Industar 26

[Jcrvlh]

Hello
I got my first Fed2c with industar 26. The first roll of colour film came out with great colours, I always thought it was just me! I have been shooting with Jupiter 12 and I don’t know if I was lucky but it is now my lens of choice. I also fell in love with the fed 2.
I wasn’t too lucky with the Jupiter 8’s, or 3’s they have fungus scratches and really flaky aperture ring. So I gave up there. After fixing the light leaks of my fed 2c, I prefer it to my zorki 3m which is very nice but the rangefinder is useless in low light. I ended up getting another Fed2c and I use one with industar 61 because it makes sense, and the other fed2 with Jupiter 12. I have loads of jupiters and industar 26s which I like but I find these two the most usable. I got an Ukrainian package this morning and what a Saturday it was, it’s worth every bit of the long wait.
Regards

 

[brians]

In my experience, the industar 26 has been great for shooting black and white. I've never shot any color film with the I-26, but I will look forward to. In my experience, I like the Industar 26's over the 61 L/D's. I really want to use my Jupiter 8, but..... I must get it fixed. Here are some examples from my Industar 26 on a FED-2d.

One of the images have been obviously cropped.

 

[rbiemer]

Any LTM lens will work on the FED.

How about "Any FSU LTM lens..." Some LTM lenses have a focus "tab" rather than a "collar". And the focus cam in the camera may bind on those "tabs" as you mount the lens.
I liked the I-26 lens I briefly had. I got a very good FED2 which had that lens. I found the camera to be nice except for the viewfinder and so I sold them to somebody who could, I hope, make better use of them.
Rob