Many thanks, Brian - super helpful!
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Many thanks, Brian - super helpful!
M. Valdemar
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- New York City
Last year I bought a lens from Russia and it took almost 6 months to arrive. Now in light of the current conflict, is not the time to be buying from Russian or Ukrainian sellers. It will be a crap game.
I will reserve my opinions on what is going on there and what the USA is doing for a different forum. I believe it is mass insanity.
I will reserve my opinions on what is going on there and what the USA is doing for a different forum. I believe it is mass insanity.
The J12 out of Ukraine took about a month and a half. It was a crapshoot. But if not delivered I got a refund so I felt OK even though I wanted the lens more than the money. This is the second lens I have bought from this fellow. Both of them are good lenses. The other is a '57 J8 with very nice color and definition, sharper than what I expected, when I focus it right. ;o)
- Location
- New Zealand
fabulous bokeh!
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- Minnesota
- Name
- Chris
I am guessing that you are shooting the J8 not the Summicron. Yes, it is a great lens. A "Best Buy" in the lens world. You have to shop for an early one and from a guy with a good track record and if you do that you will be pleasantly surprised. The CZJ factory was a good war prize for the Russians and the early Jupiters are very good. Later ones can be, too. As you have shown.
- Location
- Minnesota
- Name
- Chris
Yes, it’s the Jupiter 8, from 1973…I have mine “coded” as the Summicron, as it’s the closest match. I had used it time and time again on adapter to m4/3, and was never impressed. Maybe something with the adapter or sensor stack, who knows. I only kept it for my Zorki, but now I’m glad I didn’t part with it. On the M10 it just shines. At 5.6 it’s as sharp as anything else out there.
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I shoot mine on an M9 and it shines. The Sonnars and their derivatives do really well on this body and on the M10, too, it seems.
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- Chris
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I modified this one for 0.65m RF coupled focus. You intentionally misassemble the Helical so that the near/far stops are exchanged. Them re-index all the scales, and file down the threads for the RF Follower. I sold this one to someone that used it more than it would get with me. I built another black J-8 from parts, might convert it.
You and others know I really like a '57 KMZ J8 I have. I do not know what happened in the KMZ factory with this one but it has great color and great definition. It has that Sonnar gift of 3D imaging and does it gracefully. In my small collection of lenses this one stands out against other 50's and as much as I love the others this one tugs at my sleeve and asks always, "Hey, do you remember me?"
Here it is on the Pixii when it was an A1571. Yes, the white balance is off so please disregard that
And on an M9
In a quiet church with good light
A local Coast Guard cutter moored between missions. We are a Coast Guard town.
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And this night shot at the fish processing plant where this lens and camera combo (M9 + J8) really shines.
Here it is on the Pixii when it was an A1571. Yes, the white balance is off so please disregard that
And on an M9
In a quiet church with good light
A local Coast Guard cutter moored between missions. We are a Coast Guard town.
M9 plus Jupiter 8, a great combo. The Jupiters are uneven because of lousy Soviet QC. This one is a honey.
The Steadfast, the Coast Guard cutter stationed out of Astoria. The "git 'er done" guys. Note the modeling of the pilings in the foreground. Sonnars can do that so well. Even though not in use the pilings are not removed as once removed they cannot be replaced. In the brackish Columbia they are preserved and are available for use later if desired.
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And this night shot at the fish processing plant where this lens and camera combo (M9 + J8) really shines.
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1957 was a great year for me. Don't remember too much, but before that- absolutely nothing.
I'll have to pull out the very special 1957 J-8 that I have, one converted from Contax mount- predecessor to the J8M.
