[Leica] IMG: Friday Flowers by Jupiter

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Lluis.  I was very  impressed with the way the lens performed.  
This was shot at f/4 (I think).  As I said earlier, the only fault with 
the lens is that the aperture ring moves too easily.  I have taken some 
steps to add some friction, so we'll see if I need to do more.

My Jupiter 12 follows the serial number scheme you mention, indicating 
it was made in 1987.  This Jupiter 8 breaks the rules, with a SN of 
0164681.  The Jupiter name is in English, it is black with silk-screened 
scales, and the distance scale is in meters. It resembles some of the 
later lenses.  The entire front rotates when focusing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/11/2016 8:32 PM, Lluis Ripoll Photography wrote:
> Very nice shot Jim, great rendition! At which aperture did you shoot it?
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> The two first digits on the serial No. of the Jupiter lenses indicate the year they was manufactured, the best ones as Marc J. Small says on his book are the lenses made up to the year 1960 or early 60’s, at that moment they was still using the full stock of parts they take from Zeiss, and these lenses was as good as the Zeiss ones, but not all, because the assembling process was not so good as it was with Zeiss, for this reason sometimes when you buy a Jupiter is like a lottery …. on this case you was lucky!
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> Lluis
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>> El 11 nov 2016, a les 19:29, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
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>> For some reason, it occurred to me this morning that the old Jupiter 8, 50/2, low serial number, made for Kiev, lens that I have had for years, which wouldn't focus well on my Barnacks, might work just fine on the Fuji X-E1.  So I mounted it on double adapters and took it out for a spin.  The aperture setting turns freely, so I secured it with a rubber band.
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>> Shooting a brick wall showed proper focus, and no distortion, but I wanted a real subject.  I had seen this spot of color from a distance, so I checked out my neighbor's cool weather blooms.  To me, the Zeiss heritage shines through.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cool+Weather+Colors.TIFF.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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