Jupiter Glow?

[Creagerj]

We've probably all heard of that Leica glow that happens with old Leica lenses, but could there be such a thing as Jupiter glow?

See for yourself.

This is my second roll of film with my recently aquired kiev 4a. The first time I didn't like it so much, but now I love it. The lens has a lot more contrast than my QL17. It's a great camera. This shot was taken with a Jupiter 8M on Arista EDU 400 at 1/250 f16. There has been no photoshop alteration.

 

[clarence]

Caveat: My monitor isn't calibrated.
I see a glow, but I don't see contrast. It all seems grey to me. I suspect the glow results from flare. Was it very sunny?

Clarence

 

[wyk_penguin]

Caveat: My monitor isn't calibrated.
I see a glow, but I don't see contrast. It all seems grey to me. I suspect the glow results from flare. Was it very sunny?

Clarence

Hush, keep it down. Don't spoil the myth. 😀

Actually, I don't see much glow/flare. Most is concentrated where the branches block the sunny sky. Therefore I feel that it is flare. The "white tree" (cherry blossom?) does not glow much.

 

[Creagerj]

Ya I know. It was a very sunny day, and the blooming trees add to the "glow." All in all I really like this picture even though the glow is staged.

 

[reagan]

Ya I know. It was a very sunny day, and the blooming trees add to the "glow." All in all I really like this picture even though the glow is staged.

I'm with you. I like the shot... and Jupiters.

 

[xayraa33]

yes,... there is a type of " glow" to this photo, you might be on to something here.

 

[Creagerj]

See, some people will at least humor me.

 

[xayraa33]

try taking a few portraits with this lens, at different aperture settings to see if the "glow" is consistant.

 

[reagan]

"glow" and "consistant" - two words that are not often seen together with any lens. 😉

 

[xayraa33]

a lens could have different degrees of " glow " at different settings & sujects and in different light situations, on the same roll of film I suppose

 

[rich815]

Some people make fun of me putting my Jupiter-8 on my Leica MP but man, it is one great lens in my eyes! This slide show is some images taken with weekend with a roll of Ekfe 25 and in mostly bright sunshine. The Jupiter-8 performed like a champ!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/search/tags:Jup-8(1985)/show/

 

[pedro.m.reis]

Hi.
Liked the photos very much!
Must get myself some efke 25... How did you process it?

Some people make fun of me putting my Jupiter-8 on my Leica MP but man, it is one great lens in my eyes! This slide show is some images taken with weekend with a roll of Ekfe 25 and in mostly bright sunshine. The Jupiter-8 performed like a champ!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/search/tags:Jup-8(1985)/show/

 

[jano]

Joe, I wouldn't call that glow... the shot is more flare than glow. I'd say rich's shot shows a bit of glow, though 🙂

 

[rich815]

Pedro and Jano, thanks for the comments.

Pedro, the Efke 25 was developed in D-76, 1-3 dilution, for 9 minutes at 21C, constant inversions first 30 seconds and then 4 inversions at every minute mark thereafter. Negs were then scanned with a Nikon LS-4000 using Vuescan.

 

[pedro.m.reis]

Thanks!
Ever tryed rodinal with it?
More and more i beleive that a nice scanner is very important to those like me dont have a wet printing room...... I'm begining to think that: or my photos stink or my epson 4180 Photo scanner is not the right tool....

Pedro and Jano, thanks for the comments.

Pedro, the Efke 25 was developed in D-76, 1-3 dilution, for 9 minutes at 21C, constant inversions first 30 seconds and then 4 inversions at every minute mark thereafter. Negs were then scanned with a Nikon LS-4000 using Vuescan.

 

[sockeyed]

I soup my Efke (25, 50 & 100) in Rodinal 1+100. Very nice results, especially the 25.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sockeyed/tags/efke/

 

[pedro.m.reis]

Very nice indeed.
What scanner did you use?

I soup my Efke (25, 50 & 100) in Rodinal 1+100. Very nice results, especially the 25.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sockeyed/tags/efke/

 

[rich815]

Hi Pedro, that was my first roll of Efke 25 so I have not tried with Rodinal yet. I really like Rodinol and have 2/3 of a large bottle left. I really like Acros in Rodinol and sometimes Tri-X. I actually like grain sometimes, and especially like the accutance and perceived sharpness that comes with that. The reason I used the D-76 at 1-3 was to hopefully accentuate edges but not to the extent that Rodinal sometimes can. When scanning I find too much grain can cause issues but with proper developer technique it can usually be controlled.

I can see how Efke would be good with Rodinal though (as Sockeye so aptly shows us!). Just that I've been having such wonderful success with D-76 lately with Bergger 200, Delta 100, Tri-X and now Efke25 that I'm thinking I may be stopping the use of HC-110 and Microdol-X that I've been mostly using and focus on D-76 from now on with the occasional use of Rodinal when appropriate.

BTW, I scan my 35mm negs, as mentioned, with a Nikon LS-4000 but I scan my 6x4.5, 6x6 amnd 6x9 negs with an Epson 4990 and get excellent results, especially using Vuescan.