 Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:49 pm Post subject: Jupiter 9 85mm f2 |
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scsambrook wrote:
Forward to the Past . . . I already had a Kiev and the little, plastic Soviet 85mm viewfinder so getting the Jupiter 9 seemed like a good idea, especially as it came from eBay with an M4/3 adapter. Never mind that the adapter was to Leica M, I already had the LM to M4/3 adapter . . . and the Lumix camera to use it on. From what I've read about the logo on it, this particular Jupiter 9 was made at the LZOS factory, presumably in 1975, going by the number. It has some factory souvenirs inside in the form of various bits of dust, but otherwise it's clean, although the focusing movement seems to use some lubricant which freezes at +20 degrees C.
Looks nice, though, doesn't it? I might even load a film in the camera sometime, the shutter seems to work fine.
New toys must be used immediately - right? Yes, of course, so I put it on the Lumix G1 and went out into the rain
As it was raining quite heavily and I had nobody to hold an umbrella for me, I took this one hand-held at closest focus distance (1.15 meters) and f2. Not the best recipe for getting pin-point focus, but never mind, it looks nice and moody.
Stopping down to f4 sharpens and perks things up a bit:
When (if) the rain stops I'll get out the tripod and do some more carefully controlled shots. Both these are from camera jpegs with the Lumix set on 'Vibrant' with sharpness and saturation both set at +2. And I used a lens hood, really to keep the rain off the front element.
I had a J-9 in the late 1970s in Leica rf mounting that was, er, um, sort of 'warm'. For those who remember colour slide films, it made Kodachrome look like Agfa CT18. Later I had two J-9s in M42, both bought in the 1980s when you could pick them up for very little money. Neither of them seemed anything like as good as the older rangefinder one. This one looks like it might be a decent one.
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Stephen
Equipment: Pentax DSLR for casual shooting, Lumix G1 and Fuji XE-1 for playing with old lenses, and Leica M8 because I still like the optical rangefinder system. |
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