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Added: Meyer-Optik Primagon 35mm f/4.5 for M42

May 22, 2012 - The Primagon is a shiny beauty from former DDR Meyer-Optik. It's a 35mm wide angle (certainly for its time) and with a m...
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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: Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 40mm f/1.9 for Robot (screw mount)

May 10, 2012 - Robot cameras are well known to collectors of photographic equipment. The history of the Robot began in Germany in the 1...
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Added: Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Series E

May 09, 2012 - The Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Series E is a fine lens. The picture quality is certainly better then what other Series E lense...
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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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Added: Mir-1 37mm f/2.8 for M42

May 02, 2012 - The Mir-1 (МИР-1) is a wide-angle lens for SLR. It was made for M42 and M39 mount cameras. There also exists a version f...
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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: Nikon Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 Ai

April 12, 2012 - The Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 Ai was produced from 1977 to 1981, during which 28395 copies were made. I like this lens especiall...
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Added: Super-Takumar 105mm f/2.8 (M42)

April 06, 2012 - The Takumar 105mm f/2.8 exists both in Super and in Super-Multi-Coated designation, but apparently both have the same op...
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Added: Super-Takumar 135mm f/3.5 for M42

April 06, 2012 - This is the fifth and last Takumar to add to my collection. Again, there are different versions of this Takumar, though...
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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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Added: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 35mm f/3.5 for M42

March 27, 2012 - Another Takumar hits my blog:) Many models of this lens have been produced. This lens is a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar,...
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Added: Super-Takumar 28mm f/3.5 (V1) for M42

March 26, 2012 - I think it's about time to add some Takumar lenses to the collection;) The Takumars were produced by the Japanese compa...
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Added: MC Volna-9 50mm f/2.8 (LZOS) for M42

March 23, 2012 - The Volna-9 (Волна-9) is a dedicated macro lens (1:2 magnification). It's a quite well-known lens and is appreciated esp...
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Added: MC Pentacon electric 29mm f/2.8 (M42)

March 14, 2012 - Pentacon is a well known camera and lens manufacturer from former East-Germany. It was formed in the 1950-1960s by mergi...
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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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Added: Industar-61 L/D 55mm f/2.8 for LTM

March 04, 2012 - The Industar-61 L/D is an Ukrainian beauty from the FED factories. It generally is a highly regarded lens, if you can ge...
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Added: Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 (Valdai) for M42

March 02, 2012 - The Helios 44-2 is one of those lenses that every photographer should have at least tried. It's a "classic" and photos t...
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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: Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/4 1Q (EXA)

March 01, 2012 - Every self-respecting MF-lens user has at least one lens in his collection that was produced by Carl Zeiss Jena:) Person...
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Added: Yashica ML 28mm f/2.8

February 27, 2012 - Another lens: the Yashica ML 28mm f/2.8:) This lens was my first one with C/Y mount. I bought it after having read seve...
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Added: Jupiter-9 8,5cm f/2 П (KMZ) for LTM

February 27, 2012 - Another day, another lens:) Today's aluminium beauty is a Jupiter-9 for LTM. It was produced by KMZ (Krasnogorski Mekha...
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Added: Meyer-Optik Helioplan 40mm f/4.5 V (EXA)

February 26, 2012 - The next lens that is fortunate enough to be added to my collection is a Helioplan 40mm f/4.5, produced by Meyer-Optik f...
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Added: Feinmess Dresden Bonotar 105mm f/4.5 V (EXA)

February 25, 2012 - Another lens has been added to my lens collection: the Bonotar 105mm f/4.5 for Exakta bayonet. It was fabricated by Fein...
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Added: Tele-Ennalyt 135mm f/3.5 (EXA)

February 24, 2012 - A new lens is added to the collection for my NEX-5:) Below are a few images of this fortune Tele-Ennalyt 135mm f/3.5 wi...
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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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