industar-50...35mm version?

[triplefinger]

Hello.
I know the industar-50 is a zeiss copy, not a leica copy. I love this lens, I have the collapsible version.
Question is, did they ever make a 35mm version and knock off the look of the leica 35(i have the summaron, an oldie but goodie)

the J-12 is so deep, i'm wondering if there are other options.

Thanks!

[ZorkiKat]

Originally Posted by triplefinger

Hello.
I know the industar-50 is a zeiss copy, not a leica copy. I love this lens, I have the collapsible version.
Question is, did they ever make a 35mm version and knock off the look of the leica 35(i have the summaron, an oldie but goodie)

the J-12 is so deep, i'm wondering if there are other options.

Thanks!

The I-50 is indeed more of a Tessar than an Elmar...the position of the diaphragm is one clue.

The only readily available (and the only one, unless there were prototypes lurking somewhere) LTM 35mm from the Soviets was the J-12. Its abilities as a lens should more than make up for its mass...it could match the summaron or even do better. Got a summaron myself, but I like the J-12 better.

Jay