In this video I talk about the Industar 50-2, 50mm f/3.5.

It's an extremely popular vintage soviet lens from 60 years ago, made in the millions. Despite it's many flaws it's a joy to use, it's stupidly cheap, easy to find and most importantly, it makes really good images.

I talk about five reasons why you should definetly own a copy and four reasons why you should perhaps think twice before getting one.

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Shot with the Huawei P30
Edited with Davinci Resolve
Photos edited with RawTherapee and post-processed with GIMP

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00:00 INTRO. With beer
00:26 Proper intro
01:50 General specifics about the Industar 50-2
PROs
07:47 Price
09:17 Availability
10:09 Portability
13:18 Image quality
19:47 Looks
CONs
22:25 Vignetting
22:59 Only reaches peak optical performance at around f/8
24:13 Flares and lack of proper coatings
25:31 Ergonomics, or rather lackthereof
27:33 OUTRO
28:25 Sample images

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