Industar-50-2 and Industar-50-2 are one and the same lens with different spellings of the name. At the end of the review, in the supplement, the differences between lenses with different spellings of the name are indicated.
Industar 50-2 Lens Overview
TTX Industar-50-2 (Industar-50-2)
Focal length: 50 mm
Diaphragm: F3.5-F16
Number of aperture blades: 7 pieces
Thread: M42
The weight: 70gram
Optical design: 4 lenses in 3 groups (4-lens enlightened anastigmatis). The circuit is similar to Tessar lenses.
Filter Diameter: 35mm (there are also 33.5mm lenses)
Of course, after you see the lens in reality, it turns out that it is much smaller than it seems in the pictures. Industar-50-2 - very light and compact lens, I can’t even believe that in those far times they could make such small lenses. I even got the impression that Industar-50-2 pulled out of the camera of some sophisticated modern mobile smartphone.
Industar-50-2 on a modern digital camera
But its size doesn’t stop the Industar-50-2 from taking great pictures. Industar-50-2 is a medium aperture... Its maximum F-number is only F / 3.5. For comparison, an aperture of F / 3.5 is 3 times 'darker' beyond F / 2.0, which is available with a number of lenses, such as MS Helios-44m-7 2 / 58
Lens view Industar 50-2
General useful information about Industar-50-2:
- The lens is small. Industar-50-2 can always be taken with you. It fits comfortably in your pocket.
- Little weight. On a hike he will not create excess weight. And with such a tiny lens, any heavy SLR camera becomes an order of magnitude lighter than other lenses.
- Cheap. It is unlikely that one can now find a cheaper Soviet-era lens. You can not be afraid to damage it, lose it, get it dirty - which means you can always take it with you to the most extreme conditions. Buy Industar-50-2 can be approximately 10 cu
- Excellent sharpness. Sharpness allows you to use the lens starting at F3.5 aperture. The sharpness of the lens is due to its optical design. The circuit was copied from brand lenses Carl Zeiss Tessar... The Tessars are also referred to as the 'Eagle Eye' for their excellent resolution performance. By the way, you can read a review of such a Tessara - Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Tessar 2.8 / 50
- The lens has all the necessary indicators: distance, aperture, depth of field. Moreover, the aperture indicators are duplicated twice, which is rare.
- Due to the small size of the lens, it is quite difficult for him to find the front cover. If not, you can use the hollow (usually white) cover from the back lens of the lenses of modern Nikon, Canon lenses, etc.
Dual aperture scale. The lens has two rows of numbers for iris control.
Image quality:
The lens is almost completely fixed HA. Distortion is very small, not very different from other fifty dollars. Of course, aperture fails a little, but the Tessar scheme does not allow particularly fast lenses. A characteristic feature of Industar-50-2 is its ability to twist bokeh, this can be seen in the examples of photographs. What does it twist at the level of Helios-81n. The contrast of the lens is satisfactory. Backlight holds normally. In general, the picture on Industar-50-2 is pleasantly different for the better from the whale lenses that come with the new digital cameras.
View of the Industar-50-2 lens when focusing on MDF
Focus ring Industar-50-2 rotates approximately 320 degrees, which makes manual focusing very smooth and enjoyable. When focusing, the trunk of the lens lengthens by about one centimeter, while focusing front lens rotates. The depth of field scale is indicated for aperture values of F / 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. Compared to other fifty dollars, Industar-50-2 a rather large depth of field at F / 3.5 (seen in the picture above).
Industar-50-2 with native ZENIT front cover
But the lens aperture control ring is quite inconvenient. It is located in front of the lens. To see what aperture value is set, you need flip the lens front lens to yourself. Iris control is smooth, without fixed values - you can set any intermediate value of the F number from 3.5 to 16.0. When focusing, the aperture control ring is very, very rarely touched. The lens aperture blades have 7 pieces, they create the usual 'nuts' in the out-of-focus area in bright light sources.
Industar-50-2 - rear view and aperture of the diaphragm
How to use with modern cameras?
Lenses with mounting thread M42 (M42 X 1 / 45.5), such as the lens from this review, are very easy to use on almost any modern digital camera (both SLR and mirrorless), for this it is enough to choose the right adapter (adapter). You do not need to carry out any additional steps to modify the lens.
The cheapest adapters can be found at Aliexpress.com... There are adapters (adapters) with a chip that provide more convenience during shooting, usually chips are used to confirm focus and / or metering exposure, and form the correct EXIF. The chip does not affect the image quality in any way.
For some SLR cameras (for example, with the Nikon F-mount), you need to use adapters with a corrective lens, which allows you to focus correctly at all focusing distances. For any mirrorless cameras, such a lens is not needed, and the adapter is a simple decorated hollow metal tube with an appropriate mount.
For SLR cameras
- Canon: For cameras Canon EOS with bayonet mount EF / EF-S need an M42-Canon EOS adapter, such an adapter with a chip can be found herewithout chip here.
