The Russian Jupiter-9 is a high quality telephoto lens. It is an optical copy of Zeiss Sonnar 85/2.
The Jupiter-9 is one of the most desirable Russian lenses, in both SLR and
rangefinder (Contax and Leica) mounts. It produces very pleasant images (portraits
in particular), and you can control depth-of-field with a wide range of aperture
settings.
This Jupiter-9 was made for the early Zenit SLRs (Zenit, Zenit-S, Zenit-3,
Zenit-3M, Kristall), but its optical registration (back focus) is the same as
in the Universal Pentax Screw Mount, so with a simple 39 to 42 mm adapter ring
(not included) the lens can be used with any M42 mount camera.
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85 mm |
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1:2 (settings from 2 to 16), Preset type with two rings. |
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0.8 m - Infinity |
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M49x0.5 mm |
- Optical registration (back focus)
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45.5 mm |
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M39x1 mm. This is the same mount as in the Leica Thread Mount Lenses, but the optical registration is different, ( Universal/Pentax/Praktica/Zenit mount). |
- The glass is coated; the barrel has a black enamel finish.
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This Jupiter-9 was made in the mid-1970's. It is in EXC
condition, clean and attractive. The finish shows almost no signs of use, and the glass is clean.
on the image).
The lens is shown mounted on a Zenit-E (not included).
The lens comes with a plastic lenscap.
