My most special lens

[Krosya]

Well, I decided to spend some time with a lens that is very special to me - my very first RF lens EVER - Industar-22. I think it's from 1950s. Still works great, smooth. Glass is full of tiny cleanning marks, yet I don't see it in pictures, unless I have sun in a frame.
It's been a while since I got this baby out, as It's a slower lens - f3.5 and I mostly prefer faster ones. but it's tiny size is really something I like a lot about collapsable lenses.
I have many other lenses that are better, faster, easier to handle, yet I know - this - I will never get rid of this lens. Even if I have to sell all of the others. Sentimental? - yes! And it can hold it's own too - with (from what I understand) it's Tessar formula:

both pics at f3.5

 

[robin a]

Hi,one can't argue with those results! Very nice..............Robin

 

[xayraa33]

Wow, those are nice photos.
Lovely crisp centre, with that right amount of softness at the edge of the frame.
I can see why you would never sell that lens.
The I-22 is the most Elmar-ish lens the Soviets made.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Beautiful photographs, and a very nice lens. I'll have to get past my J3's some day!

 

[hans voralberg]

Wow very saturated, and lovely ;D

 

[Krosya]

Thank you everyone for your comments. It's funny how sometimes such a simple lens can be so satisfying.

 

[sebastel]

i also learned to like tessar type lens ...
have a lot of fun!

 

[leica M2 fan]

Those pictures are outstanding, I can see why you like it! I have the I-50 iteration and like it very much, very good lenses.

 

[ruben]

Really really outstanding pics.

Time to reveal a little secret. There is a place in my heart for the Fed 2 models, mostly because of these collapsibles. But I never imagined such high levels of performance. Hmmmmmm.

But it is precisely the lens, not suited for hoods what I don't understand. Obviously if you put any kind of hood you will not be able to comfortably manipulate the f/stops scale. And for me, not using any hood in a lens is the biggest blasphemy I cannot overcome.

Can any one rescue me ?

Cheers,
Ruben

 

[xayraa33]

make snap on lens hood.
snap it off to adjust the aperture and then put it back on the lens.
I made one out of a bottle cap and a cylindrical piece of aluminium covered in black tape.
it works.

 

[Krosya]

I don't use a hood on mine. In most situations it's just fine the way it is. But when I shoot against the sun here is what I get(rather cool effect if you ask me):

But if sun is not in a picture it works well for me without any hood:

 

[xayraa33]

Very resourceful! Do you have a photograph of your handiwork? It sounds like a usable- and much cheaper solution.


Regards,

Alex.

here is the home made lens hood on the I 22

 

[xayraa33]

And here is a pic of the I-22 lens hood from the back showing the clip on plastic bottle cap part.

 

[oftheherd]

Those photos are nice. I really like number 2. Sharp and painterly, if that makes sense.

 

[ruben]

I don't use a hood on mine. In most situations it's just fine the way it is. But when I shoot against the sun here is what I get(rather cool effect if you ask me):

But if sun is not in a picture it works well for me without any hood:

Well, all these is very strange, and Rabbi Sweeney will have to intervene. The point is that to my experience and understanding, when you point a camera towards a sun agle that may strike the lens, even a hood will not be enough to save you from flare.

And here you come with all impunity, walking your uncoated lens nude amidst nature and with great results.

But the really interesting point is that the whole design of the collapsible Elmar shouts loud "no hood".

Strange, very strange.

Cheers,
Ruben

 

[Sonnar Brian]

No hood can stop flare if you are shooting into the Sun. A hood prevents Sunlight that is out of the field of view of the picture from straying into the optics.

I don't use a hood with the Elmar on the Leica or Tessar on the Contax. If I'm shooting into the sun, I shade it with my arm or top of the camera case. I saw that latter trick in a 1940's book called "35mm Technique". Shows how to hold the camera and use your Pinkies to position the top of the case as a lens hood.

That shot with the lens pointed into the sun is spectacular.

 

[dvdsince98]

Some very nice images here.

There's "something special" about these lenses don't you think? Something that's missing from more modern lenses on big name SLR's. I'm not saying that newer lenses are no good or anything but they do have a different look/feel. Something in the way that highlights are captured maybe? Hard to describe.

 

[ruben]

No hood can stop flare if you are shooting into the Sun. A hood prevents Sunlight that is out of the field of view of the picture from straying into the optics.

I don't use a hood with the Elmar on the Leica or Tessar on the Contax. If I'm shooting into the sun, I shade it with my arm or top of the camera case. I saw that latter trick in a 1940's book called "35mm Technique". Shows how to hold the camera and use your Pinkies to position the top of the case as a lens hood.

That shot with the lens pointed into the sun is spectacular.

Hi Brian,

In order to follow you better let's agree that none of us is speaking about pointing the camera towards the sun.

Now how these non coated lenses achieve these results ?

Cheers,
Ruben

 

[xayraa33]

the Leitz universal lens hood, Fikus, is no better at the aperture ring access on the Elmar than the home made lens hood.
I know that Leitz had a dedicated Elmar 50mm lens hood that one could manipulate the aperture control from the outside.

 

[andrealed]

The standard hood for elmar is easy to use. You can change the aperture quite simply with your fingertip.