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 the 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.
This is the last version of the
Jupiter-8, the barrel is finished in black, the lens is more compact and
modern-looking. This is an excellent normal lens for your Leica or Bessa.
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50 mm
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1:2 (settings from 4 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 is finished in black enamel.
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This Jupiter-8 was made by the
KMZ plant near Moscow. The lens is a rare find, it is NOS (new old stock), unused, comes with front and rear lens caps, case and instruction manual. 3 lenses available at this time, production years 1977-1980.
The lens is shown on the Leica IIIa (not included)
