Edit- after getting back in from the quick backyard test, I noticed the C-Sonnar had a Skylight 1B filter on it rather than the UV filter to properly compare with the J-3+ and J-3. I will redo this test, hopefully with some Sun and not heavy overcast. The 1B filter increases contrast.
This will be an ongoing project, to build some comparison images between 80+ years of Sonnar formula 5cm F1.5 lenses. This is of course due to the Lomography/Zenit introduction of the Jupiter-3+. This lens is the only 1-3-3 50mm F1.5 Sonnar produced in the 21st century. It is also the Best Jupiter-3 that I've ever seen, or made. I just proved that point to myself, tested against my very best Jupiter-3 created using Zeiss glass optics, a Jupiter-3 barrel with the spacing set for the Leica standard, all in a buttery-smooth KMZ Focus mount modified to focus to 0.75m. I have about 40 hours of time invested into that lens. Getting the spacing between the two triplets to focus across the full range took a lot of trial and error.
We are getting through a major snowstorm, weather has been lousy, and I would love a Sunny day at Gunston Hall to really test this new lens.
Until then, I trekked out to the backyard with my tripod, M9, Jupiter-3+, C-Sonnar, and Millenium J-3. She may not look like much, but I've made some special modifications.
All images uploaded at full-resolution, "click" on the images to "pixel peep".
Up first, the Jupiter-3+, wide-open.
This will be an ongoing project, to build some comparison images between 80+ years of Sonnar formula 5cm F1.5 lenses. This is of course due to the Lomography/Zenit introduction of the Jupiter-3+. This lens is the only 1-3-3 50mm F1.5 Sonnar produced in the 21st century. It is also the Best Jupiter-3 that I've ever seen, or made. I just proved that point to myself, tested against my very best Jupiter-3 created using Zeiss glass optics, a Jupiter-3 barrel with the spacing set for the Leica standard, all in a buttery-smooth KMZ Focus mount modified to focus to 0.75m. I have about 40 hours of time invested into that lens. Getting the spacing between the two triplets to focus across the full range took a lot of trial and error.
We are getting through a major snowstorm, weather has been lousy, and I would love a Sunny day at Gunston Hall to really test this new lens.
Until then, I trekked out to the backyard with my tripod, M9, Jupiter-3+, C-Sonnar, and Millenium J-3. She may not look like much, but I've made some special modifications.
All images uploaded at full-resolution, "click" on the images to "pixel peep".
Up first, the Jupiter-3+, wide-open.
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