FSU cameras , none at the moment FSU lenses , the collection is growing

[Sonnar Brian]

I like mine better.

 

[-doomed-]

I made an Industar-69 work with a Leica mount camera.

LOTS of filing on the internal mount to remove a physical stop, you have to get the optics about 1mm closer to the film and then reset the distance scale. I traded it to someone using an M8.

youre talking about the ridge on the mount under the optics themselves right?

How did it work after that , i just took it apart to see what it looked like , how does one go about resetting the distance scale

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The ridge is what I filed off. The focus ring comes off, is held on by the set screws. Under it are some stop screws. They will have to be filed down. I used a through the lens viewer to get the lens to focus to infinity, then put the focus ring back on.

 

[-doomed-]

i ended up giving it a shot, granted i have no through the lens viewer, i followed your about a mm filed down method , if it works, awesome , if it fails miserably it was only like $20

 

[Sonnar Brian]

1955 KMZ J-3 on my Contax II. At F4, prefocussed, and waiting for Nikki to Heely into range.

Shimmed for the camera. This used to be an LTM lens, left over from a Sonnar conversion that I did for an RFF'r.

 

[raid]

I had this in another forum, but maybe it is better placed here. I was not sure what I had in FSU lenses, so I checked things out.


Brian,

My J-3 is from 1956 and not 1955 and it is not from KMZ. My J-8 is made in 1955 though.


I weighed all my FSU & CZJ 50mm lenses on a postal scale. There may be room for some error, but it is an OK scale.

Menopta Contax mount 53mm : 160gm

I-50 rigid LTM 59XX : 115gm

Helios 103 Contax mount 81xx : 155gm

Sonnar CZJ 5cm 1.5 LTM 203XX : 220gm

Sonnar CZJ Contax mount 5cm 2.0 collapsible: 165gm

Sonnar CZJ Contax mount 5cm 2.0 198xx: 175gm

Sonnar CZJ Contax mount 5cm 2.0 310xx : 145 gm

J-8 LTM black :130gm

J-8 LTM 55xx : 133gm

J-8M Contax mount : 133 gm.

I-61 LTM 52/2.8 67xxx: 135 gm

I-61 LTM 52/2.8 69xx: 135 gm

I-61 LD Contax mount 55/2.8 95xx: 107gm

Sonnar LTM 5cm 2.0 CZJ 223xxx:185gm

Tessar 50/2.8 LTM CZJ : 165 gm

J-3 Contax mount 56xxx :145gm

Zeiss Opton Contax mount 50/1.5 : 175 gm

Zeiss Opton Contax mount 50/1.5 : 175 gm

J-3 Contax mount 60xxx : 140 gm

I removed any lens covers.

 

[raid]

I miss the J-3 LTM that I sold here. I wonder where it is now.

 

[Mablo]

I-61 L/D and Jupiter-8 and Helios-103 for Kiev mount are still available as "new old stock". I've bought an unused -92 Jupiter-8 recently. It is a very good allround lens stopped down a little.

 

[-doomed-]

I finally got around to getting that roll processed and I'm pleased with the results, this example focuses to infinity and is relatively sharp wide open. Pictures to follow, I really enjoyed the results @ f1.5 through its range and it renders well with color film. One of my best FSU lenses purchased on Ebay , the others were through fedka. The I-61 was cheap and but the front element is pretty beat up , so ive never even tried it.

 

[-doomed-]

Heres one @ f4 or 5.6 , i forget where it was when I shot this

I have to scan the shots from wide open, i really love this lense. Its one of my favorite buys lately
Some wide open shots

At min focusing distance wide open

One more wide open

Now its time to get a better scanner, i am now equipping myself with the necessary items to process color as well as black and white film, this forum has taught me so much.

 

[-doomed-]

Im happy with this lense for sure, now that i know i dont really have to work on it.
The scanner cuts into the sharpness on the wide open shots , so theyre not as good as i'd like but, for a $30 scanner im not going to complain too much.
Next step Epson scanner.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

A standard J-3 focuses to just less than 3ft.

You can modify it to get down to ~2.5ft, some filing is involved.

 

[-doomed-]

Im content with iny J-3 as it sits now man, but i did read about your modification to get closer focusing out of this lense , nice work.