Industar 61

That's the first roll through the new FED4.  I'm not impressed.  Nothing is what you'd call sharp.  Mind you, I can't complain, I got the Industar61 lens with the camera for £5.50 the pair.  So I will probably need another lens, maybe a Jupiter8.  I could kick myself now for selling both of those lenses, and all their bloody filters, a few months ago.  Binary thinking, that was.  However, one lives and learns.

I've got an Industar26 on the FED2 - I'll maybe try that on the next roll I'm putting through the FED4, which is Agfa E6, which I got from Oli.  I'm going to use that to take a set of portraits indoors.  Maybe half and half with the two lenses would be a good idea.  It's part of a new approach I'm toying with: shoot a roll of film on a given subject, and dev it straightaway.  I've got loads of film.  And the processing works out at about 65p now.

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  1. Frederick LamMon Dec 28, 08:34:00 pm GMT

    Hi there, I'm searching the details about industar 61 recently. I'm thinking if you can use Leica's lens with your Fed 4 since it's also using M39, right?

    BTW, do you think it can still find brand new industar 61 nowaday? Thanks.

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  2. Garry NixonSat Jan 02, 01:02:00 am GMT

    All Leica Thread Mount lenses fit all the FEDs. I don't know if they still make Industar 61s. Let me know if you find out.

    Good luck.

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