darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
Hello, do you ever heard of this Sputnik-4 wide angle lens for Kiev-Contax ? It seems it was developed by GOI and then by KMZ....
I'll have to look more thoroughly at the russian text tonight when I get home. Meanwhile, let's see who has some valuable info about it
From the lens design, it seems that it's a KIEV/CONTAX version of the Russar MR2 ...
Cheers,
Max
I'll have to look more thoroughly at the russian text tonight when I get home. Meanwhile, let's see who has some valuable info about it
From the lens design, it seems that it's a KIEV/CONTAX version of the Russar MR2 ...
Cheers,
Max
santino
FSU gear head
unfortunately I've never heard about it. sounds interesting
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
Seems that it was a prototype... and that they instead made a Kiev-mount Russar MR2 ... more tonight!
santino
FSU gear head
I've got something interesting too. I have a russian camera book and there is a Leningrad camera (without spring motor, brass shutter and totally different framelines). it isn't listed as prototype, just a normal camera though I don't have any information of somebody who owns one. I'm going to post the page of the book, maybe anybody can help me
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varjag
Guest
There are some people who used Leningrads here, it is uncommon but not really a rarity. I had an opportunity to buy one locally for $60, but it is LTM and has its drawbacks (reliability, lens compatibility), so I passed on the deal.
Sputnik-4 was apparently made in a batch of less than 200 pieces. There were no factory-made Kiev Russars to my knowledge, those appearing on ebay seem to be custom conversions from LTM.
Sputnik-4 was apparently made in a batch of less than 200 pieces. There were no factory-made Kiev Russars to my knowledge, those appearing on ebay seem to be custom conversions from LTM.
santino
FSU gear head
there were 70.000 Leningrads but it's NOT a normal Leningrad which you can buy on ebay, I'll post pictures.
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
varjag said:
That's interesting to fall on something unusual... the lens design as depicted on KMZ website (www.zenit.istra.ru) looks like the design of the Russar MR2... I think that they also say that some of the MR2s were done in Kiev mount by GOI (I wish I knew what GOI is, a prototype factory, a research lab?)
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varjag
Guest
They say that Sputnik-4 was done both in LTM and Contax/Kiev mounts, and shared the finder with Russar MR-2. The latter was available in LTM only.darkkavenger said:That's interesting to fall on something unusual... the lens design as depicted on KMZ website (www.zenit.istra.ru) looks like the design of the Russar MR2... I think that they also say that some of the MR2s were done in Kiev mount by GOI (I wish I knew what GOI is, a prototype factory, a research lab?)
GOI is the acronym for State Optical Institute (Gosudarstvennyi Opticheskyi Institut), which is now known as LOMO.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
These are rare and expensive if you can find them.
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
Thanks both!