Leica LTM help to check a strange lens on a Leica standard

[roundg]

I saw this ebay deal occasionally. I never saw the lens before. Looks like a enlarger lens? but it fits the leica body.

Could anyone offer some clues?



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170474595381&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and what's the accessory on the shoe?


Thanks in advance.

 

[Roger Hicks]

It might be a fixed focus camera for recording e.g. dials, CRT screens, meters...

Cheers,

R.

 

[johannielscom]

thats a Russian made enlarger lens. It has a mark from a Russian manufacturer (don't know which but somebody here will), and its missing a distance scale.

The thing in the accessory shoe is the foot of a rangefinder you could attach to the camera. Probably partially accounts for the high price, the rangefinders mostly are found without that foot nowadays...

 

[Ranchu]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Industar-50U-ENLARGER-3-5-50mm-Lens-M39-8008-/350330927537

?

 

[rbiemer]

That logo is LZOS--Lytkarino Optical Glass Factory. The lens is, I think, an earlier version than the one Ranchu linked to. Not RF coupled and I don't believe you could get infinity focus with it (and it would be tough to scale focus with out any distance scale) anyway.
Rob

 

[FrankS]

While one can screw an enlarger lens onto a ltm camera, there is no way of using it since there is no focus scale or RF coupling. The camera package looks complete, but it is unusable.

 

[roundg]

Thanks for all the info. It looks like a wired setup.

 

[Dwig]

thats a Russian made enlarger lens. It has a mark from a Russian manufacturer (don't know which but somebody here will), and its missing a distance scale...

Also, the orientation of the f/stop numbers is indicative of an enlarging lens. They would be right side up when used on an enlarger, but are upside down when viewed from behind the camera.