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FD like I use r/n is a pretty good place to start for adapted vintage glass.

50mm or 5cm is obviously 50mm, independent if you are using full frame or APS-C or micro four thirds. These lenses are 50mm and were made for full frame film cameras, which have the same format as a full frame digital camera i.e. 24x36mm.

I hope you figured from the comments below that some of the M39 lenses you were trying to use are Range Finder and some are Zenit. The 2 types require different adapters with place the lens a different distance from the camera sensor. I have been tempted but have not bought any Range Finder lenses because a different adapter is needed. I already have enough old lenses in M42 mount to keep me happy. If I find a great deal I may purchase a Zenit mount to try using a $1 M39 to M42 adapter ring I have. Enjoy your photography as I enjoy mine.

Why does this speaker speak so fast. Rushing against time swallowing words slur etc.. Tiresome pass 30 seconds into video

I would try those lenses with a helicoid that would grant me more flange distance. That wey it should focus. Old cameras had a little bit more room for the mirror so I expect a litte bit more distance between the sensor and the closest lens. Also I would expect those lenses to work better on a full frame camera since they come from 35mm film cameras. with a MFT you would have a crop factor of 2x for the aperture and the focal distance. So it should feel like a 100mm f7 lens that is soft and with character.

These are great little lenses. I shoot with a Sony full frame and have no issues adapting them. These lenses were made for a range finder camera which also used a 35mm film which is equivalent to a full frame sensor. I highly recommend vintage lenses and personally don't shoot with modern lenses.

You may find the distance between the lens back and the sensor is wrong....the thread may be m39 but you have to change the rear distance by adjusting the focus for infinity....lots of info on the net how to do it.

nice Video. I found a Leica III from my grand uncle and search for a wide angle lens for it. It would be a nice travel camera.

To anyone looking to speedboost these lenses, you should read a bit more about the specific lens you own or you're about to buy; M39 is a screw mount for 35mm rangefinder cameras, but some of these lenses were made for a weird half-frame Russian camera and will result in vignetting if speedboosted on Micro4/3. One of these lenses is the Industar 69 (28mm f2.8)

The fogging was probably the glare on the front element from the light that was just above. The lens coatings in the era of m39, and especially in Russia were probably not near what they are today

Old LTM lenses weren’t close focusing lenses by and large, like 1 meter minimum. The lens was focusing on the back wall, it’s just minimum focusing distance issues.

Russian 39mm lenses have 2 standards for flange distance. One is the Leica rangefinder standard distance. the other is actually the M42 standard distance (Pentax universal) but with 39mm thread found only on russian lenses. The ones designed to fit Leica 39mm (old rangefinders) thread cameras having a short flange distance and those that had a m42 flange distance but still used the m39 thread had the standard m42 flange distance. As the Chinese adapter makers use the wrong naming it has become a mine field. But simply, non Leica m39 russian lenses need a m39 to M42 ring (sold by Russian ebay sites) and a standard M42 to whatever you need adapter. Not a m39 adapter which is different again. Older leica compatible (rangefinder) m39 lenses are not compatible with m42 and require Leica/voightlander 39mm adapters. The universal m39 adapters for non russian lenses will not work as they are near the M42 flange distance but different.

I hope you got round to the problem ...? I have about 52 vintage lenses and use them in my GX7, GH5, Sony A7 III and even Canon 80D, Canon AE-1, Canon EOS-1n and Zenit 11.
The L39 is a complex problem (there is M39 and L39 and they are different focal plaines), best is getting M42 lenses. They are the easiest to adapt. My flow is adapt all to Canon EOS, than use a EOS->M4/3 adapter. The M42->EOS are so cheap and small; you can keep the adapters on the lenses. All other vintage lenses, like Contaxt, Exa, etc can also adapt to the EOS/EF adapter; than i again use the EOS to M4/3.

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I hope in the future there will be channels offered by Youtube specifically for "live" broadcast and other more specific types of Youtubing.
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hey nice vid a question i went to one in NYC and got 2 jupiter lens, one 50mm and 85mm... BUT confused on how to adapt them to a canon t6i.. could u help me out on that ?

The FFD is off.

Lots of misinformation. Viewers should check the comments for accurate information.

The Russian lenses are L39 and the Leica screw lenses are M39 and there is a variation in distance to the film plane/sensor.

It's great that these old lenses are being utilised on mirrorless cameras.
I had the 50mm 3.5 on my first camera, a Zenith C L39 mount back in 1959 when I was 15. The colour rendition on Kodachrome was lovely and the contrast and sharpness was good too.
I have the self same camera and lens now.
I might get a mirrorless camera and use it on there too.
You should try the Jupiter 8 f2 50mm which I use on my Zorki 4k. It's really sharp and contrasty.

