LTM comparison: canon vs. industar-50 vs. jupiter-8

[paulfish4570]

images resized and in order in a lower post. sorry about the foul-up. all my fault.

bw400cn, walgreens processing/scanning; the i-50 and j-8 comparison shots were made within 5 minutes of each other; the canon shots were made a couple of days later when the spring sun already had changed. whatcha think?

 

[Ranchu]

Good job. Thank you for these, that industar is wicked sharp in the center. I'm curious about the year it was made? Thank you!

 

[paulfish4570]

i don't know how old it is for sure, but i think fairly early. i'll try to find out.

 

[Ranchu]

No rush, man. It's the first two digits of the serial number, I have one from '68 but no body for it yet. What's your general conclusions about the lenses?

🙂

 

[paulfish4570]

the j-8 and canon seem close on some of the color renditions; the i-50 has its own look in color; the j-8 is sharp in the middle and edges; so is the canon, but more so; the i-50 isn't as sharp to the edges.
all three are just different from one another. i do like the i-50 and canon best for people with black and white, such as bw400cn. i like the j-8 for black and white things, like rusty steel, if that makes any sense, with ilford xp2. the j-8 might be the contrastiest, with the canon a close second. the i-50 is way back in third on contrast.

 

[paulfish4570]

the i-50's serial number starts n60 ...

 

[Ranchu]

Much appreciated. I know from other posts of yours that you have some trouble with your hands sometimes, I hope you're feeling good today. Thank you again for the tests.

🙂

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks to you, ranchu ...

 

[OMboy]

Shame all your PhotoBuffet pictures have vanished - it makes this thread kinda worthless for other interested readers.

This seems to be a common problem with PB - I use a few forums here and there and the number of threads that are rendered unusable by missing PB pictures is surprisingly high.
Is this because of a user problem or do PB only keep them on file for a short time...?

😕

 

[paulfish4570]

no, i killed the album or shifted the images to another album. i'll check.

 

[paulfish4570]

i had resized the images. here they are again. canon first, j-8 second, i-50 third in each vertical sequence.

i think i have very slight backfocusing issues with the two fsu lenses. need to try aluminum foil shims ...

 

[OMboy]

Thanks Paul.

 

[paulfish4570]

you, sir, are welcome ...