Many thanks, glad you're enjoying the channel!

​@@zenography7923 it's great fun on all levels. Inspires to get the one or other lens also next to good and sympatic value of your channel!

Many thanks indeed!

Merci beaucoup, heureux que vous l'ayez apprécié!

Many thanks, glad you're enjoying the channel!

Many thanks Brent, glad you enjoyed it!

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thanks for the info!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Many thanks, glad you're enjoying the videos!

I’ve placed 2 orders per your recommendations. Zeiss Jena 2.8 50mm and Minolta rokkor 135mm 3.5

Actually could you (if and when you have time) tell me if this is what you meant? rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F313006943150.

Many of the less expensive lenses give great results; hope you're enjoying them!

I have the exact same Takumar and it's very good. The flaring can be annoying but in the right conditions I have used it as part of the composition for some interesting results.

Thanks Ulf, glad you enjoyed it! The little Industar is a great bit of kit!

Many thanks!

Thank you!

A great little lens, and on aps-c it will (effectively) magnify more too!

A nice little camera - enjoy!

I'll keep a lookout for these! Thanks!

The Pancolar is wonderful - one of my favourites!

Those FSU lenses are great - small and compact, and they make some great images in colour or black and white!

I'm getting some 35s together at the moment - stay tuned!

@@zenography7923 nice, I was thinking the same. thank you.

@@zenography7923 sweet looking forward to it (my fav, not 35 but close enough (Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestegon f2.8 29mm)

Mine came in a bunch of four pentax lenses that cost around a hundred pounds a few months ago - they are out there if you keep looking...

Zenography I will ! You scored big time there. I don’t know if you have one but the Fujinon EBC 50/1.4 is a superb lens. Atleast as good as any I’ve come across so far !

I haven't used an elmar, but would like to try an uncoated version to compare with the uncoated Fed 10!

If you really want an adventure, look for an "Elmax" 50mm lens. (If you can find it at less than $$$$ prices, that is!;)

Interesting, I've often wondered why they changed the magnification, thanks for the info!

As with any manufactured object, there will be some slight variation between examples, even when new. As the years take their toll of course, some will be treated better than others, and further differences will creep in. In theory though there shouldn't be too much variation between examples of the same lens.

Glad you enjoyed the video. The czj Tessar and the Pentax 50mm f4 won't focus on a rangefinder such as your Leica M, however the other two will work fine, with an L39 to M mount adaptor.

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

I'd love to try this lens - if only I had one!

Bokeh from the 61 l/d is nice and soft wide open, but I don't think it produces the star like pattern you mention. As I understand it, all versions from about the mid 70s to the end of production were optically identical, differing only in markings, although there were differences in coatings. Earlier versions had a blue/purple coating, later ones had a gold(ish) coloured coating, which changes colour balance, though only slightly.

@@zenography7923 thank you for the information:)

Hi there, I'm glad you're enjoying vintage lenses! The Industar 50 was a development of the Industar 22. It's a similar lens, both are Tessar optical formulas, but the Industar 50 is slightly sharper. Thanks for looking in!

I'm looking for 35s to test at the moment - stay tuned!

Yes, there are adapters, primarily for mirrorless cameras due to the flange distance of said cameras.

AngelFluffyOokami I don’t have a mirrorless camera. I use Canon EOS cameras. Which adapter is made for them, brand name?

@@HV71851 as for all I know, there's no adapters made for those cameras, as they have a longer flange distance than mirrorless cameras.

If it beats the pancolar it must be quite something!

@@zenography7923 but be carefull if you buy one , there are some lenses with an AR - written on the lens , these are completely different ones

Absolutely, it's a bit of an unsung gem!

All these lenses can be adapted to mirrorless cameras using very cheaply available adaptors - which camera do you have?

