Industar 10 FED Macro type

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.

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?

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.

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.

Amitiйs. Jacques.

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

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)?

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...

Amitiйs. Jacques.

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

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

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.

Amitiйs. Jacques.

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

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

Hi Jacques

I do not see any difference from standard passport.


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

Cheers, Geoff