Sans titre. Conversion alphabet russe : cyrillique <> latin LEXILOGOS. Complete Helios Lens list anyone? Some time ago, I posted a list 50mm Helios lenses.
Here is my actual version (intent on M42): all 44 and 77 are based on CZJ Biotar (1936), 77 has shortened focal length Helios 44 (35/14 or 36/17), M39, 8 or 13 blades, pre-setKMZsilver (similar to Biotar)zebra (e.g. 1970)black(?) MMZsilver - similar to Biotar (e.g. 1960?) ZebraHelios 44 M42, 8 blades, pre-set, black + white lettering, KMZ, 0xxxx samples only (?) There are several versions of 44-2 (these pictures are just examples, full list is above): Kiev Survival Site. I am always amazed by the generosity of complete strangers.
A certain Carlo Nicolucci of Italy answered the call of the Kiev Survival Site that we had no Jupiter-11 to dissect for your pleasure. As indicated in this email, "Your site is very useful for me and I want to thank you for this. Can I give you a Jupiter 11? " So now, brought to you by Carlo Nicolucci, dig out your crummy old Jupiter-11, 'cuz it is time to have some fun! Witness one well used dirty old lens.
Get one of these handy rubber mats that are intended for use in the kitchen for aiding in twisting off stubborn jam jar lids. Unthread the assembly all the way and remove as a unit. So, with the lens into two separate units, you may choose to work on either. Undo the 3 set screws around the focus ring collar. Slide the focus ring collar off. Loosen the 3 set screws around the collar of the lens bayonet base assembly. Remove the one set screw holding the threaded ring in place. Remove the threaded ring. Pull the coil spring off. ACP - Main index. Russian / Soviet Cameras Wiki Catalog - Lenses Specifications and Comparison Tables. Data from original Russian documents giving specifications of all Russsian and Soviet lenses.
Cooperation of Marco Cavina. - First part production up to 1964 The large diagram shows the Rekord 4 for Kiev 5 camera, (To Print this document please use attached DOC file) Data from Russian lenses taken from “Spravochnik Fotoliubiteliya” edition of 1964 Translated and adapted by Luiz Paracampo. Communist Cameras. Untitled. Soviet and Russian Cameras - Jupiter-8 (Zorki) One More Lens: The Industar 69 - 28mm f2.8. The 28mm Industar 69 is extremely compact, has a full frame equivalent focal length of 42mm, & opens up to f2.8.
Is this the perfect, compact manual focus lens for the NEX? After doing a good deal of research on the smallest lenses & adapters I could find for the NEX, I decided on this lens, and found & purchased it on ebay for $40. This lens has a maximum aperture of f2.8, and closes to f16. There are no stops on the aperture ring, so you have complete flexibility as to how open or closed it is. The aperture is made up of 5 curved blades that create a somewhat rounded pentagon. I purchased my 39mm to NEX adapter from Rainbow Imaging on ebay ( for $23.99. Modifications to allow Infinity Focus A quick google search will turn up multiple links to modifying this lens so that it focuses properly on various cameras.
You can read a more detailed explanation of modifying this lens at Hamish Gill's blog. USSR lens on Sony NEX-5: quality, MTF, samples: Sony NEX Talk Forum. Знаки предприятий оптической промышленности СССР. ACP - Logos. Note: as far as I'm concerned, this page has for the greater part been made obsolete by the logo page at zenit.istra.ru.
One of the consequences of the way the Soviet Union was structured is that factories were seen as integral parts of the state rather than as independent economic units. Factories therefore never profiled themselves, and always remained hidden behind the massive facade of trade firms and state export. Their products were given generic names like Zorki or Zenit, and the only way to connect the end products with their manufacturers was to look at their logos.
They were the last glints of independence of otherwise generic factories. On this page a collection of the more common logos, at least the ones I was able to lay my hands on. Many thanks to Kevin Kalsbeek for sending logos, providing information, and writing parts of this page. KMZ's logo is a stylized Dove prism with a light ray passing through. Zavod Arsenal.