Industar 96U-1 96Y-1 Soviet enlarger lens 3.5/50 OPTA M39 mount boxed

Industar 96U-1 lens for enlarger, #9104 50 mm, 1:3.5, M39 mount, Feodosiyski Optical Plant (FOZ), "OPTA" trademark, Feodosiya, USSR with original front cap and box Very good condition. Lens is clear, does not have any scratches. Rear glass has a fungus dot. Inside there are microspecks of microdust. Body has tiny, almost invisible signs of age. Aperture ring rotates easily and has a small backlash. Box and cap are original. Box has signs of use and small inner crack at the bottom. This is a lens for enlargers for frame size 24x36mm. "Industar-96U" was produced at FOZ (Feodosiya) since 1980. Its variant I-96U-1 was produced since 1985. Difference is in the changed body design. It is a lens for enlarger so it does not have a focusing ring. Focusing is done when moving the camera or enlarger with lens together. To use with camera you need macrorings or bellows. Thanks to its resolving power and sharpness it is now often used as macrolens. Lens is very sharp, even at f/3.5, giving a nice bokeh. Lens does not work in contre-jour, but does not have any chromatic aberrations, vignette or distorsion. This lens is very-very small and lightweight. You can easily put in your pocket. Lens has one-layered antireflection coating. Its price in USSR was only 9 Soviet Roubles (with average salary about 120 Soviet Roubles per month). Also "Industar-96U-2" with lighting of aperture scale were produced since 1985. Characteristics: Lens s/number - 9104 Number of lenses - 4 in three groups, Tessar. Angle of view - 38o Number of aperture blades - 6 Limit of aperturing - 1:3.5 (max), 1:11 (min) Resolving power - (centre/edge) 60/24 lines/mm Minimal distance of focusing - 0,29 m Type of thread - M39 Type of thread for the nozzles - cannot be mounted Dimensions (mm): 48*48*40 Real focal distance - 53,4 +/-0,5 mm Mass - 63 g (100 g with cap and box) One-layered anti-reflection coating ---------- Conditions: Economy shipping to the address stated at Pinkoi with tracking number, usually sent within 3 business days after payment. See the photos for details. Photos are actual - that is exactly the lens you will receive. Please, do not hesitate to contact me for any information required. Please, watch my other items. I combine shipping - write to me what items do you want to buy, and I will calculate the discount for combined shipping. Package is packed thoroughly and carefully and marked as a “gift”. If you need to add invoice in the envelope or not to mark as a “gift”, write to me. If you are interested in terms of shipment - write to me, and I will tell the minimum, maximum and average time of shipment to your country (I accumulated vast statistics). Return shipping (if the item is as described in the ad) is paid by the buyer. My price include the item and shipping cost and does not include Duties, Value Added Taxes, Customs Clearance Fees and other charges. These charges are the buyer's full responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be before bidding/buying. Buyer needs to pay for the above fees in case that occurred for certain goods. If the package returns back to me due to the buyer refuse to pay those fees, I would not send the package again unless the buyer completes those fees and pay all the return and resend cost. Buyer can not cancel the order or request refund due to this reason. All the customs clearance and other affairs that can be necessary to get the package in the buyer’s country is buyer’s full responsibility. Please, be sure that you are aware of your post office working time, order and rules of package delivery and be ready to accept the package. If the package returns to me as “unclaimed” or the tracking system shows “unsuccessful delivery attempts”, refund to the buyer will be paid deducting the shipping and return costs. Resending must be paid extra.