessar is a small silver shiny beauty. Its serial (3692001) can be traced back to a batch of 2000 lenses releas...
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Added: Industar-22 for enlarger (Kazan)

February 23, 2012 - Another nifty Industar added to my Gallerie de Gear: Industar-22, rigid type used for enlarger work. The logo indicates...
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Added: Pentacon auto 50mm f/1.8 (M42)

February 22, 2012 - I added the venerable Pentacon auto 50mm f/1.8 (M42) to my Gallerie de Gear. Aperture range: f/1.8 to f/16 Minimum foc...
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