santino
FSU gear head
simple stupid question:
what does make the I-50 better than the I-22? (if it really is).
what does make the I-50 better than the I-22? (if it really is).
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
I dont know, but I have an I-50 and love it
santino
FSU gear head
same here, I have both but can't see any difference to be true (my I-50 is rigid but there's a collapsible version too).
Jocko
Off With The Pixies
santino said:
From what I've heard, Santino, no one can!
However, the I-50 is said to have a different optical formula and somewhat greater resolution - centre/edge 38/22 lpmm against the I-22's 32/18.
Does it? Who knows
Cheers, Ian
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
my I-50 is collapsible.. but I also own a rigid version. I've yet to test them side by side as well
S
Skinny McGee
Guest
I have a I22 and love it.
santino
FSU gear head
do it ash, I'm really curious about that. I've got three I-50s and two I-22s and no difference.
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
once I've got some more developing chemicals I will do. Don't expect anything spectacular tho
I don't know that their is an optical difference between the lenses. The 50 is a later lens with more recent coatings.
santino
FSU gear head
I'm curious about the so called "macro" fed industar that focuses at the distance of 0,5m. does it still work with my rangefinder at 0,5m?
santino
FSU gear head
I mean I thought the RF is just calibrated up to 1m.
NL2377
*scratches head*
santino said:
Im not sure how close the RF is calibrated to, but IIRC, the closer you are focusing, the further away the lens is from the camera. therefore, you can estimate, given that the RF viewer is linear in it's focusing capability, the closest focusing distance of your camera by looking through the viewfinder w/o a lens on, and the distance in which the images match up would be the closest focusing distance of the rangefinder.
-Nick
reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
I have several examples of both and like 'em all. One of the I.50s may be a tad sharper (or may just focus better). My favorite - just barely - is a black trimmed I.22 I got from Fedka some time ago. It seems to occasionally have just a little softer look to some shots. I'm a pretty big fan of the Industar collapsibles.
Nickfed
Well-known
santino said:
I think the first thing to do is find the macro Industar.
santino
FSU gear head
there's one on the bay
zhang xk
Well-known
santino said:
I have tested them a few years ago on the same roll of film and viewed the results with a 50X microscope. The I-50 was only slightly sharper at edges at 50x magnification and you have to view it carefully. The I-50 and I=22 are equal to any good brand normal lens at shooting apertures of F5.6,F8..IMHO.(Canon FD 50/1.8,Olympus Zuiko 50/1.8,etc.)
Nickfed
Well-known
santino said:there's one on the bay
Keep smiling while you can, I think you can safely bet that any Industar with "macro" on the front will have an M42 thread on the back.....or perhaps some 120 rollfilm bayonet.
Working at 1m with an RF is only something you do under sufferance. Working at 500mm doesn't bear thinking about.
I don't recall a LTM or Contax reflex focussing housing coming out of the FSU, or even a set of close-up prisms, and, without such aids, the idea of a "macro Zorki" is rather absurd. Further, with the advent of the Zenit, all such devices and ideas are immediately made redundant - particularly the absurd ones.
santino
FSU gear head
I'm still smiling, it's def. one for the Fed 1 from 1949 with LTM thread.
