A Vintage Lens – Probably an Industar 22?

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I took these pictures before the recent snowfall. So why probably an Industar 22? Well, it came attached to an obviously fake Leica. So, the one thing I’m pretty sure of is that it’s almost certainly not a Leitz (i.e. Leica) Elmar as it says on the front plate. After a bit of research, I think it’s probably an Industar 22. This lens was produced for a number of 35 mm cameras made by KMZ in the Soviet Union from 1948 into the 1950s. I can’t say exactly when it was made as that would require looking at the serial number, which has conveniently, and not surprisingly, disappeared from this one. It is a 5 cm f/3.5 Tessar-formula lens. It was first made as a collapsible lens in Leica 39 mm screw-mount, for the Fed and Zorki rangefinders. It resembles Leica’s collapsible 5cm f/3.5 Elmar. Apparently about 20,000 were made.

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Taken with a Sony A7IV and 50mm f3.5 Industar 22 (I think).