@@zenography7923 - Currently the Canon 6D plus other Canon EF cameras (digital and film). So I guess I would need an adapter with a built in lens to fix the offset? I've never tried one, what do you recommend? Either that or I guess I would have to find a mirrorless camera as you say. Again any suggestions? Any good used mirrorless cameras you would recommend that would get me started cheap? I've got a wide variety of lenses for EF so getting into mirrorless or even an old film camera would be just for fun really. What camera and/or mount would you recommend that provides the most flexibility with older lenses in general? Sorry lots of questions. Thanks for your reply!

I've found the best way to buy the Industar cheaply is to avoid buy it now listings, and to bid on a Fed 4 - they go very cheaply - I recently sold a mint example for £14!

Silence N Beats pop it on a sun bed for a couple of sessions 😉

Around a month should do it. given strong sunlight - or buy a uv torch to clear it in a matter of days.

Given i am in a heavy rain and cloudy area i will look into the UV torch. For now anyway it doesn’t seem to affect the images

It's true; ten years ago you could hardly give them away! These are some of the least expensive and nicest I know though...

All were bought from ebay.

Old soviet lenses are great - and cheap too!

@@zenography7923 I agree with you. These lenses were produced in millions, and there cameras were in almost every family. Until now, many old cameras "Зенит", "Зоркий" or "ФЭД" with excellent lenses lying on the shelves. Recently I bought three Soviet lenses for a small amount. In Russia, this is not a problem. With macro rings, these lenses become good macro lenses.

It's a great little lens - my first camera was a Fed 4, and for many years its Industar 61 was my only lens!

Unfortunately not as yet - though I'm on the lookout for one, preferably uncoated.

I'd gladly review it - if I had one! I'll look out for one.

@@zenography7923 not easy to find, not easy to sell...

Punk Rachmaninoff I have the 2.8 version of that lens and like it lots too. But I don’t have a working k-mount body right now so can only use it on my Fuji X-T20, I look forward to getting a proper film camera for it and trying it out.

@@sparkleglitch13 you can get Pentax K30 very cheaply now (used), still awesome camera (16mpix) perfect for fooling around with old lenses (and there are tons of them!). Full frame K1's are keeping the price unfortunatelly. Wonderful thing is that even cheap K30 has stabilised sensor, so those old lenses get true stabilisation as result - it's like second youth for them.

DJRYGAR1 thanks, but I’m happy with it on the X-T20, what I want is a film body. I’m thinking the Pentax MX looks really good for my needs so will probably try to get that.

Yeah-Nah, ja, aber ich kann nicht Deutsch sprechen! :)

Done - see the latest video!

I'm very impressed with the Tessar, but I hear the Chinon is really nice too. Haven't used a dompilan so can't comment; I'd probably take the Tessar, if only for it's wonderful colours!

@@zenography7923 I think I'm leaning towards the Tessar... it may be a few dozen grams heavier and it has a stop of light less in it's pocket but I doubt it should really affect summer trips photography. Thanks!

INDUSTAR-50-2 is light and tiny if f3.5 is fine :-)

@@sparkleglitch13 it has no auto diaphgram though.. and no clicks

@@zenography7923 May I ask a last question... do the Tessar lenses have any sorts of coatings?

I'll bear that in mind, thanks!

@@zenography7923 Thank you! It's been awesome discovering so many new "vintage" lens trough your channel.

As far as I know there's no difference, except in the names.

@@zenography7923 Thank you!

Hart wie Kruppstahl depends on what you consider vintage but generally speaking good ultra wide lenses (over 24mm full frame) are of the more modern variety, maybe 70/80s onwards (later again for my own use). Prob limited by the amount of tech that goes into providing decent IQ from and ultra wide lens.

As I understand it, it's not easy to adapt vintage lenses to Nikon cameras. Are you shooting a film Nikon or a digital?

Zenography I shoot with a digital. Looks like I will have to choose a different camera body then. I’m very curious about using vintage lenses after stumbling across your video.

Yes, all shot on a Sony A7.

