Jupiter 12 lens hood

[Shovelbum]

Hi,

Quick question, I don't feel right without a lens-hood and I'm about to buy one of the heavystar hoods for my J-8 and Helios, my question is can I get by with the standard hood on a J-12, or do I need to buy a wide-angle hood? It's not a big deal the wide-angle hood that heavystar sells is only $7 but being a college student every dime I can save goes a long ways (books set me back a fortune this semester 😱 ) so I figured I'd ask before putting in the order. Thanks!

 

[ray_g]

In my experience, you don't really need one on the J12. The lens is really recessed and the front of the lens body acts well enough as a hood. An accessory hood would only make aperture adjustment more difficult, IMO.

 

[hoot]

In my experience, you don't really need one on the J12. The lens is really recessed and the front of the lens body acts well enough as a hood.

Unless, of course, a filter is used.

Sometimes I wish there was a tiny (yellow) filter with a rubber housing that one could simply wedge into the Jupiter-12, maybe with a piece of string attached to pull it back out. That way the built-in hood could still be used.

 

[DaveP]

Go to your local photo shop and dig through the bargain box and find a 49 mm rubber lens hood. Pull the rubber part off the metal part. Now, the rubber part will slip nicely over the J-12! And you can still easily use a filter.

 

[reagan]

I go along with ray_g, a hood isn't really necessary on a J12. A while back I bought this hood (since it was cheap) from American Eagle at the Bay for $4.95 +S&H. I've used it on both my J12 w/o filter and Orion 15 w/ filter. Again, not really necessary, but adds a little extra shading and allows me to adjust aperture on the J12 more easily simply by turning the hood. (Filter + hood on the Orion makes aperture difficult to adjust.) If you'd rather spend money elsewhere, forget the hood. If you got a few bucks, I've been very satisfied with this one.

 

[Shovelbum]

Thanks everybody, my j-12 should arrive by wed, I think I'll shoot some film without a hood under different lighting conditions and see for myself how it handles, thanks again!

 

[wlewisiii]

I'll simply add to this to say that I've never used a hood on my J-12's and have yet to get it to flare... and I can do that to most lenses by simply looking at them :bang: :bang: :bang: Even the SC Skopar I had could be made to flare where I couldn't make the J-12. I guess I'd say that your plan of shooting first and seeing how it works for you is the best thing to do.

Enjoy! I consider the J-12 to be the best of the FSU lenses. I can (and have) replace the J-8s, J-9s & J-11s I've owned, but there's just something about the J-12... 🙂

William

 

[Kragmeister]

I use a J-12 on a Kiev 4 and 4A. I don't use a lens hood unless I use filters. I managed to find a Series VI Tiffen wide-angle lens hood and use it with a 40.5mm to Series VI adapter. I generally use Series type filters on my vintage stuff. See the attached photos.

Later,
Greg