Jupiter-9 85/2 RF - Now a comparison with M39

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

First outing with this old RF version of the J-9.

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miran · Joined: 01 Aug 2012 Posts: 1364 Location: Slovenia

Great shots, especially the ones from the beach. You have some dirt on your sensor. Wink

Jesito · Expire: 2015-01-07

The third one shows a nice 3D rendering and awesome sharpness.
Nice samples.

Jes.

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

Thanks. Miran: While I do have the usual scattered dust bunny on my sensor, that first picture was peppered in the sky with spots from water droplets on the front of the lens. I didn't do the best job in cleaning them up.

Nordentro · Expire: 2015-01-29

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Great pictures as usual Smile

I love them all. You prove it why I bought all possible variants Wink

hoanpham · Expire: 2015-01-18

#3 has very nice light.

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

Thank y'all for the comments. I have not yet settled on my assessment of this lens. I have observed that it seems very soft wide open, but sharpens considerably when stopped down. I didn't keep records during the outing, so I don't know for sure how much aperture is needed before it gets good, and my method of stopping down is more a turn of the ring than a precise setting. The thing that struck me more than anything is the amount of yellow tint to the images. Is this common with these lenses? Attila? The coating looks blue, but the tint is so much yellow that it makes the sky look green. A click of a button in PS fixes all that, so no big deal, and keeping some of the tint leads to a warm look which I usually like. I left more of the tint in the first fence picture and as it turns out, I like that tone. The log where hoanpham commented on the lighting is another example. It looks as though it was late day light from the sun, but it was actually very bright mid day lighting. That picture is also an example of how sharp it gets when stopped down to around f/5.6-8 (a guess). The picket fence picture was probably at f/2 and while the narrow point of focus may seem sharp, it's more of a perception created by the surrounding blur, however, I do like the bokeh. This is another lens I need to learn in order to maximize its strengths and minimize its weaknesses.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

All of my RF copies are sharp wide open, SLR lenses a bit soft wide open and very sharp from F4 , I think design feature. RF lenses are significantly sharper wide open. If yours is soft, something not properly aligned inside.

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

What about the yellow tint?

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

No tint at all Sad

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woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

I may need to stand corrected on the sharpness issue. It may have been a matter of glow from the bright areas. Did they ever use radioactive elements? Here is a full size image straight out of camera jpeg where I think it was at f/2 - at least suggested by the max shutter speed of 1/4000. You can see the tone and if you look at one of the front spokes of the bike, you will see the glow from the bright reflection. Thanks for your thoughts.

Laurentiu Cristofor · Joined: 23 Oct 2010 Posts: 524 Location: WA, USA

pdccameras · Expire: 2014-08-11

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Very good samples I would say!

BKSPicture · Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 426 Location: Sverige

Nice shots with a great lens ! Smile

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

Gave the J-9 another go over the past weekend. Only stopped down to around f/2.5 - probably should have gone to f/2.8-3, but sharp enough for these pictures. The yellow tint creates a very warm image that is easy to control in PP. The overall IQ is unique and pleasing.

sonyrokkor · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:25 pm Post subject:

I like the images, and like the lens too.

At F/5,6-8 it is a very sharp lens. I sold the three I had (fool, fool, fool, fool,........).

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Hey nice again, but last is unbeatable Smile

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

SonicScot · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:10 pm Post subject:

Really nice examples, I need to blow the dust off mine and have a play with it again. Smile

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

I have now received a near mint 1966 J-9 M39 version. Initial tests are impressive and give me a new respect for this lens. I hope to get out tomorrow and give it a work out along with new Tair-11 from the same seller. My first impressions are that this one is sharper at wide open than the RF version earlier in this post. There is no yellowing of the glass, so colors are normal. For now, here are only two shots taken today just as tests. Both are wide open, the first from a distance and then cropped 25%. The second from close up, no cropping and no extra sharpening on either post camera.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

It's shows a quality lens , can you post pic from lens itself ?