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INDUSTAR 69 - 28 mm / 2.8 (Rare or Prototype?)

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Hello,

I read this new entry in the Wiki, but I wanted to add / correct. This lens is not a prototype, it's a lens designed to a reproduction system. I don't remember the name of the system (it's a bit like the S-64), but I clearly remember the numbers on the focus ring (1,2 and 3) are related to the size of the document (representated as squares on the reproduction table).
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Hi, Thanks for your information. Even the classic Industar 69 for Chaika II can be used for an enlarger in the photo development phase. For this reason I believe that this lens was built for both an enlarger and the Chaika II camera. We should investigate again. In addition, this lens, mounted on the Fuji XE-1 camera, with adapter, provides good images, even if it does not focus infinitely because of the different draft (Leica ltm mm.28.80, Chaika II mm.26.2).
Sorry for my English.
Thanks again.
Greetings.
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As far as I know, the Chaika use Newton viewfinder. So, it has to be distance inscription on the lens. On this particuler I-69, there isn't any mark exepted 1, 2 and 3 (I have one exemplar also, you can see http://pierretizien-photos.blogspot.fr/p/industar-69.html ). So, I strongly doubt this lens was made a normal Chaika also.

Talking about rare Industar-69, some month ago I missed a rare one on local site, that will now sit for years on ebay (very high price) : https://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRA-RARE-COLLECTIBE-VERSION-of-Soviet-USSR-INDUSTAR-69-lens-for-CHAIKA-SN70005/272833646680?hash=item3f86271058:g:IuIAAOSwhChZrWSw

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Exactly!
I just found some photo I have saved on my computer.
You can see on the first photo the 3 rectangulars related to the 3 numbers on the focus ring on the lens.




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