I think that's your problem.

I think you have the m39 lens made for an early zenit reflex camera. I has a different throw to the m39 lenses made for rangefinder lenses.

and an m39 adapter as well.

I had this 50mm Industar 3.5 lens on my first camera in 1959 when I was 14.
My next camera was a Pentax with a 50mm 1.8 lens. Both of these lenses are radioactive.
I have no physical defects and I am 72 now.
I use these lenses on their original cameras.
I have 3 Zenit 2 Fed and 1 Zorki.
It's good to see these lenses being used again, albeit on digital cameras.
I have been thinking of getting a Fuji X pro 1 with an M42 adapter.
Any comments?

These's are all 50mm lenses, which are equivalent in fov to a 100mm lens on mft. Focal lengths don't change for different systems, just the field of view. Also, these are all full frame lenses. As long as the flange distance is right, it will work.

It was for the zenith slr which was m39 and then became m42. This is the industar.

nyadakap is Industar

Could I use these for an e mount camera

On Soviet (not just Russian) the symbol on the front tells you the factory it was made in. See http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/logos/. Your first lens would seem to have been made by KMZ (Krasnogorskiy Mechanicheskiy Zavod, near Moscow) and I think is an Industar 50 or 50-2 as are the others but they are pancake versions. My favourite M39 Soviet lens is the slightly later Industar 61 and 26m, which like the 50s you have are non folding versions of the Industar 22, itself a copy of the German Leica Summicron. They will work on APS-C as they are fine on my Canon EOS-M. You have an Industar 69 coming? Beware. They were for a camera where the lens was slightly closer to the lens. You have to get 1.5mm or so shaved from the adapter.

Lenses can be adapted to sensors up to the original size of there intended image. These were originally designed for 35mm so should be able to be used on full frame as long as the distance from the image sensor can match the distance from the film. With rangefinders lenses, this would commonly be a shorter distance, however with mirrorless cameras that can be possible.

On one of my lenses, it would not focus with a m39 adapter, but did with a m42 adapter - so you have to put a m39 to 42mm adapter on the lens first.

aney way i like its kind of lens because i dont like bring a bag far lens

I had excactly the same problem with focus on some of my M39 screw mount lenses. Some old russian lenses had the camera register distance different than other M39 lenses. What I found out was that I had to first mount a M39 to M42 adapter on my lenses and than go from M42 to the system I was using (Sony E and Fuji X). After that the focus worked just great.
M39 to M42 adapter are easy to find on different sell pages on the Interne, try Amazon.
*Maby someone already has mention this to you in comment below, just had not read all comments.

Actually these lenses work on full frame cameras

Actually, Russia / USSR got Contax factory for reparations, not Leica. However as far as I know both Leica and Contax shared the same screw mount...

First time here, nice crowd , good story , pity for the hassle with that lens but stuff like that can happen.
I was wondering (in the begin of the video) why there were so many thumbs down but I got it at the end hehehe however everybody has the right to an off day. Thanks for sharing. I'll be BACK

The lenses were made for 35mm, and therefore the coverage is greater than APSC.

I use Pentax K, M42, Mamiya lenses on APSC, full frame DSLRs and my Canon M10 .... no problem.

They just have different properties ... just turn of the lens recognition and shoot like we used to on 35mm and 6x6.

Hi Joseph, wanted to ask do you think panasonic will make some updated version with better build and faster focus for less money than Leica, like 20mm 1.7 Mark II, 7-14 F4 Mark II light but build is to plastic and better focus in video =) maybe 10mm , 12mm for people on a budget ?

I personally would recommend the 135mm f2.8 soligor lens (M42 mount)
Its cheap and has a nice bokeh regarless of how far away the subject is

So cool Joseph. Thank you. Coincidentally, a friend of mine is giving me
a whole bunch of old lenses, one being the first nikon 50mm F mount
lens. I can't wait to see how it performs. Great, refreshing topic.
Thanks!

Good morning!
On website; sovietcams.com you will find
all specs about the russian made lenses.
Regards Ulf

These old lenses can't focus anywhere near as close as modern lenses.

Closest focusing distance is 1 meter!

The LTM mount lenses were designed for rangefinders so aren't suited to DSLRs with mirrors and longer flange distance - you wont be able to focus on infinity. Those type work well on mirrorless however. But if the old lens was designed for a reflex camera they can be adapted to a DSLR.

The adapter is not the issue, it is focussing distance. LTM lenses focus down to 1m or 0.7m, and you are too close with your setup. And only the larger lens will work without an additional adapter. The smaller ones don’t have the right flange distance (I guess they are not made for use at a Leica-mount camera, but something else with larger flange distance); with some additional rings they might work just fine. And there were coated M39 russian lenses (later models).