- NIKON: For cameras Nikon DX / FXas well as for cameras Fujifilm и Kodak with a Nikon F mount, you need an M42-Nikon F adapter, you can buy such an adapter without a lens and a chip here, with a lens without a chip herewith chip without lens here, with lens and chip here. Why a lens? Why chip?
- PENTAX: For Pentax cameras with K mount, you need an M42-Pentax K adapter, you can buy such an adapter here.
- SONY/MINOLTA: For cameras with a Sony / Minolta A mount, you need the M42-Sony A adapter, you can find such an adapter without a chip at this linkwith a chip at this link.
- OLYMPUS/PANASONIC/LEICA: For cameras with a 4/3 bayonet mount (not to be confused with Micro 4/3!) You need an M42-4 / 3 adapter, you can buy such an adapter here.
For mirrorless cameras
- SONY: For cameras with 'E'/'FE' mount series SonyNEX и Sony Alpha you need an adapter M42-Sony E (aka M42-Sony Nex), you can find it at this link. An autofocus adapter is also available for these cameras. Techart PRO Leica M - Sony E Autofocus Adapterwhich can be found at this link.
- OLYMPUS / PANASONIC / KODAK / XIAOMI: For cameras with a bayonet mount Micro 4/3 (Micro 4:3) you need an adapter M42-Micro 4/3, you can find it at this link.
- CANON M: For cameras with Canon EF-M mount need adapter M42-Canon M, it can be found at this link.
- CANON R and RF-S: For cameras with Canon RF mount need adapter M42-Canon R, it can be found at this link.
- Nikon 1: For cameras Nikon 1 Series need adapter M42-Nikon 1, you can find it at this link.
- Nikon Z: For cameras Nikon Z series (FX/DX) need an adapter M42-Nikon Z, it can be found at this link.
- FUJIFILM X: For cameras with mount X need an M42-Fuji X adapter, you can find it at this link.
- FUJIFILM GFX: For medium format cameras G-mount need M42-Fuji GFX adapter, you can find it at this link.
- SAMSUNG: For cameras with NX mount, you need an M42-Samsung NX adapter, you can find it at this link. There are no adapters for the NX mini camera yet.
- PENTAX: For Q-mount cameras, you need an M42-Pentax Q adapter, you can find it at this link.
- SIGMA / PANASONIC / LEICA: For cameras with L mount you need an M42-Leica L adapter, you can find it at this link.
- LEICA: For cameras with a bayonet mount Leica M need adapter M42-L / M, you can find it at this link.
If you have any questions on compatibility and adapters - ask in the comments (comments do not require any registration at all).
Enlightenment of the rear and front lens of the Industar-50-2 lens
Sample photos on Industar 50-2
All photos without processing. Shot on Nikon D90. Only reduced size.
More photos on Nikon D80 и Canon 350D
And examples of photos on full-frame cameras Nikon D700 and Sony a7R:
Here link to the archive with the originalsshot with 36MP Sony a7R camera - 353 MB, 11 .ARW photos (RAW)
Industar-50-2 3,5 / 50
Addition
I recently purchased INDUSTRAR-50-2 3,5 / 50 (the name is written in Cyrillic, serial number # 7457498), which differs very little from Industar-50-2 3,5 / 50 (from this review, serial number # 80126529). The differences are miniature:
- INDUSTR-50-2 3,5 / 50 has vertical green lines to indicate the focusing distance. During focusing, the frame rim extends forward, vertical lines allow you to accurately determine the focusing distance.
- INDUSTRAR-50-2 3,5 / 50 has an older KMZ factory logo with an arrow at the end of a stylized beam.
- different spelling of the name: INDUSTR-50-2 and INDUSTAR-50-2
The differences are clearly shown below:
Personal experience
Modern cameras look very funny with such a small lens, some people even ask what kind of bayonet cap I have. Many photographers do not attach any importance to the capabilities of the Industar-50-2 lens, but with its help you can really get great photos. If you are interested in this lens and you want to purchase it, then contact us using the contacts from the manual optics section.
Industar-50-2 3,5 / 50
UPDATED
Examples of photographs on INDUSTRAR-50-2 3,5 / 50 (like this) and a camera Nikon D700 a photographer shared with readers of Radozhiva Vladimir Tuzlay:
Results
Industar-50-2 3,5 / 50 is very compact and contented cutting half a ruble, which allows you to use it for a number of standard photo tasks. From the big conclusions, this small lens can simply be arrogant :)
Catalog modern brand lenses 'Zenitar' и 'Helios' can look at this link.
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A very interesting article turned out, Arkady! without a doubt, she will help me in further development! thanks
I can tell you an extensive review! And by the way, for such a seemingly small lens, the results of its work are impressive ...
Yes indeed. This is facilitated by his Tessar-type scheme aka "eagle eye"
Hello. I’m interested in whether the baby will become through the adapter for Nikon D3100, and what quality of photos will be obtained?
Will get up. Photos will be the same as in the examples. But unfortunately there will not be infinity, only portraits)
there are no special problems with infinity. throwing the alignment rings from their place of origin back (infa is on the network and a lot) calmly solves everything, I even ran over.
