Vintage Lenses

Own

BrandFocal LengthMax FstopMountØNotes
Industar-6928mmf/2.8M3922.5mmLomo Russian rangefinder pancake
Pentacon29mmf/2.8M4255mmGerman lens with an interesting look
Chinon35mmf/2.8M42-Japanese lens
Canon50mmf/1.8FD55mmNo marking = multicoated (SSC)
Industar50mmf/3.5M4233mm?50-2, 50mm Russian pancake
Helios58mmf/2M4252mm44M-5. 44-2 has “character”, 44M-5 is sharpest
Vivitar85-205mmf/3.8M4258mmThrift store zoom

Wanted

Canon FD Mount

BrandFocal LengthMax FstopMountØNotes
Canon17mmf/4FD72mmWidest, priciest
Canon20mmf/2.8FD72mmWider, spendy
Canon24mmf/2.8FD52mmConvex front element runs close to filters
Canon28mmf/2.8FD52mmMore common, cheapest of the wides
Canon35mmf/2FD55mmRare thoriated “concave” early FD
Canon55mmf/1.2FD58mmVersions: cheap one, the Aspherical, and later “L”
Kiron105mmf/2.8FD-1:1 Macro. Very sharp, $. AKA: Ricoh Rikenon, Vivitar

M42 Mount

BrandFocal LengthMax FstopMountØNotes
Carl Zeiss Jena20mmf/2.8M42-Spendy but probably best for APSC
Asahi Pentax28mmf/3.5M42-Super-Takumar, cheaper but not fast
Carl Zeiss Jena35mmf/2.4M42-Flektagon
Mir-137mmf/2.8M42-Soviet with character, cheap
Asahi Pentax50mmf/1.4M42-Rare version is 8 element
Carl Zeiss Jena50mmf/1.8M42-Pancolar
Meyer Optik50mmf/2.8M42-Domiplan, weird German bokeh
Industar50mmf/3.5M42-50-2. Soviet pancake, cheap
Tomioka-Made55mmf/1.4M42-OEM for Super-Takumar
Asahi Pentax55mmf/1.8M42-Cheapest Super-Takumar
Jupiter-985mmf/2M42-Russian portrait lens
Meyer Optik100mmf/2.8M42-Gorlitz Trioplan. Weird bokeh.
Tair 11135mmf/2.8M42-20 aperture blades. “T” = television
Tamron35-80mmf/2.8-3.8M42-SP Adaptall. Very cheap, decent.