fantastic cat
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Monochrom
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very interesting nice finding! Perhaps it was painted after purchased.
fantastic cat
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Well, can't say it's impossible... but I bought this lens with half-jammed Zorki on local bazaar. It looked just like average camera found in grandpas closet. Bit dirty, with very old film inside. I suppose it's originial black paint.
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
It doesn't resemble most black ones, which have a totally different barrel design. Might be a transitional model.
Dante
Dante
farlymac
PF McFarland
Boatski
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I had one, but it's Zebra style.
I bought it from Islael seller because I never seen a zebra J8 before.
Finishing looks like from factory, but I'm not sure about this. It's also from 1967.
I bought it from Islael seller because I never seen a zebra J8 before.
Finishing looks like from factory, but I'm not sure about this. It's also from 1967.
fantastic cat
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I've seen sovietcams website. PT3078 is similiar and it's 1966. Dante is probably right saying it's transitional model. 1967 marks end of non-rotating-front jupiters production - am I right?
pete hogan
Well-known
I have a 1968 export (Latin) Jupiter-8 with a non-rotating front.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
But it is.
http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-483601546
Listed as type number PT3078. It says it is very uncommon, but it is listed.
fantastic cat
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PT3078 isn't totaly black. Filter ring is silver. Small difference but difference. 66-68 batch seems to be very unregular. Maybe soviet workers were assembling silver and black parts together with no order at all? Thats why some lenses are fully black, other are more or less chrome zebras.