Fun little lens!

[rwchisholm]

Just picked up a Jupiter-8 for the M9. Tiny, cheap, poorly made... But nice optics! Fun lens for the price. If the GAS hits, a nice way to add a walk around 50 for around $30. Not too often that you can buy a lens for less money then its focal length! Some pics if you want to check out it's drawing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52388273@N03/sets/72157624756756251/

Rob

 

[Alpacaman]

I just finished repairing one, and I am looking forward to trying it out. That first pic is great!

 

[Brian Legge]

I agree. This is my go-to lens for my IIIc. All of the shots below were probably in the f/2-2.8 range with the lens.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4868992463/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4865620804/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4862428408/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4859782653/

 

[Avotius]

Less money than its focal length, I like that 🙂

 

[Ezzie]

Agreed. I think I managed to do the same with a Volna-3 lens the other day. Howevee buying the adapters to mount it on my Nikon turned out to be more expensive than the lens. Ah well, I hope this lens turns out as good as the OP's Jupiter.

 

[robklurfield]

I love mine and I even over-paid for it at something like $40. Haven't used it in a while. Time to pull it out soon.

 

[Keith]

A thirty dollar lens on a seven thousand dollar camera ... makes sense! 😀

Oh ... and don't forget you saw it here on RFF! 😛

 

[kdemas]

A thirty dollar lens on a seven thousand dollar camera ... makes sense! 😀

Oh ... and don't forget you saw it here on RFF! 😛

THAT is funny 🙂

 

[Ezzie]

A thirty dollar lens on a seven thousand dollar camera ... makes sense! 😀

Oh ... and don't forget you saw it here on RFF! 😛

There are many roads to Rome, and even if the Romans tried hard to prove the opposite, none of them straight.

 

[ampguy]

Here's a bit of trivia, the J8 is actually thicker than the faster 1.5 J3 (in aluminum barrel versions). The J3 fits into my Rubbermaid round food containers like my other tiny lens - Canon 28/2.8, CV 15, and 21s, but the J8 is just a bit too thick for the container.

 

[shadowfox]

The only missing lens from the FSU world is a tiny 35/2. If they have one, who needs a Summicron 🙂

Brian, nice selection of your pics.