Leica After work walk, 50mm Jupiter-8 M39

[carlb]

It was a perfect evening to relax after a long workday. Railroad tracks west of Tony Schmitt park, and woods surrounding. Took three lenses besides the Russian, but the Jupiter-8 stayed on the camera the whole time. Perhaps I was just too tired to switch perspectives.

up the hill by Carl B, on Flickr

undergrowth sumac by Carl B, on Flickr

this old truck by Carl B, on Flickr

west going under by Carl B, on Flickr

white to yellow by Carl B, on Flickr

wild mustard by Carl B, on Flickr

woods opening to tracks by Carl B, on Flickr

 

[Brian]

Those look great- A good Jupiter-8 matches a Nikkor 5cm f2. This one does. I have four of the Nikkors, two Leica and two S-Mount.

 

[asiafish]

Nice!

 

[carlb]

Thanks Brian and Andrew. I might get out in a bit for a few more we'll have to see ...

 

[Raid]

Well done, Carl. It is always refreshing and alarming (!) how a low cost lens can deliver beautiful images (with the direct contribution by the photographer, of course), and that it is not required to use a lens that costs $1000+.

 

[carlb]

This may be an inexpensive lens now Raid, but I'd say it took a lot of care to produce these optics back in the day. Coupled with its recent repurposing to Leica mount standards by Brian, we get a chance to see how much potential is in such glass. The result is an unmatched bargain for what this lens has become.

Modern optics have the advantage in coatings of course. I had to be careful and experiment a bit to reduce flare for some of these shots. I should investigate hoods more, but I just don't like their physical presence when shooting. Silly, I know.

 

[Raid]

Yes, this is true, and I value very much such lenses. I will use in an upcoming trip a Zeiss Sonnar 5cm/1.5 ltm (1938) that Brian put together for me.

 

[Brian]

Raid has one of the first conversions that I did- I think it is the first one that I did for anybody else!