Industar-61 L / Z MS is a very sharp lens, this is not surprising, all Industars are made according to the Tessar optical scheme, which has earned the people the name “Eagle Eye”.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
First impression of the lens - indeed, deep-set glass and the small size of the hole exactly resemble Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8 / 50. The lens has only 4 lenses in 3 groups.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50 in the native case
Attention: the lens was produced in different versions for different types of cameras - both for SLR and rangefinder in different versions. The use of Industar-61L and Industar-61 L / D on SLR cameras, as these are rangefinder lens options.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
Due to its excellent sharpness and design, the lens is perfect for macro photography using macro rings, which has earned the fame of not just an excellent staffer, but also a macro lens.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
A focal length of 50mm when used on cropped matrices gives the equivalent of 75mm for Nikon (1,5x) or 80mm Canon (1.6x), which allows you to use it as a portrait lens. The sharpness at 2.8 is excellent, but due to the small depth of field, the portraits obtained do not particularly suffer from excessive sharpness. Nevertheless, I do not recommend it for facial portraits - few people like excessive sharpness on the skin, because in the examples of photographs only nature.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
The lens has a good contrast transmission and resolution even at the edges of the frame (on the crop matrix so precisely). Resolution center / edge 45/28 l / mm. The bokeh is plastic, but due to the design of the diaphragm it seems that in the background there is a grid that is blurred, for a portrait this is not the best option. Lateral and back light keeps tolerably, but not perfectly.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
Of the disadvantages:
1. Small aperture. Nowadays, fixes with 50mm usually have from 1.4 to 1.8 aperture, which is one stop more than Industar 61 LZ. Aperture Industara is explained by its optical scheme, which is aimed at achieving a sharp image, and not at increasing aperture ratio.
2. The number of aperture blades is only 6 pieces and its appearance is rather strange.
3. Front thread at 49mm, which is not very nice when there are a lot of filters for 52mm.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
Of the merits:
1. Excellent sharpness classical Tessar scheme, no worse sometimes and better than the well-known Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar. Gives sharpness both at close and long focus distances. By the way, the inscription “CZJ Tessar” can still be seen on the cameras of mobile phones, especially Nokia, which puts 12MP on mobile phones and proudly signs CZJ Tessar, has become famous for this.
2. Good the ability to use for macro photography (in the presence of macro rings).
3. Not at all a big cost.
4. Multi-enlightenment.
5. Can work with full-frame cameras, for those who are waiting for an upgrade from cropped matrices to FF.
6. A metal construct that will survive all of us for more than a dozen years. My copy of 1986. Age can be found by the first two digits of the lens number.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
Interesting moments: A group of lenses is deeply recessed in the helicoid, which creates a kind of lens hood with step light traps. The focuser walks nicely, the minimum focusing distance is less than 30cm, which allows you to shoot small objects without using macro rings. The diaphragm has a very unusual appearance, which is rarely seen, in the blur zone it gives not nuts, but strange hexagons.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
The most interesting thing is that the aperture turns into an even circle at the F16 value. Yet i expected more sharpness from Industar, perhaps I came across not the most successful copy.
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
I reviewed two such lenses - one with a name written in Cyrillic? 'Industar-61 L / Z MS' and in Latin? 'INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50'.
And examples on a full-frame camera:
Source files can download from this link (9 photos in the '.ARW' format, 200 MB). On camera Sony a7 I used the lens with the M42 adapter - Sony E.
UPDATE 1
Examples of photos on Industar-61 (this) and the camera Nikon D700 a photographer shared with readers of Radozhiva Vladimir Tuzlay:
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).
INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50
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Conclusion:
Great sharp fifty dollars. Does not have a huge aperturebut can shoot good macro with macro rings.
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Alexander, thank you very much for your help
Hello, there is an industrial 50-2 3.5 / 50, is it worth buying an industrial 61-l \ z ,? thanks!!!
If you have such a question, then it’s not worth it, you just do not need it yet.
