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A coupled Industar 7 ?

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Topic author: Jacques M.

Posted on: 20240129043708

Hello,

I fell on this very curious GOMZ Industar 7 some days ago. It is here now.

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1480.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1480.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1482.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1482.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1485.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1485.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1490.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_IMG_1490.JPG

I don't know when, nor by whom it was made. But that does not look like a "home made" work. I am astonished too by the very early serial number... If anybody has an idea...

Thanks! Jacques.

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Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20240129044411


Some photos made with that lens on my Sony. Note that the rangefinder seems correctly calibrated (the shown focus distance is the same as the real one). But I have not tried it on a Fed!

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_DSC00775.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_DSC00775.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_DSC00765.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_DSC00765.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent2/2912024_DSC00770.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/2912024_DSC00770.JPG

Note the vignetting. And a very strong flare when the source of light is not behind!

Amitiés. Jacques.

Reply author: Luiz Paracampo

Replied on: 20240129064117

go to http://photohistory.ru/1267467682901893.html

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20240129100039

And please add it here:
http://ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=25&ParentID=2

Best regards,
Juhani

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20240129153326


So, my Industar 7 is already on photohistory.ru...I am honoured! Thanks, Luiz. (the photos come from the seller's advertisement).
But I hardly think that such a lens was used, as it is, on an aerial machine gun...[:)]
And I will put that lens in the wiki, Juhani. But before, it would be interesting to have more information about the Industar 7. Can we date them by their serial numbers? And about this conversion: made from scratch or not?
Something interesting: the focus range spreads on c. 380° which is very unusual: there is an overlapping of c. 20°.

Amitiés. Jacques.

Reply author: seany65

Replied on: 20240207190111

Jacques, I'd like to know how much of the viewfinder image you can see when it's on the Fed, and whether you can see anything at all if there's a lens hood on the lens?

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20240208102049


Hi Sean,
The lens takes 1/3 - 1/4 in the viewfinder. No idea with a sunshade.
It is not visible when using the 100mm Fed finder.

Amitiés. Jacques.