Wonder what I've got (eBay lucky dip)?

[Goodyear]

For £2.57 including postage, I wonder what I've got:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7543485108

The lack of any mention at all of condition is... intriguing. But you never know - I felt like gambling a couple of quid for a 50. Or two. Even if the J looks a little beaten up.

 

[kiev4a]

Looks like a metal version of the later J8 where the entire front lens barrel rotates when focusing. Thought they only came in black.

 

[Goodyear]

I'll let you know 🙂

 

[Heath]

And the Industar looks like one made for the Zenit SLR, which has the M-42 mount. I have heard that the Industar is a reasonably good lens, if you have a M-42 SLR to mount it to.

Heath

 

[Laika]

For £2.57 how can you go wrong? 😀

If that J8 has even OK glass you got a steal ... nice

 

[lubitel]

Yeap, the little one is for SLR.

 

[Goodyear]

Yeap, the little one is for SLR.

Suits me 🙂

 

[Goodyear]

Right, the pair appeared on my doorstep this morning.

The Industar does indeed appear to be M42. It also seems to be in pretty stunning condition all round. It'll make a nice compact unit on the front of my K1000 (with adapter ring, natch) and I'm looking forward to trying it out.

The J-8 looks a bit grungy around the barrel, but undamaged as far as I can see. Just needs a clean. The glass was absolutely boggin' (to use a colloquialism 🙂 ) when it turned up. Some gentle cleaning reveals that it isn't too bad except for a small blemish near the edge of the front element. (It looks kinda organic, but I've never had the misfortune to find fungus in a lens, so I don't actually know.) Other than that some light scuffing that I guess usually gets called 'cleaning marks' 😉

One quick question:

On the Jupiter, the focusing ring is very loose, and not altogether smooth. Is tightening it up a little and regreasing it something that I could conceivably do myself? I only paid £0.99 plus postage for the pair, so I may be willing to have a shot 😀