LTM (39mm Screw Mount) lenses can be used on all mirrorless cameras, e.g. on the Sony A7 models with full frame. But you might have problems to the edges with sharpness (vignetting depends on the aperture used). With MFT or APS-C you are always in the sweet spot of the lens, and this gives these old russian lenses their good look on MFT (often not that good on full frame or film, depending on the individual lens). M42 lenses also work with the appropriate adapter, but they are bigger. Lenses with Leica M bayonet mount also work great on MFT with the right adapter (but are more expensive, even if not from Leica).

I used to have M39 and M43 collection of Russian cameras and lenses. This is Industar 50 FF lens, the tall one is for leica rangefinder M39 and two short ones for old Pentax M43 mount. They have same optic design (Tessar 50mm f3.5). It was simple and chip lens back in days. Joseph send me a message if you need more info on that.

For anyone seriously interested in these types of lenses there are a few caveats, which a lot of people including me see as benefits. 1. For older lenses, particularly 1950s and older, these are primarily uncoated glass meaning direct light sources will either wash out images or produce beautiful flares and leaks. 2. the grease in the focusing helicoids can easily be changed. most used lenses will arrive with stiff focusing. 3. these ideal for tinkering - most will simply twist apart or require very very simple tools.

Go for m42 lenses. Just do an ebay search for 'vintage m42 lenses'. By far the preference is for three major makers, Helios,MIR and Jupiter. Industar are a 'budget' brand. Then get yourself an m42 to 'whatever' adapter.

DO NOT overpay for older lenses. With the surge in popularity of mirrorless cameras a lot of sellers in eastern Russia have caught on and can grossly inflate prices. With the exception of some of the older Zeiss lenses, and truly rare lenses prices should be falling squarely in the $20-$150 range. Do your pricing homework. Once you get a better feel for the market you can look at newer m42 lenses which will be more expensive.

Again DO NOT overpay for these older lenses especially since it's rare that they are in optimal condition due to age. You can also find outfits that specialize in selling refurbished, clean, and tested lenses. It's worth a small premium.

GOOD LUCK!

I came across vintage Russian lenses a while ago and read up on them, it is quite fascinating. As you have discovered, the m39 'Leica' screwmount became prominent with the popularity of early Leica, as everybody from the Japanese to the Russians made Leica knockoffs that used the same screwmount. After WWII, when the Russians invaded East Germany, they took control of the Zeiss factory located in Jena, which like everything else was abandoned in a hurry of the advancing Russian army. There was a lot of inventory left behind, so they started up production again, and after exhausting original supplies, they started making their own variants based on Zeiss designs, usually in m42 mount, and set up several large factories to pump out large quantities of lenses for the Zenit camera. The quality control was lax, and quality of lenses vary greatly between copies. The most sought after are from the KMZ factory (acronym of long convoluted Soviet name). Lenses form the original Zeiss factory in Jena, though I think they relocated it with all the workers to the Ukraine, became known in the West as Zeiss Jena, and some still command a fair bit of money on eBay. People like them for various reasons, from the novelty to the particular optical properties, like the swirly broken of the Helios 44, or because they are affordable knockoffs of classic Zeiss designs like the Sonnar and Planar, and some produce tak-sharp images if they are good copies. There are many types of Vintage lenses to explore, some weird and interesting, as long as you are happy with manual. The Japanese produced some fantastic lenses like the Super Takumar.
As I have a Canon SLR without focus peaking, it is difficult to use manual lenses, so I only tried a couple of 50/58mm lenses of various ages to satisfy my curiosity (Helios 44-2, 44-7, and Zenitar-M). While these lenses are a few dollars in shops in the former Eastern block countries, they are considerably more on eBay depending on trends. A fair few Zenits were sold into England, so buying an old Zenit camera with lens in a market or junk shop is often the cheapest way to get Helios lenses. One thing I learned from a forum is to be wary of fakes for certain lenses, and indeed once you know what to look for, you can spot them easily in photos on eBay. For my Helios lenses, one key is knowing when a certain lens was manufactured between, and how they looked, then look at the serial number engraved on the lens as the first two numbers of these correspond to the manufacturing year; that is true for a lot of Russian lenses save Fed lenses and some older ones. For my lenses, 0, 00, and 000 serials were special lenses for VIPs, especially the latter, so more care was made in their construction, and are rare. There is little official information on Russian lenses, and a lot is anecdotal by collectors and connoisseurs of Russian lenses.
Unfortunately it is unlikely Canon will upgrade the firmware of the Canon 80D to add features from the M5 like focus peaking, so I won't be buying any more manual lenses unless they are ultra-wide or fisheye.