Industar 10 FED Macro type

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Topic author: Niko80

Posted on: 20140611182209

What do you think about this lens?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/FED-MACRO-50MM-F-3-5-RARO-ULTIMO-MODELLO-DI-MACRO-LENTI-ANCORA-MOLTO-BELLE-/121360600535?pt=Obiettivi&hash=item1c41a7cdd7

It's got the lowest serial number of the few ones in the wiki but it's the only one with a modern f-stop marking going to f/18.

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Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20140612073413

These lenses are not well known, I think.
I have seen several of them on 1f bodies, so just before those with the new diaph scale (and the coating). Perhaps they are from this period: 1949-50?
On the other hand, it is quite easy to screw a new barrel on a macro ring...

Really, I don't know...

Are there proofs that some of them were produced before WW2?

Reply author: Niko80

Replied on: 20140612183251

Hello Jacques

To be honest, I don't know anything about those collapsible Macro Industars, this is the only one I ever saw for sale.
To me it seems uncoated, serial is 2492 which is the lowest in the wiki.
I don't even know how this lens is supposed to work.
The wiki says some sort of extension tube is needed, maybe something like that?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macro-Extension-tubes-set-of-4-rings-FED-USSR-/281282704118?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item417dc172f6

It's clearly post-war and I've never seen anything like a pre-war extension tube. So I'd guess all collapsible Macro-Industars are post-war, while the non-collapsable FED Macro lens was purely pre-war.

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20140616033012

Hi Christian,

Yes photos must be made with that material. But I don't know either how all that works precisely. I never tried to make photo with that.

It seems these lenses were made only during the 1f production (s/n about 210/300000). A short time... And there is no real litterature about them. If I remember, there is an explanation by Luiz? But I cannot find it.

Amitiés. Jacques.

Reply author: Niko80

Replied on: 20140622184816

I found another one on SovietCams which was not listed in the Wiki, including a little bit of information.
http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?1153858839

Reply author: Aleksandrov66

Replied on: 20170324052449

Hi everyone!
I found three "macro" lenses like that with cameras (added to the wiki):
lens #1283 with body #244954
lens #2169 with body #253571
lens #4095 with body #252424

It seems to me that the numbering of the lenses has not been consistent. It would be interesting to see "macro" lens with documents - were these lenses standard or optional? Does anyone have lenses with cameras too (i am not sure, if my cameras are "original" to this lenses)?

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20170324060345

Hi Aleksandrov!

Interesting question... As far as I know, we never saw papers about these lenses. So, we don't know much about them.
My one was found on a Fed 1f s/n 22xxxx, if I remember. I should find the exact s/n. For the moment, the lenses we know are correlated with these early postwar Fed 1...

Amitiés. Jacques.

Reply author: seany65

Replied on: 20170324161712

Hello and welcome to the forum aleksadrov66. I'd like to help, but I know almost nothing about almost everything.

Reply author: Aleksandrov66

Replied on: 20170327064602

seany65 - thanks! it is okay, I'm sure sooner or later more information will be found!

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20170523111109

Hello,

Another lens soon here, the s/n 7080, with an old scale diaphragm, and always without papers...
As for the 3151, it was mounted on my 1f s/n 232140.
I add that in the wiki.

Amitiés. Jacques.

Reply author: geoffox23

Replied on: 20170714171339

Hello,

I have received FED 1f s/n 235226 with macro s/n 8585.
In the case was the matching passport dated 30 Sept 1950. [:)]

Cheers, Geoff

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20170728152059

Hi Geoff,
On the passport, is there a special mention about the lens?
Thanks. Jacques.

Reply author: geoffox23

Replied on: 20170728172935

Hi Jacques

I do not see any difference from standard passport.

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/2872017_macro lens.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/2872017_macro lens.JPG

Cheers, Geoff