Anyone have a good U.S. source for a Fed 50/3.5?

[Benjamin Marks]

I have looked on eBay and have seen a good number of dodgy-looking Fed 50/3.5's. I actually have wound up with one with a frozen/gummy aperture (blades are clean, but the aperture leaver is very stiff). I'd actually be willing to pay a bit more for a US sourced lens that had been checked out. So anyone have a reputable dealer with whom they have been happy?

 

[BWF]

I have looked on eBay and have seen a good number of dodgy-looking Fed 60/3.5's. I actually have wound up with one with a frozen/gummy aperture (blades are clean, but the aperture leaver is very stiff). I'd actually be willing to pay a bit more for a US sourced lens that had been checked out. So anyone have a reputable dealer with whom they have been happy?

I have found good lenses and cameras through Yuri at fedka.com. Even if he doesn’t have stuff on his website he has helped me find a few things direct from Ukraine.

https://fedka.com/catalog/

 

[Larry H-L]

Oleg at OKvintagecamera.com might have some.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Are you looking for the original collapsible 50/3.5, I think it also was called an Industar-10.
The Industar-22 and Industar-50 are also available in collapsible. I had one early Industar, was not very good. The I-22 was better, and I-50 is better still. The collapsible lenses have a much better build quality than the rigid versions.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

FED 50 3.5 is direct copy of Elmar 50 3.5. On exterior. Quality of build is highest among all collapsible Industars. Optically it is worse than I-22 and I-50. But it is safe to collapse into digital M. While I-22 and I-50 are seems to be longer than I-10 (FED 50 3.5).

Since it is same as Elmar, service of parts and elements is the same:
https://youtu.be/mQf01iHqf-I

It is DIY.

Or you could get clean FED 50 3.5 and send it to service which does service Leica lenses.
After it will be lens with so-so optics and same price as you could get Elmar 50 3.5 in the States. 🙂