Name that Camera and Lens Challenge!

[ryan00013]

Name all of the cameras and lenses! Feel free to post your own whether it is for fun or actually identifying a mystery lens. I am posting both!


These first few I actually need help with! I recently acquired them and I am not sure exactly what they are:


Mystery Lens #1 front

Mystery Lens #1 back

Mystery Lens #2 front

Mystery Lens #2 back

Mystery Adapter top

Mystery Adapter bottom

Mystery Lens #3 front

Mystery Lens #3 back

This last image is just for fun. It is my current kit. Which cameras and lenses can you identify?

Thanks for playing (and thanks in advance for the help)!
Harvey

 

[BLKRCAT]

Cameras are Yashica Electro GT, Epson RD1, Fuji X100, and Xpro-1?

 

[Coopersounds]

i think ZF1 is right with the cameras, the first lens is a Fed??

 

[ryan00013]

You got it

You got it

Cameras are Yashica Electro GT, Epson RD1, Fuji X100, and Xpro-1?

You are right! It's actually the X100s, but the body is identical and you nailed the rest perfectly. Any guesses on the attached lenses? 😉

 

[ryan00013]

i think ZF1 is right with the cameras, the first lens is a Fed??

Also, I think all three "mystery" lenses are from the Russian Federation. Those I have no idea what they really are.

 

[Cesium]

Fed, Industar, Orion.... the names are printed right on the lenses.

 

[BLKRCAT]

You can tell the X100 from the X100s from the EVF switch but it was hard to tell with that tape!

RD1 looks to have a CV Nokton 35mm.

 

[eto]

1 lens is FED which usually goes with Zorki, LTM mount (costs about $20)
2 lens is Industar 69, also LTM mount ($30)
3 lens is Orion 15, LTM ($250-300)

 

[jane7l]

hm, for the lenses, they have names written:
fed
industar-69
orion-15

 

[S.H.]

I do not think the industar 28mm covers the 24x36 format : see here, http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-214952864, it is taken from a half frame camera.

 

[KoNickon]

hm, for the lenses, they have names written:
fed
industar-69
orion-15

Right, I was wondering if this was a trick question....

 

[eto]

I do not think the industar 28mm covers the 24x36 format : see here, http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-214952864, it is taken from a half frame camera.

yes, you are right, chaika is a half frame camera and it's format is 18x24, but still the lens is M39, though it will not fit any rangefinder (leica, fed or zorki)

 

[ryan00013]

You can tell the X100 from the X100s from the EVF switch but it was hard to tell with that tape!

RD1 looks to have a CV Nokton 35mm.

Close, but the 35mm lens body is a little smaller.

 

[ryan00013]

Right, I was wondering if this was a trick question....

Not so much a trick question, but moreso that I haven't owned many vintage lenses (and I am unfamiliar with Russian lettering).

Thanks to everyone for the clarification! That was a huge help.


Anyone have input on the adapter ring? It is the only thing left unidentified.


Also, no one has correctly guessed the silver/black lens on the Fuji X-Pro1 or the Rd-1 lens. Further guesses?

 

[Scrambler]

The adapter ring appears to be LTM/M39 female thread i.e. to accept any of the lenses you have just shown.

A photo of the male (camera) side of the adapter in the round would help. The location of small cutouts (if any) in the tabs would finalise the identification.

The broad answer is that it's a macro mount for LTM lens to a manual focus SLR. Which SLR I can't say from the angle you have shown - others might be able to.

The Nikon, Pentax, Minolta and Konica mounts have superficial resemblances and are easiest to differentiate with the whole mount on view. I'm guessing Minolta based on the location of the red dot but then I'm away from my camera gear to do a comparison.

Try http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-99.html

EDIT: further reflection would suggest that Nikon is the most probable answer followed by Pentax. Based on assuming you bought these items together: someone was probably trying them all out as macro lenses on an APS-C dSLR (where the I-69 would cover the sensor) therefore most likely Nikon, second most likely Pentax. The other similar mounts are not available in dSLRs.

 

[farlymac]

That Industar-69 is the reason you rarely find a Chaika with it's lens anymore. Lots of unscrupulous dealers are selling them as for regular LTM mount cameras, but they will not work.

PF