Rubinar () is a Soviet lens design series developed and produced by JSC Lytkarino Plant of Optical Glass (LZOS). It is compact despite its long focal lengths.
Rubinars can be used with proprietary mount cameras by using M42 adaptors. Focusing motors are absent though (manual only), and so are the variable apertures.
Variants
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 Rubinars may be transformed into spotting scopes using an M42 Turist-FL ocular attachment and image redresser. Their optical arrangement gives flexibility in placing the focal plane and changing the focal ratio by mere refocus. Astro-Rubinar is a Rubinar 1000 mm kit including oculars and a 90° prism for convenient use as a visual telescope., (version in English) MTO lenses by Soviet manufacturer KMZInformation about the KMZ Zenit MTO-500 and MTO-1000 mirror lenses. Retrieved 14 July 2019. utilise a similar design, with a single Maksutov achromatic corrector.
References
External links
LZOS website MC Rubinar - 1:8.0 500 mm MACRO MTO-11CA 10/1000 Telephoto Lens on LZOS website