Hello! Somewhere I read that such a lens is also produced with a removable back, under NIKON, and is accordingly marked "A", is this true? Rummaged in the Internet, not a word about it. Thanks.
There was no such thing. On Nikon, it can be used normally, the inferno is not needed.
Industar-61A really was, only a question in number. How many were there - one, two, ten? But obviously not even hundreds. So consider that it really does not exist. Instead of Industar, I recommend using lenses of the Helios series - they are much better, incl. and for macro. From Industars, it makes sense to pay attention to the I-26M, if the need for adaptation does not bother. Great lens!
and 26m is the same father and 61ld. I had two of them. And to be honest, I did not see the merits. Soap soap. No contrast, no sharpness.
You are wrong or you are out of luck with the Indians ... 61 is very sharp !!! It is sharper than a minolt of a half-cast and a macro-thread !!!
it seems that it can give "bubble bokeh" like a trioplane
Yes, he gives out some bubbles when you shoot something shiny, such as jewelry.
Guys, I have a problem with the Industrial 61L, the focus ring does not spin. Exposed to infinity, goes 1 mm here and there, and what should I do?
With a high degree of probability, the helicoid will simply be pulled over your lens. Therefore, you can simply turn it harder in the direction of decreasing focusing distance - it should “go”.
ARKASA YOU ARE YOUNG. 46 YEARS OF WORKING IN THIS LURGE. PLEASANTLY READ YOUR REVIEWS. YOU DO NOT APPLY FOR THE LAST INSTANCE. AND OFFER ALL YOUR OPINION.
Hello. You have in your review a photograph of Industar 61 L / Z, and in the description you for some reason call it Industar 61 L / Z MS. After all, these are different issues (MS is written on MS (after L / Z).
Industar (nee - Tessar) cannot, in principle, be faster than 2,8. These are the features of the optical scheme. The more aperture it is, the greater the drop in sharpness in the field and especially at the edges. To increase the sharpness, they used lanthanum. Lanthanum is not quite the correct name. Super heavy crown - STK. The lens is suitable, serious. Portrait shooting in general is not his role, but for architecture, landscape and technical filming - the very thing. Many horror stories have been written about the radioactivity of lanthanum optics. But this is complete nonsense. Lanthanum has a huge half-life. So the background from it is microscopic. From asphalt in summer much more. The only thing I wanted to change it - there are more aperture blades.
The second time I find an explanatory description of the lens of interest to me on this site. Thank you very much author!
Industar 61 lz Lytkarinsky, 1977 release. They did not regret it. From under the diaphragm setting ring it crawls out directly. But nothing is sharp. In comparison with the Canon zoom 35-105, it is sharper unambiguously. A pleasant weight of solid design. And the built-in hood for the case. ...
I have an Industar-61 L / Z MC of 1983 of release was bought still for Zenit-19.
As always in Soviet optics: a lot of bad grease that dries out over time.
Expected from him great sharpness for the universal. Perhaps he was counting on work at MACRO. I'll try on a number.
Tell the inexperienced: I constantly read about the use of these lenses, but they are discussed in terms of application for macro and portrait shooting. The first question that arose, really, was to conduct normal street shooting on it, if you want to achieve a sharper picture. Device Sonya Neks3
on Sonya is real, on the current DSLRs macro
This LZ will sit on the DSLR with infinity, only there is no sense in it on the crop. Choose optics shorter than 40 mm with a large depth of field. T-43 40/4, Konica 40 / 1.8 - + - will do.
Thank you!
on the mirror of infinity he will not have. You need to saw through the lens. not sawn maximum of 2-3 meters and all.
Hello. We drove INDUSTAR-61L / Z from KIEV, but the bayonet mount. What kind of adapter do you need on a Canon?
Guys, we need an example of a photo from this lens with focus on infinity on the open and not on the crop. If anyone has this or has the opportunity to take a picture, pliz, I will be damn grateful.
Good afternoon!
Thank you for the article! Do I understand correctly that if I have a cropped matrix (2x) and I use a 50mm Industar lens, then I will get an actual focal length of 100mm. And if I also use an adapter for a new camera (it’s about 35mm, which makes it a macro ring), then the use of this lens is generally almost pointless (if it's not a macro, and a macro telephoto lens is also not very suitable, as I understand it)?