Mine came in a job lot of four pentax lenses for which I paid £100 - and they'd been up there for at least three weeks! I never pay the prices most sellers are asking - just regularly trawl ebay and when a good deal appears, go for it! They are out there if you keep your eyes open, so to speak...

@@zenography7923 ok. but what are you going to do with teh other 3 lenses. I don't want 4 lenses to buy just 1 lol lol

No, the British Museum in London. I'd love to see that museum in Cairo though... Thanks for watching!

As far as I'm aware, many SLR lenses will mount to the Canon (with an adaptor), but rangefinder lenses probably will not due to differences in focusing distance, so the CZJ and the Pentax would most likely be okay, but not the Industars.

You could use the Industar 22 and 61 on an M (with an L39 to M mount adaptor) as they're rangefinder lenses, but not the other two - they're made for SLRs and won't focus on the M.

It depends. Pro: you use the best part of the lens's image circle with the highest resolution and no vignetting. Con: the old lens may not have the utmost resolution that a top APS-C camera might give. Might give.

@@jpdj2715 Then I think it's worth a try if these lenses are cheap in my country, too. Also, I have an old Fuji XT1 16mp camera. Thanks for your reply!

@@errydm - welcome. Remember, it is about 50mm so out of the large image circle of a full frame lens you end uo using a portrait-tele angle. That is not a problem. The number 50mm gives you what you would normally expect with APS-C. The crop factor does not change the laws of physics, it is just a way to communicate a lens's effect to people who have a good notion of full frame lenses. Also note, you get the depth of field of a 50mm. Theory and people in the web say you need an 85/1.2 at full frame, or so, to get beautiful background blur (the ordinary English word blur has an ordinary Japanese translation: bokeh ;) ). In this video, you are shown the background blur in a few scenes and I have to say it looked good to me. That is the tone and blur you would get from your APS-C too. Also, remember, you yourself make the photo. Not the lens. You determine composition, mood, perspective, timing, subject, etc. If you already have a good lens, just use it and shoot more. If you have a zoomlens, then you can justify this lens. It forces you to learn its angle, to learn what it captures at what distance and what you can do with it. And it teaches you to use your feet, which is good for training your brain to see perspective.

@@jpdj2715 Yes, I only have a zoom lens and I also want to try a manual lens. If I get one of these lenses for cheap then I am going to buy one. Thanks again. It is always good to learn something new.

Thanks for the tip - I'll look out for one!

Ebay asking prices are often rather high, it's true, however there are still bargains out there. I bought mine with three other Pentax lenses for £100 - they'd been advertised for three weeks and it seemed no one but me wanted them!

@@zenography7923 I like that you do these videos with the old glass but when you and others mention which ones to buy the prices go up. Yes, there are some to find but to find good quality ones is getting much harder because the prices are going way too high for what these pieces of glass can do for you. I have a few oldies I picked up before the rise in process.

I think the mirrorless camera boom has a lot to do with rising prices too!

Thanks Abyh!

Je me promène rarement avec un objectif dans le slip, ce serait de la publicité mensongeuse ;))

@@fatpat9378 - the bulge might attract a lot of people :) Just, sitting in your car, don't place the lens in your lap when swapping lenses

@@jpdj2715 Un peu d'humour le lundi matin fait du bien :)

@@fatpat9378 - pourquoi seulement le lundi matin? Moi je pense chaque jour de la semaine :)

Agreed!

@zenography If you want to test it i could send you the one i have for free, the aperture blades are pretty oily but for use on mirrorless it really does not matter :D

That's a really kind offer, thanks! If you email me at zenography11@gmail.com we can arrange.

the cameras they are for aren't gone. you are allowed to use and enjoy them still.

@@stakkanovfriman2838 Lenses once deemed as obsolete and antiquated are finding dual purpose and increased prices clearly reflect that.

I understood the Industars were Ukranian - thanks for the correction.