NOS Jupiter 12 lens focus issues on Leica M

I reached out to the seller, and even though the ebay sale was As Is/No returns, he was extremely apologetic and said he'd do whatever I wanted.
I appreciated that but told him not to worry. The gesture was enough for me as the money was so little. I'm sure I can think of something to use this thing for.

I do agree with others though, it is too shiny for it to not have been buffed up. Most prob to be sold as NOS...
 
Hmmm,
Huss said:
...The Jupiter looks like someone bought metal tubing, a couple of washers and a hack saw at home depot.
I'm kinda surprised you even wrote that.
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Are you really saying that about the Jupiter lens in your photo in post No 5 above?

Regards, David
 
Huss, if you send me your lens, I can attempt to fix it in the same way I fixed mine. Just pay shipping both ways.
 
Huss said:
Sure, a brillo pad and some Ajax and I can make anything shiny!
;)
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Please don't laugh, I went after a rare lens* and they'd done that to it, including the beautiful lump of glass at the front. Turned out they were scrap metal dealers and were selling it as it was some pounds of some rare magnesium alloy. :-(

* One of those huge old ones like a trench mortar.

Regards, David
 
Huss said:
I reached out to the seller, and even though the ebay sale was As Is/No returns, he was extremely apologetic and said he'd do whatever I wanted.
I appreciated that but told him not to worry. The gesture was enough for me as the money was so little. I'm sure I can think of something to use this thing for.

I do agree with others though, it is too shiny for it to not have been buffed up. Most prob to be sold as NOS...
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Thats very good hear that the seller at least have a good attitude. I've encountered eastern block sellers who quibble like hell, for instance claiming apparent lens miss-focus as a featured blurry rendering from old glass, even when I sent them scans of the negatives.:bang: I guess "CLA" means something else in their dictionary.
 
nukecoke said:
Thats very good hear that the seller at least have a good attitude. I've encountered eastern block sellers who quibble like hell, for instance claiming apparent lens miss-focus as a featured blurry rendering from old glass, even when I sent them scans of the negatives.:bang: I guess "CLA" means something else in their dictionary.
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How about CLA meaning Customer Loses Out and they can't spell "out" properly...


Regards, David
 
I have had brilliant results from both the LTM Jupiter 12 I bought new in the 1970s as a camera mad schoolboy and the 1988 'new old stock' Kiev/Contax fit J12 I bought in January this years as... well, many people would say simply someone who is simply mad. Happily, the second J12 came from a 'proper' eBay company that otherwise specializes in medium-format Kiev stuff (Arax).

I have just bought a third: 1961 silver-finish one with the protective shroud around that frighteningly vulnerable rear element. I've not tested it yet, but fingers crossed...

As others have said, if you are unable to inspect the lens you are buying, one clue that all might not be well is the finish - un-messed around with silver FSU lenses will either show the odd trace of corrosion or yellowed protective lacquer. It's when you seen one that has random-direction scratches from being attacked with a Scotchbrite or Brillo pad that the alarm bells should ring - or the asking price should be especially low.

It is great when sellers post test images - the chap I bought my Jupiter 9 from did just this and it works just as well as I'd hoped. (The other great thing here, at least for those of us who persist with film and Kievs and Contaxes, is that the asking price for an excellent J9 in Kiev/Contax mount seems to be about half that for an LTM version in the same condition.)

That said, I would imagine I've been lucky so far, because you cannot see inside these things.
 
Bayernfan repaired this lens for me. Not sure what magic he worked, but he recalibrated it and it now works great.
Thank you so much Alex!

I'm looking forward to using it.

Huss
 
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