I love this lens!

[mike goldberg]

Hi All,
Happy camper here...

A Jupiter 8, 50/2 modified [collimated] by Brian Sweeney for my Bessa R,
arrived this week. The price for the lens was reasonable, but the PO here
took a fortune for a moderate foreign currency exchange and wire transfer.
No matter. THIS J8 is worth it!

Here's the link to a favorite shot on HP5+HC110.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=59781

Comments welcome.
Ciao, mike

 

[Keith]

I like that photo a lot Mike ... great tones and out of focus area. Nice lens mate!

Cheers ... Keith 🙂

 

[mike goldberg]

Thanks Keith,
When I had Ruben's recently arrived Fed-2 in my hands a couple of
weekends ago, I could not get the feel of it out of me all weekend.
So, I've ordered one from Fedka.
This is the Fed model with the looong RF base.
Cheers, mike

 

[gb hill]

Excellent Mike, & just in time for the fsu contest.🙂

 

[Keith]

There's something about the Fed 2 that feels so right. I haven't put a film through mine for a while but it gets fondled constantly! 😀

 

[kully]

There's something about the Fed 2 that feels so right. I haven't put a film through mine for a while but it gets fondled constantly! 😀

That's me too. 🙂 I've actually gotten into the habit of carrying it around with the I-50 collapsible, even though I havn't pressed the shutter on it for a week.