The adapter with the lens helped. He is really just a BOMB! NIKON 3100
Cool thing) Photos are just bombing)
Informative, thanks!
Thanks for the excellent review, everything is clear and clear, I will keep in mind. You must definitely experience ...
Photos are very cool))))
Good review. Thanks to the author!
Thanks useful info, I also have industrial .. I will test =)
Informative. Thanks to the author!
It really turned out a great review of a small lens :))), everything is stated clearly and interestingly.
Thank you for the article.
Great review.
Why this is industrial? And not for example 50, it seems to me more popular
It is 50-2, because it comes with the M42. Industar 50 itself under M39. In principle, they are both popular.
Tell me what settings you set in the camera when you photograph with a Soviet lens on the street on a sunny day, of course you won’t tell me, at least for me. Very interesting.
On a sunny day, the main thing is not to get into the back or side light from the Sun. Soviet lenses do not like either back or side lenses, even with MS enlightenment. In the camera itself, I advise you to add sharpness, contrast and color to the picture in the settings, since Soviet lenses sometimes suffer from a loss of contrast. ISO the lower the better. And I also advise you to cover the aperture on the lens to the desired value, sometimes it saves you from the so-called “white veils”, “hares” and the like parasitic distortion. It is also advisable to wear a hood. But in general, it all depends on the situation - just as you can’t tell which shutter speed is better, you can’t say unequivocally how best to adjust the camera and lens.
"... Soviet lenses do not like either back or side lenses, even with MS enlightenment ..." DON'T KNOW, DON'T KNOW ... MY ALL - HELIOS-44 (MMZ, 1970), HELIOS-81 (1991), INDUSTAR-50 (KMZ , 1966), MIR-1A (1973), JUPITER-37A (1988, ordinary enlightenment), KALEINAR-5N (1993, deeply blackened frame) - ARE NOT AFRAID (at least!) Of ANYTHING , NOT ANOTHER!
Maybe they’re not afraid, but all of the above (except Mir-1a, which I didn’t shoot) give a drop in contrast, all kinds of glare and veils. Perhaps you meant that they were not so big as to pay attention to them.
On Jupiter 37A it is impossible to shoot with backlight - the contrast is lost, the colors deteriorate sooo much.
Come on. It’s very real to shoot. Here is a snapshot of the default settings on the Canon EOS 700D https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/f24m9/album/521900/view/1291222?page=0
there is another shot with a large portion of the sky that matches your description)) but who's stopping you from introducing exposure compensation ?!
Jupiter must be taken by the MC and there will be happiness. But even this I sold today and I'm happy as a child :)))) Not mine, this is a tank glass ...
In the camera - standard, average sharpness, and the rest of the zeros and shooting in aperture priority mode. Pay attention to correct exposure, which requires exposure compensation from -1/3 to -2 EV stops with older lenses. To draw conclusions about the loss of contrast, color, etc., if the picture is overexposed, I consider it at least incorrect.
I know that Karl Zeiss and Industar have the same optical design, so how do they differ?
Location and quality of production. The original Tseyssovskys are mostly better than the domestic ones due to the variation in quality. They also differ in the shape of the frame, the method of installing the diaphragm.
... AND THE COMPOSITION OF GLASS: Zeiss makes from SCHOTT, and Soviet ones from LMTKARINO. THE LYTKARINSKY MIR-1 (GRAND PRI-BRUSSELS) EXCEEDED THE QUALITY OF THE FLEKTOGON - ITS SCHOTT PROTOTYPE.
Actually, is it possible and where to buy this lens?)
The article also says that if the acquisition is interesting, then contact by contact (top left menu of the site)
Really cool lens ... you will have to buy something like that ...
i have sell
Ahhha how funny he looks on the photo .... !!!!!!
Very interesting article! I did not expect such a small lens, but it turns out to be distant, non-standard, but at the same time it creates excellent pictures.
Thanks for the useful information!
Thanks. Yes, his Tessar scheme makes itself felt.
I have been looking for a review of this lens for a long time. Here I found everything that interested me. thanks
A little off topic, but kotofey on the pictures credible)))
Many thanks to the author, a good review, a lot of interesting information!
I read the article ... and remained indifferent to it. Perhaps due to the fact that I consider it nonsense to use this lens. Well written, and the illustrative material is very sad))))
Of course, it’s more convenient to use some kind of super zoom with autofocus. Illustrative material is presented without screwing up to gloss with the help of Photoshop or other satanic notions of computer genius.
To each his own
You need to look how much it costs. Understand value for money.
Ouuuu ... I like this lens so small and it does this ... The descriptions of this lens are very impressive.
Thanks to the author.
Before your eyes, the DSLR turns ... the DSLR turns into a small handy soap box :)
Great, I really wanted to do this myself :)
I vvazhayu tsyu article a little harder, there are many articles of glossy vidrvznyaetsya from articles of glossy viddannya, de no ni days, no misnomer, deprived of one "DEEVOLUTION".
And this article is getting smacked, the essence of it is in reality.
Hochab te schot hotiv to convey the author zbіgayatsya z vikladenim material! =)
Thank you.