LTM Jupiter 12

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I am becoming a Jupiter lens fan. I've got the Jupiter 12 35mm, Jupiter 8 50mm, Jupiter 9 85mm, and the Jupiter 11 135mm, all LTM's. They are all good lenses. They are all copies of the pre-WW II Zeiss Sonnars that the Russians got as war reparations along with other goodies. They have become popular again in cinematography for their muted tones. My experience is that while the contrast is lower, uncoated lenses for the most part, the colors are solid. Here is a photo of the Fierce Leader a fishing boat moored in Ilwaco, WA, today. Check the blue hull and the other colors. It is a sharp lens, too, but not so much as to make your eyes bleed. Pretty darned good for a 1951 lens that is a copy of a 1930's lens. All the Jupiters seem to play well with the Leica M9 which is what this photo was taken with.

Leica M9, Jupiter 12, 35mm f/2.8, f/11.0.

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Yup, I love my 50mm f2 Jupiter 8 and that dreamy look it produces.
In 2020. I shot our whole April challenge with it and was quite happy with the results:

APRIL CAMERADERIE 2020

Here are all 30 images of another CAMERADERIE challenge, a month long endeavour to face the extraordinary circumstances of home confinement with a picture each day. The adventure made me (re)discover my little universe, observing everyday objects in a new light or wandering deeper in our little Gardenia. According to imposed isolation, all images are from my house and backyard, except for the very last one, shot in a neighboring street, to wrap the whole in a wider context of these events.

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CAMERADERIE BOOK

Some of you that follow my ramblings might remember APRIL CAMERADERIE, a series of photographs I made back in April when the first wave of isolation begun. Well, Darko Macan has been following them also, and admitted he got inspired. Yeah, it took me no less than six months to pack it up, but here it is finally; you can browse it or download freely the PDF of the book: FABULARIUS-2020-CAMERADERIE-120Download . . .

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[boojum]

Yup, I love my 50mm f2 Jupiter 8 and that dreamy look it produces.
In 2020. I shot our whole April challenge with it and was quite happy with the results:

APRIL CAMERADERIE 2020

Here are all 30 images of another CAMERADERIE challenge, a month long endeavour to face the extraordinary circumstances of home confinement with a picture each day. The adventure made me (re)discover my little universe, observing everyday objects in a new light or wandering deeper in our little Gardenia. According to imposed isolation, all images are from my house and backyard, except for the very last one, shot in a neighboring street, to wrap the whole in a wider context of these events.

pictogramax.rs

CAMERADERIE BOOK

Some of you that follow my ramblings might remember APRIL CAMERADERIE, a series of photographs I made back in April when the first wave of isolation begun. Well, Darko Macan has been following them also, and admitted he got inspired. Yeah, it took me no less than six months to pack it up, but here it is finally; you can browse it or download freely the PDF of the book: FABULARIUS-2020-CAMERADERIE-120Download . . .

pictogramax.rs

Hey, nice work. The old Soviet lenses work well in the right hands. I took the liberty to look at your Urban Sketches and you have a great command of line. Your work evokes memories of another French favorite of mine, Möbius. Was he Jean-Luc Girard? Something like that. A great artist and cartoonist, much missed.

Chapeau, mon ami, chapeau.