cameron.knight
Member
I love Russian rangefinders. I have two bodies, and two different versions of Industar 50mm lenses (a collapsible and a "regular" looking one).
I have a few film kits. A Pentax Spotmatic with three lens, and a Nikon F3 with three lenses.
I wanted to build up a kit around one of my Zorkis. I have a 4K and I have a 1. I started looking for a wide angle. I looked at Jupiter lenses and found the widest they made was a 35mm. I looked at a few other brands, no luck or very expensive. I finally got around to looking at Industar and found they made a pretty looking 28mm.
To bad 28mm is not a standard rangefinder lens, therefore viewfinders are hard to come by and pretty expensive.
Then I remembered I had a Diana kit with a couple extra viewfinders. Their wide angle viewfinder has frame lines for their 55mm lens and the full view is 38mm (I think).
I did some measurements with a micrometer and did some comparisons through the viewfinder of a 35mm camera with a 28mm lens attached. As it turns out, the Diana viewfinder is fits in a standard hotshot and while formatted for a square image has some unintentional references that make a perfect 28mm viewfinder.
I've attached a picture of how to use the viewfinder as a 28mm rangefinder.
In summary, if you need a 28mm viewfinder, buy a Diana 38mm super wide angle lens which comes with a viewfinder (the 55mm and 38mm viewfinders are the same). Cost on Lomography.com $35 USD. You can buy the 55mm kit for $45.
Obviously, there is not parallax correction, but it works in a pinch.
I have a few film kits. A Pentax Spotmatic with three lens, and a Nikon F3 with three lenses.
I wanted to build up a kit around one of my Zorkis. I have a 4K and I have a 1. I started looking for a wide angle. I looked at Jupiter lenses and found the widest they made was a 35mm. I looked at a few other brands, no luck or very expensive. I finally got around to looking at Industar and found they made a pretty looking 28mm.
To bad 28mm is not a standard rangefinder lens, therefore viewfinders are hard to come by and pretty expensive.
Then I remembered I had a Diana kit with a couple extra viewfinders. Their wide angle viewfinder has frame lines for their 55mm lens and the full view is 38mm (I think).
I did some measurements with a micrometer and did some comparisons through the viewfinder of a 35mm camera with a 28mm lens attached. As it turns out, the Diana viewfinder is fits in a standard hotshot and while formatted for a square image has some unintentional references that make a perfect 28mm viewfinder.
I've attached a picture of how to use the viewfinder as a 28mm rangefinder.
In summary, if you need a 28mm viewfinder, buy a Diana 38mm super wide angle lens which comes with a viewfinder (the 55mm and 38mm viewfinders are the same). Cost on Lomography.com $35 USD. You can buy the 55mm kit for $45.
Obviously, there is not parallax correction, but it works in a pinch.
wolves3012
Veteran
Just so you know, the russian turret finder includes a 28mm. Not the smallest finder and the parallax correction is limited but they aren't overly expensive.
batterytypehah!
Lord of the Dings
You don't mean the Industar-69 lens, do you? That won't cover a 24x36 frame. It was intended for half-frame format.
Read more here: http://www.zorkikat.com/industar-69-28mm/265/
Read more here: http://www.zorkikat.com/industar-69-28mm/265/
mac_wt
Cameras are like bunnies
The only 'Russian' 28mm ltm rangefinder lens I know of is the Orion-15. Slow and not cheap, but still probably the cheapest 28mm lens in ltm you can find. And yes, it works fine with the turret finder.
Regards, Wim
Regards, Wim
cameron.knight
Member
AHHH. Batterytypes - I am dumb, wow. That's exactly what I bought. I feel really stupid for not realizing it was a half-frame. There were like 1,000 of them on eBay, who knew there'd be so many lying around.
I'll check into the Orion. I already have a 35mm viewfinder, so maybe I'll go with the Jupiter 12 even though 35mm isn't that wide. Thank for the heads up.
I'll check into the Orion. I already have a 35mm viewfinder, so maybe I'll go with the Jupiter 12 even though 35mm isn't that wide. Thank for the heads up.