uhoh7
Veteran
I think this might be it.
The Industar 55mm I-61 L/D. LTM, of course.
14.99 + 20.00 shipping from Ukraine. Got it last week and was a bit disappointed by loose and inconsistent focus ring. But 30 minutes with Matt Denton's tutorial on the relube--which they all seem to need, and I have a very nice daylight portrait lens that weighs only 129 grams. It's now tight and smooth.
http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/industar_relubing/index.html
Though not as sharp as the elmar 50 2.8, according to rockwell, it seems pretty sharp at F8 to me. I'll post up some pics when I get a chance.
The Industar 55mm I-61 L/D. LTM, of course.
14.99 + 20.00 shipping from Ukraine. Got it last week and was a bit disappointed by loose and inconsistent focus ring. But 30 minutes with Matt Denton's tutorial on the relube--which they all seem to need, and I have a very nice daylight portrait lens that weighs only 129 grams. It's now tight and smooth.
http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/industar_relubing/index.html
Though not as sharp as the elmar 50 2.8, according to rockwell, it seems pretty sharp at F8 to me. I'll post up some pics when I get a chance.
S
sychan
Guest
Its too bad there doesn't seem to be a way to put a Kiev Helios/Menopta lens on the NEX bodies. Those are so inexpensive and really nice FSU optics as well and fast enough for most anything when mated to the NEX sensor. I-61 L/D may actually be fast enough for most stuff with ISO 1600 + noise cleanup in post.
uhoh7
Veteran
I wonder how the I-69 would work. There's some who are using it now:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1042&message=37488679
Then I think there is an Orion wide, but it's very slow.
As you know the nex normal is 35--I went for the skopar, which is fantastic except you have to use cornerfix. Not that cheap though--200 at best.