Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We had lengthy discussions back in the day when Marc Small was promoting Zeiss and the Ukranian derivative lenses. I have found them to be quite good: so much so I found and had refurbished a Zeiss Contax Ii so that I could use a 35mm lens. On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 7:13 PM Howard Sanner < leica-users at terrier.ampexguy.com> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago someone on this forum suggested taking pictures > with lenses made in the Ukraine and posting them. I'm not sure if > IUpiter/Jupiter lenses were made there or in parts of the Soviet Union > that are now Russia. At all odds, I got a roll of Kodak Gold 400 film > (remember film?) out of the freezer, dug the Jupiter lenses out of the > closet, and decided to make a Leica IIIc from 1937 earn its keep. For > the 50mm lens I used the viewfinder in the camera; for the 35mm and > 135mm lenses I used a VIOOH/Imarect finder. (If anyone wants to geek > out further about equipment, just ask.) > > The pictures below, taken at a lake near my home, are offered as > examples of the lenses' performance. I'm certainly not alleging that > they have any artistic merit! There are examples of the 35mm > Jupiter-12, 50mm IUpiter-8, and 135mm IUpiter-11. I thought I had an > 85mm, but, if so, I couldn't find it in time for this exercise. All > the lenses except the 35mm are marked in cyrillic characters. > > > > 35mm f/2.8 Jupiter-12 from 1985: > > http://www.ampexguy.com/jupiter/03890008.JPG > > > 50mm f/2.0 IUpiter-8 from 1956: > > http://www.ampexguy.com/jupiter/03890004.JPG > > http://www.ampexguy.com/jupiter/03890005.JPG > > http://www.ampexguy.com/jupiter/03890021.JPG > > http://www.ampexguy.com/jupiter/03890025.JPG > > > 135mm IUpiter-11 from 1975: > > http://www.ampexguy.com/jupiter/03890008.JPG > > I had forgotten just how much I love screwmount Leicas! I've used > these lenses before, and, honestly, I didn't remember them performing > nearly this well. > > Howard Sanner > leica-users at terrier.ampexguy.com > > > > > -- > Howard Sanner > leica-users at terrier.ampexguy.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >