Some Exclusive Reference Material about FSU Lenses

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I have made available on my website some interesting reference material about lenses from Russia and other FSU countries (with permission from their respective owners). These catalogs are of course in Russian, but it shouldn't be too difficult to decipher the names and technical data if you are familiar with these lenses (Princelle's book can also help):

- The 1963 complete GOI lens catalog. That's 447 pages full of illustrations with lots of lenses you have never seen anywhere else before.

- A.F. Yakoviev catalog of "Objectives: photographic, movie, projection, reproduction, for the magnifying apparatus." For each lens, this catalog provides a diagram showing the optical formula, a technical drawing of the lens, lens specifications including resolution figures, etc. The catalog comprises two volumes published in 1970 and 1971.

Here's the link to the download page: http://www.lallement.com/pictures/files.htm

Cheers!

Abbazz
 
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Abbazz said:
Here's the link to the download page:
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Thanks. There is no link in your post; I guess you mean this link and just used an IMG instead of an URL tag.

Now I have to find a way to download the files here through my ca. 1 kB/s connection. 🙂

Philipp
 
rxmd said:
Thanks.
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You're welcome.

rxmd said:
There is no link in your post; I guess you mean this link and just used an IMG instead of an URL tag.
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Yes, thanks. It has been fixed in my post.

rxmd said:
Now I have to find a way to download the files here through my ca. 1 kB/s connection. 🙂
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Look for a download utility offering a bullet proof "resume" feature 😀

Cheers!

Abbazz
 
Great if you get a goodie. My atavar was taken with one I had to adjust the lens assembly in - the seller said it had a nice soft portrait focus - in fact it was on infinity at an indicated 2m! :-(

I am sure I got a lemon but made it into lemonade and now am rapt. Nice compact combo with the FED-1 it came with. Only beaten by the FED-2. You won't often get a lens that is so far out it's that awfull. FSU stuff needs a helping hand from time to time but there is lots of help here in the stickys, or just ask.

Murray

Bill58 said:
What do ya'll think of the I-10 FED collapsible 50/ 3.5 (Elmar clone)?
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Murry:

Thanks for the comment. I'm getting mine from Yuri CLA'd and collimated.

Bill



Murray Kelly said:
Great if you get a goodie. My atavar was taken with one I had to adjust the lens assembly in - the seller said it had a nice soft portrait focus - in fact it was on infinity at an indicated 2m! :-(

I am sure I got a lemon but made it into lemonade and now am rapt. Nice compact combo with the FED-1 it came with. Only beaten by the FED-2. You won't often get a lens that is so far out it's that awfull. FSU stuff needs a helping hand from time to time but there is lots of help here in the stickys, or just ask.

Murray
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The .pdf made available by Abbazz’s link is excellent material. There seems to have been quite a lot of Soviet optical development that received little publicity. From a quick scan of the document, it looks like the resolution curves are for the particular lens at maximum aperture. There are a couple of curves that have multiple plots, and the resolution increases greatly, I assume because of an aperture change (but I speak no Russian).

Is there any data, anywhere, for the various Carl Zeiss lenses of the same era? I checked Photodo, but they seem to be focussed on modern lenses.

Also, is there any information on how the Soviets rated their lens performance, vs. methods used by others? I’ve read various things that suggest differences, but do not say what the differences are.
 
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