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Industar 61

3 July, 2025

Sunday morning with the Industar 61 in a Fuji XT-1

By Rodrigo Castro

Walking through São Paulo with a camera is always a mix of some surprises and great urban scenery. In downtown and its surroundings, this microcosm of a city with about 20 milli...
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10 September, 2019

5 frames with an Industar-61 L/D 55mm f/2.8 – By Dan Dodd

By Dan Dodd

I had just bought my first rangefinder lens, an uncommon Japanese one from the fifties. The long wait until it would pass the German bureaucratic nightmare that is the Zollamt (...
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7 April, 2019

5 Frames with a Zorki, Industar-61 & Expired Kodak Gold – By Lori Brooks

By lori_brooks

About eighteen months ago, my (re)introduction to film was with an Olympus OMG - well it just had to be didn't it! Since then I've acquired an OM-1 and OM-2n, a large collection...
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8 October, 2018

5 Frames With A Fed 4 Russian Rangefinder – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

This Fed 4 Rangefinder camera came into and out of my collection almost silently. My wife and I had travelled to Gloucestershire to visit family and took a walk into the lovely ...
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17 October, 2017

5 Frames with a FED 5B with Industar 61 L/D by Mark

By Mark

A set of five images in Barcelona taken with a FED 5B camera with Industar 61 L/D on HP5+. The camera and lens were bought at a local flea market for less than the price of two ...
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20 February, 2017

Fed4 & Industar И-61 lens review – Back in the USSR – by Howard Hurd

By HowardH

Early experiences with Soviet cameras left a lasting impression. I have always wondered what I would think if I used these cameras again today, after more years of experience in...
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