[Leica] Jupiter/IUpiter lenses

[Jeffery Smith]

I got a new 50/1.5 Jupiter (made in Russia) and a used 50/2 Jupiter (made in Ukraine) around the same time. On a Canon 7s, I think the older 50/2 is a tad better performer. Yuri owed me a favor over an ordering mishap, and told me that he would send me his best 50/2, and I think he did. Both are excellent lenses stopped down.

Jeffery

> On Mar 21, 2022, at 6:04 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
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