Lens Mount: Leitz 39mm screw mount (LTM)
Lens: 50mm/3.5 KMZ Industar 50, 4 elements/3 groups (collapsible and non-collapsible) or 50mm/2.0 KMZ Jupiter 8, all single coated
Filter Thread: 34.5mm (Industar-50, non-collapsible), 40.5mm (Jupiter-8)
Minimum focusing distance: 3.3 (feet) 1.0 (meter)
Maximum aperture: f2.0 or f3.5
Minimum aperture: f16
Shutter type: horizontal rubberized cloth focal-plane
Shutter speed range: t second to 1/500 second; Bulb
Shutter speeds: B, ½ to 1/1000 of a second.
Flash sync speeds: 1/30
Flash sync via: PC terminal for FP and X, no hot shoe, sync delay is adjustable in milliseconds
Hot shoe dedication: No
Auto flash calculation: No
Film speed metering range: N/A
Exposure compensation: Unlimited
Battery: No batteries required
Multiple Exposures: No
Viewfinder: Combined viewfinder/rangefinder, single focal length view only
Rangefinder base: 38mm
Diopter correction: Yes, lever under rewind knob
Film advance: Knob wind
Rewind: Knob
Battery Check: No
Tripod Mount: Metal, 3/8 X 16 European thread
Self Timer: Yes
Meter readout: No
Manufactured by: KMZ, Moscow, former USSR
Production dates: 1956-1973
Notable features: Uses most, but not all, lenses made for the Leica/Canon screw mount cameras. Removable back with removable take-up spool. Shutter speed dial spins with shutter, ALWAYS set shutter speed AFTER winding film. Early models have neckstrap lugs on body, late models do not.
Lens: 50mm/3.5 KMZ Industar 50, 4 elements/3 groups (collapsible and non-collapsible) or 50mm/2.0 KMZ Jupiter 8, all single coated
Filter Thread: 34.5mm (Industar-50, non-collapsible), 40.5mm (Jupiter-8)
Minimum focusing distance: 3.3 (feet) 1.0 (meter)
Maximum aperture: f2.0 or f3.5
Minimum aperture: f16
Shutter type: horizontal rubberized cloth focal-plane
Shutter speed range: t second to 1/500 second; Bulb
Shutter speeds: B, ½ to 1/1000 of a second.
Flash sync speeds: 1/30
Flash sync via: PC terminal for FP and X, no hot shoe, sync delay is adjustable in milliseconds
Hot shoe dedication: No
Auto flash calculation: No
Film speed metering range: N/A
Exposure compensation: Unlimited
Battery: No batteries required
Multiple Exposures: No
Viewfinder: Combined viewfinder/rangefinder, single focal length view only
Rangefinder base: 38mm
Diopter correction: Yes, lever under rewind knob
Film advance: Knob wind
Rewind: Knob
Battery Check: No
Tripod Mount: Metal, 3/8 X 16 European thread
Self Timer: Yes
Meter readout: No
Manufactured by: KMZ, Moscow, former USSR
Production dates: 1956-1973
Notable features: Uses most, but not all, lenses made for the Leica/Canon screw mount cameras. Removable back with removable take-up spool. Shutter speed dial spins with shutter, ALWAYS set shutter speed AFTER winding film. Early models have neckstrap lugs on body, late models do not.
S
Scarpia
Guest
The Saturday mail lady delivered me one from the Ukraine with black Jupiter 8 this past Saturday. Seems to work fine, both camera and lens from 1969. Very solid.
Kurt M.
Kurt M.