what are your favourite Jupiter and Industar lens

this is unscientific; here are results so far for the users of Jupiter and Industar lenses. Most users like them and there is a tilt of about 2 to 1 towards Jupiter lenses. The big fave is the J-8

J 8 - 10 users
J 12 - 5 users
I 22 - 4 users
I 50 - 3 users

I have seen some very nice shots posted in the member galleries using these lenses. I'm about to do some homework. I think I'm interested.
 
Favorite 50mm ~ Jupiter 8, no doubt. I have a '56 & '63 model. I seem to use the '56 more. It's sharp enough for me (though that's not always a must for me to like a shot) and produces some nice colors.

Next 50mm is the Industar 22, my "pocket lens" when I don't want to carry a bag and just drop one of the Zorki 1s in my pocket and go. I too kinda like the "urban grittyness," as Solinar aptly describes, that it often produces.

I have an Industar 26M, but because of my above preferences, I just don't ever reach for it, so I really have little experience with that one.
 
iggers said:
Like a sultan in his harem, the well-equipped cameraphile every day finds a different beauty the most appealing. I-22? I-61? J-3? J-8? Too bad only one can be mounted at a time.



Yes I know the feeling ( the different lens part that is). I love that Caddy photo.
Click to expand...
 
Nickfed said:
And another for us collapsibles. It's labelled FED but I gather it's an Industar-10!
Click to expand...
Lens marked FED (probably were manufactured by FED in Kharkiv, Ukraine...) later it's become marked I-10. It's basicaly the same Tessar. Later it was changed to I-22 and next modification was I-50. Industars were manufactured by different plants, just to name a few - FED (Kharkiv), KMZ and LZOS (both near Moscow). Top level of Industars is I-61 L/D IMHO. Although many would think of this lens as "too technical" - it's too sharp, contrast etc.
J-8 as being Sonnar is more "artistic" lens. J-9 is a nice choice for portraits.
So, there is no good or bad lens... sometimes monocle is a right choice :)

P.S. Condition of lens and quality of particular sample could make a big difference on test results. So, if one wants really test some lens, he/she has to get a few samples :)

Eduard.
 
My Zorki I, recently acquired and just back from having the pressure plate fixed, has I think an Industar 22 (I think Cyrrillic is similar to Greek!). I am just running my first roll of film through it now. I have also just got a J-12 in LTM - I was persuaded to by it from the tech in a moment of weakness as he did not charge me for fixing the Zorki pressure plate, which I hope to try out on the same roll. I will be later interested to compare with the J-12 on the Kiev.
 
The J12 and J8 are top of my list.

But really I've found all the Soviet LTM lenses to be better than I expected. I like the Ind-61 “Panda” as it doesn’t seem quite as contrasty as the later L/D version (another good lens but with very high contrast), the collapsible Ind-22 & Ind-50 have also produced nice images

Here is a shot from a FED2 & Ind 26m I bought as a $6 parts camera/lens. When it arrived I didn't have the heart to strip it down so I spent a few winters nights getting it working and cleaned up. This model of lens is never raved about by users and I didn't expect too much from it as it had two noticeable bubbles in the front element near the centre. This shot is from the test roll using 400 ISO print film and I couldn't believe it!, the 6x4 print was scanned on my old flatbed scanner. If you take out the postage cost and my time this camera/lens is cheaper than many of the disposable cameras :eek: The crop is taken just from the left of top centre. The print holds much more detail them my old scanner can reproduce.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom