New Russar +

Hello,

Besides the new Jupiter 3, it seems there is a new Russar 20mm LTM...
http://shop.lomography.com/fr/russar-plus?gclid=CPXijabkzMoCFSsEwwodAO0OcQ

Soon we will be able to put brand new lenses on our old tired cameras...

Amitiйs. Jacques.

... and other new/old lenses. See please Luiz's thread about the Somnium/Helios 40...

Jacques.

I bet LTM 39 Orion-15 "+" will be available in the near future ;)

Russar is produced since more than a year I think.
I saw it some month ago in Lomography shop in Paris, even did a few test shots on my A7.
According to zenitcamera, the back of the lens is shorter than on original. Still I'm not sure it can be used on APS-C camera. Maybe Zoom knows.

Fine lenses, but the price...

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Originally posted by AlexanderK

Fine lenses, but the price...

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It's LomoPrice

Yes, Pierre, you are right: the new Russar has been produced since a year, I have checked.
BTW, I have just had a look at your site. What beautiful photos! I particularly loved your night photos! You should put some of them here...

Amitiйs. Jacques.

moxies, can you saya bit more about the results of the russar on your A7? I have still not decided whether I want one...

Thanks Jacques!
I'll try to post some pics from time to time here :)

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moxies, can you saya bit more about the results of the russar on your A7? I have still not decided whether I want one...

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Test shot is big word. I did a few photo inside the store, nothing was really interesting. And I'm not able to compare with old one since I have never owned a classical Russar MR-2.
But next week, I want to go there and compare my old 51's jupiter-3 with new one.

The real production of this Russar+ lens started later then planned. Somewhere around August last year (2015) it was available.

Also a nice lens but for a F/5,6-20mm also a bit too expensive. I got for Eur.550,- two years ago an Elmarit F/2,8-21mm-M for my M7 in extremely good condition. However a "made in Canada" Elmarit is not that expensive in Holland. I sold all my seperate V.F.'s (15mm C.V., 21mm (leica), 35mm) and bought for that money a new C.V. Zoom VF (model B, also for my u4/3) 15m-35mm in the clearance at Robert White.

Robert
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Test shot is big word. I did a few photo inside the store, nothing was really interesting. And I'm not able to compare with old one since I have never owned a classical Russar MR-2.
But next week, I want to go there and compare my old 51's jupiter-3 with new one.

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thanks for the answer. I just would like to know, whether the edges are o.k. or not. my 15mm heliar was not compatible with the A7, the edges were pretty bad, on film they were fine. could be the same for the russar.

Recently bought a cheap old-stock Leica-M module for my Ricoh GXR, now use it with the "classic" Russar on the M39-Leica-M adapter, no need to look for that expensive A7+Russar+ combination. It is APS-C, edges are good. Plan to use it also with Jupiter-12. What I don't understand is what makes this APS-C camera different from others and if any other cameras are compatible with such lenses with long back parts. Heard that also Fujifilm X-Pro can be used with Russar but never found any confirmation of that. Did anyone try?

how many mm does the russar extend beyond the flange? I have a Sony A6000 which is an APS-C camera. you cannot use the jupiter-12 on APS-C, it extends 22 mm beyond the flange. the distance between the m39 thread and the sensor is not sufficient on APS-C. the 15mm heliar extends 15mm, there was no problem with my A6000 and no dark edges of course.

the A7 is full format and has a better resolution, although the A6000 and the A7 have 24 mp both. the heliar was quite bad on full format, so I still would like to know how the russar would be on a full format digital camera.

I will check the exact length later, but here is the list of lenses compatible to Ricoh GXR, both Russar and Jupiter-12 are among them

http://www.ricohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=6881

thanks for the info. there is definitely not enough room for a jupiter-12 in the sony A6000 and A5000, they are both APS-C. I tried myself, so I'm sure about this. I wonder how ricoh made it. it would be nice if you could confirm after you tried it.

www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu

I checked the length, it is about 19mm. Posted a couple of photos taken with Ricoh GXR + Russar.
http://ussrphoto.com/Forum/topic.asp?whichpage=1&TOPIC_ID=2931䈞

I like my Ricoh probably it was the best mirrorless camera of the first generation to use with manual lenses, M-module was developed to use with Leica-M lenses, my russian M39 lenses fit very good in it. Unfortunately they stopped the production, no chance to get a full-frame module in the future. I hope perhaps some other manufacturer can produce a full-frame camera specially oriented on manual lenses.