Rubinar

Rubinar 1:5.6 500 mm

Rubinar (Russian: Рубинар) is a Soviet lens series with long focal lengths developed and produced by JSC Lytkarino Plant of Optical Glass (LZOS).

Rubinar lenses can be used with modern cameras by using an M42 adaptor.

Focusing motor automata is absent (manual only).

Variants

Forsythia with characteristic donut shaped blur (Bokeh) due to the use of a catadioptric system. Focus on foreground. Rubinar 5,6/500

• MC Rubinar - 1:8.0 500 mm
• MC Rubinar - 1:4.5 300 mm
• MC Rubinar - 1:5.6 500 mm
• MC Rubinar - 1:10 1000 mm

• Astro-Rubinar 106/1000 is a mini-telescope, an astronomic variant of Rubinar 1000 mm lens.

• MTO-11CA is a clone of MC Rubinar 10/1000 made by a different factory The MTO is a completely different design from the Rubinar.

• a MC Rubinar 10/1000 may be extended to a 111x telescope using a Turist-FL ocular attachment.

References

www.commiecameras.com

External links

• LZOS website
• (Russian) MC Rubinar - 1:8.0 500 mm MACRO
• Suggestions for using the Rubinar (MAKSUTOV) lenses with various cameras
• MTO-11CA 10/1000 Telephoto Lens on LZOS website
• Communist Cameras