Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information