Get not the actual, but the equivalent. If you have an M42-micro 4/3 adapter or just a 4/3 adapter, then everything will be ok and it will work like a normal lens. The fact that the 35mm adapter is a compensation for the flange focal length of SLR cameras from the M42.
Yes, the M42-micro 4/3 adapter, for the mirrorless Olympus om-d e-m10 mark2. And what does a regular lens mean? Doesn't this adapter make me a macro lens out of a 50mm lens (roughly speaking, because it shoots well from close range, but in order to take a portrait, for example, you have to run a kilometer :()?
Arkady said that no, the adapter will not work as a teleconverter (narrowing the view of the lens).
Those. the picture will have the same viewing angle as 50mm on any of your lenses. And if you compare with the FF, then a picture like yours will be there at 100mm FR. Therefore, EGF 100.
Thank you!)
Nice to use lens for macro and micro.
Here he draws such stars in conjunction with 5D Classic:
And these too:
The highlight of this lens is the Star of David, blurring like an asterisk. And everything else is not interesting. Only because of it is it worth buying (given that it starts on the f4 aperture). On this his feature ends.
Lenses are bought (and sold in the same way) not on a "worth it, not worth it." If you liked it - leave it, if it didn't fit - sell it.
The other day I61ls bought for 500r and 44k-4, yu37a for 500r. Successfully 44th zero
Because 44k is not suitable anywhere except Pentax. So lay idle.
Good evening. The article says, I quote - "" A good opportunity to use for macro photography (in the presence of macro rings). ""
The question is - what rings are we talking about? Special from the USSR for this lens or can be used with those that I ordered - http://ali.pub/42ro6t
and if possible, through which adapter. Please help, the optics from my grandfather remained, I want to try. NIKON 5300 camera if that.
These macro rings are quite suitable. You will also need an M42-F mount adapter.
The sharpest lens that I have used - 50 minolts, 10 2.8 are not suitable for soles ... The photo was taken from the PZF ... Yes, and processing !!! For macro, that's it !!! For portraits it is also suitable, because you can remove the sharpness, but not increase it !!!
here ...
Miracle shots!
Very cool !!, straight drooling)
You filmed with macro rings ??)
No with macro-fur PZF ... With macro-rings it will be the same ... And so the lens is excellent !!!
well, my Nikkor AF 28-80mm D gives almost the same magnification: 1: 3 for Industar and 1: 3.6 for my Nikkor. I took a picture of the ruler. In the full frame on Industar, 61 l / s fit 110mm, and on Nikkor AF 28-80mm fit into the frame 130mm wide. With a matrix width of 36mm we have…. you can count it yourself :)
I shouldn't have bought it. And with macro rings, any fool can - even a 70-300 telephoto
I will sell along with M42 macro rings and an adapter. It makes no sense to keep it, having a gratuitous Industar 61 l / d
No, the glass is good, don’t think, I just have TWO options and I don’t need a third duplicate.
Good day. I want a budget lens for items, food, jewelry. I have a Nikon d610 and have a 24-70 2.8E with a stub. Will this glass of my zoom be sharper? What other options is there a budget option for conditional macro?
try your 24-70 first, maybe it will be enough
I'm embarrassed to ask, is the M42 adapter enough? I also clocked the M600 on the Canon EOS 39D. Or is the M42 enough for Nikon? A few more questions: why macro rings, if the lens is already shooting at close range? I do not know about INDUSTAR-61L / Z 2,8 / 50, but on Industar - 61 L / D, Industar 26m, focusing does not work at all, you have to shoot by approaching or moving the camera away from the subject. The picture is interesting, but you can only shoot ants. Can macro rings help? If with Industar 26m the aperture can be set from 2.8 to infinity, then with Industar - 61 L / D only f / 2.8 - f / 4.0?
L / D - rangefinder, short working distance, L / W - mirror, long working distance.