Another photo news from Russia: the previously reported Zenitar 50mm f/1 lens for Leica M-mount was officially announced at an event in Moscow. Several other lenses were also on display: Zenithar 2.8/16 Zenithar 1.2/50 Zenithar 1.4/75 Helios Edition Selena 1.9/58 Selena 2.2/85 Helios 40-2 1.5/85 Additional informtion on the new lens, including the full press […]
The Russian Zenitar and Helios lenses are coming to Germany – a company representative confirmed that a new batch of lenses is being shipped to a distributor in Germany: “A German distributor has purchased another shipment of photographic lenses from the Zenitar and Helios product lines, produced by the the Krasnogorsky Zavod (KMZ) of the […]
There are several new lenses from the Russian LZOS factory that were announced on February 1st: MC RUBINAR 1000/10 Macro MC RUBINAR 500/8 Macro MC RUBINAR 500/5.6 Macro MC RUBINAR 300/4.5 Macro A few sample photos can be found here (from the 300/4.5 lens on a Sony a7s camera). Here is the translated press release:
Zenit announced the first lens of the Zenitar line with an electronic-controlled diaphragm: Zenitar 60mm f/2.8 macro lens. The lens will be produced in the Krasnogorsk factory S. A. Zverev (KMZ). The Zenitar 2,8/60 Macro lens has 1:1 magnification scale, the minimum focusing distance is 0.23m. The lens will be sold in Russia, USA, Germany, Italy, and China […]
