Success with Jupiter-3

[giuliobigazzi]

great tutorials here not long been added..
http://ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.a...entID=1570&Item=Jupiter-3+Clean,+Lube,+Adjust

 

[ferider]

Also note, the Jupi 3 is a sonnar design, focus shift is inherent to the formula/design. Even the modern incarnation has it.

While that is true, the difference is between around 6cm worst case for the shift vs. almost three times as much for the Leica/Canon difference. Just saying.

 

[apostasiometritis]

While that is true, the difference is between around 6cm worst case for the shift vs. almost three times as much for the Leica/Canon difference. Just saying.

Never never did I have that much error, and I have had 3 jupi 3s and a lot more 8s so far.

18cm backfocus is huuuuge, shimming such a lens would render it practically useless wide open from even 5m onwards.

 

[cameosis]

My most favored J3 is the one of the latest production year 1987 since it has beautiful amber coatings and a black barrel which looks much better IMHO than the ones made with the bare aluminium lens barrels: it provides also more contrast than early lenses.

i second what ron wrote about the later black jupiter-3 lenses. we have two from the same batch, funnily enough -- mine's got the serial number 870432.
awesome lens.

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

My black J3 from 1991 rotates, but so what...

So I guess they changed the barrel design somewhere late 80's or as from 1990

never saw one, can you show a picture of your lens

 

[nation_of_pomation]

The reason I started this thread was because no one seems to be able to agree on whether or not there is a problem with the Jupiter-3. Considering it is a very fast lens, even for a 50mm, and there seems to be unanimous agreement sample variation can be wide with FSU equipment overall, I suppose that's why there's so much discord. I would also like to see a 1991 example, that sounds really late. My Jupiter-8-1 is from 1992, and on the Zorki-6 I tested it on, it works like a dream.

 

[gb hill]

Here is a post from 2009 when I shimmed my J-3 to my Bessa R. Been very pleased with the results. When I first got my J-3 it was front focusing bad.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72877

Good to see a fellow Tar Heel.

 

[tbarker13]

Tim, these are amazing portraits, especially the first one. Would you mind sharing which camera you use and what Aperture you use? I am learning how to use it on Fuji X-E1. Quick snap using f1.5 and 6400 is a bit disappointing (indoor at night).

Thanks. These were shot either with an M8 or M8.2. The headshots were done around f/5.6. The shot of my father in law playing the guitar was shot wide open, probably at ISO 640.
I find the lens generally works pretty well wide open.

Here is another, shot in studio. Either at f/2 or f/1.4.
Just a cool portrait lens, in my opinion.