Sneaking one more in under the wire…

One more Russian lens that I had forgotten about 😉 this is the Industar-61 55mm f/2.8. It arrived in the middle of all the Christmas rush and I had gotten such a deal on it and it had taken so long to ship I just put it to one side.

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Made since the 70s (and apparently still in production today) this is a Leica 39mm mount, rangefinder lens, and according to the serial number mine is from 1993. It is amazing how “agricultural” the Russian lenses look against the Japanese ones- compare this to the Auto-Takumar from yesterday, which looks so much more sleek and refined despite being 30 years older!

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But takes some nice pictures (again, it was very dreary today so I’ve gone mostly B&W), though it does have some odd focus defects away from center, especially wide open!