====== Industar (M42) ====== ---- dataentry lens ---- name : Industar (M42) make : Industar focal_length : TBC max_aperture : TBC native_mount : M42 lens_type : Prime format_coverage : 35mm Full Frame condition : Good notes : Placeholder - add specific model details ---- {{gear:lens_industar_m42.jpg?400}} The Industar is a series of Soviet lenses based on pre-war Zeiss Tessar designs, produced at various Soviet optical factories from the 1940s onwards. The Tessar formula — four elements in three groups — was known as the "Eagle Eye" for its sharpness. Industar lenses are compact, well built and produce clean, sharp images with a slightly clinical rendering quite different from the Helios. An excellent lens for street and documentary photography.