Volna-9K 50mm F/2.8 MC Macro

akaВОЛНА-9К 50mm F/2.8 МС МАКРО

Macro lens • Film era • Discontinued • Collectible

  • Announced:
  • · 1986
  • Production type:
  • · Small-batch production: 150 (one hundred fifty) units
  • Availability:
  • ● Sold out
  • Country of design:
  • · USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
  • Original name:
  • · МС ВОЛНА-9К МАКРО 2,8/50
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame macro lens
  • System:
  • · Zenit K (1985)

Abbreviations

MC Multi-layer anti-reflection coating is applied to the surfaces of lens elements. This anti-reflection coating increases light transmission, eliminates flare and ghosting, and maintains color consistence among all lens models.
MACRO Macro lens. Designed specially for shooting close-ups of small subjects but can be also used in other genres of photography, not necessarily requiring focusing at close distances. Learn more

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
50mm
F/2.8
6 elements in 5 groups (Double Gauss derivative)
Pentax K [45.5mm]
46.8° (35mm full frame)
On Pentax K APS-C [1.53x] cameras:
35mm equivalent focal length:
76.5mm (in terms of field of view)
35mm equivalent speed:
F/4.3 (in terms of depth of field)
Diagonal angle of view:
31.6°
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Automatic
Aperture control:
Aperture ring (Manual settings only)
6 (six)
Focusing:
0.24m
1:2
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
300g
⌀66×64mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 52mm
Not required
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Source of data

  • Manufacturer's technical data.

From the editor

A very rare macro lens for Zenit cameras with the Pentax K mount. The lens was shown at a Soviet exhibition in 1986 and produced by the Lytkarino Optical Glass Plant (USSR) in 1987 in a small batch of 150 units. Optically, it is no different from its screw-mount brother, which was luckier because it was mass-produced.

At the closest focusing distance of 0.24m, the lens provides a magnification of 1:2. Using a 2x converter, the magnification could be increased to 1:1.

Light transmission: 0.9. Resolving power, mm-1: at the center of the field: 42, at the edges of the field: 30.

Lenses with similar focal length

■Pentax K mount (9)
Lensbaby Velvet 56mm F/1.6 Macro SLR • 1:2M4 - 3⌀62 2015 ●
Panagor Auto 55mm F/2.8 PMC Macro • 1:1A5 - 40.22m⌀62 ●
smc Pentax-A 50mm F/2.8 Macro • 1:2A6 - 40.24m⌀49 1983 ●
smc Pentax-M 50mm F/4 Macro • 1:2A4 - 30.23m⌀49 1977 ●
smc Pentax 50mm F/4 Macro • 1:2A4 - 30.23m⌀52 1975 ●
Sigma MF 50mm F/2.8 Multi-Coated Macro ZEN • 1:1A10 - 90.19m⌀52 1988 ●
Spiratone Proxitel 55mm F/2.8 Macro • 1:1A5 - 40.22m⌀62 1985 ●
Vivitar [Auto] 55mm F/2.8 [MC] Macro (s/n 28xxxxxx) • 1:1
akaElicar V-HQ 55mm F/2.8 MC Macro
akaRokunar V-HQ 55mm F/2.8 MC Macro		A5 - 40.22m⌀62 1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Classic Makro-Planar T* 50mm F/2 ZE / ZF / ZF.2 / ZK • 1:2A8 - 60.24mE67 2006 ●
■Interchangeable mount (1)
Sigma[-XQ] MF [Standard] 55mm F/2.8 [Multi-Coated] Macro [YS] • 1:2A7 - 50.25m⌀55 1973 ●

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