The Russian Jupiter-8
is a high quality normal lens for the Leica Threadmount rangefinder cameras.
It was sold as a standard lens on many cameras - Zorki-3, 3M, 4, 4K, Leningrad,
Drug and some others. This lens is a copy of a famous Zeiss Sonnar 50/2.
It was produced in both LTM and
Contax/Kiev mount and proved to be one of the most successful Soviet lenses.
Of course, we have to credit Carl Zeiss for this.
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52.3 mm
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1:2 (settings from 2 to
22)
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1 m - infinity
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M40.5x0.5 mm
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- Optical registration
(back focus)
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28.8?
0.02 mm
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M39x1 mm (LTM). The lens
mounts and RF couples with any Leica or Leica copy (FED, Zorki etc.)
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- The glass is coated;
the barrel has a polished aluminum/chrome finish
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This Jupiter-8 was made in 1964.
It is in EXC- condition, the glass is clear with some cleaning marks on the outside elements
(they are minor and will not affect image quality).
The lens is shown mounted on a
Leica IIIA (not included). It can be used with any Leica or L
eica copy.
