Terrific review!!! I just bought a Jupiter 3. Can't wait to get it in my hands and on my mirrorless. One minor point: The Russians made this lens from the late 40s, not the late 50s. The copy I bought is from 1955 but I've seen copies for sale from 1949
I've really been enjoying this 'series' of your exploration through these old lenses. There's something intriguing about using these old lenses with new tech, and hearing you enthuse about them, and also seeing what they produce.
Hey Blunty, I have the Jupiter 11, mine is from 1963 and I absolutely love it, I am strongly considering a Jupiter 21m as my next buy for a long throw telephoto. These Russian lenses are fantastic. Thanks for the review
Hi Blunty ! Thanks for a great channel full of terrific info!!! I am collecting all the cool Russian, CCTV, and Cap lenses you've reviewed for some projects this next summer. Can you do a short video on how you "clean up" a used lens when you get them. Any special tricks, do's or don'ts? Thanks for all your great work. Really fun to watch and first class info !!! Joe
Mik Youtee pretty much my experience. I wanted to grab some Range Finder glass at the Camera Market but only a Canon 50mm f1.8 RF which was full of bubbles
Lovely pictures, Blunty. You must have a very good camera :-)....no, seriously, the pictures you put on Flickr are special. Like from another era. I have to try this also. Calling Kyiv....
Enjoyed your video as always! Please, don't stop waffeling (or how one spells that!). ;) Sorry for going OT, but when can we expect more on the E-M10? :D :D :D
jsut got mine justiper 3 from russian. Took solid 3 month to ship to perth. and all my excitement begins with this video. now i have to carry on to take this lens out to shoot !
Blunty, slightly off-topic. What are your thoughts on Panasonic G6? I don't think I saw any video where u talked about it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy this camera anyway, but I would like to know your opinion.
I had (It self destructed) a Soviet Era MIR-1; It`s a modified Zeiss Design, but the Russians did amazing things when the changed the designs. But that Punch to the colours. Just. Wow.
Hey Blunty, my parents are moving house and found some lenses, would you like me to send them your way? None of us are really photo-people, so we don't have any use for them. They have been stored well. Great video, as always!
Yup. This particular design was crafted by Carl Zeiss himself. A very clever man. He was making lenses for scientific microscopes before photographic cameras were even invented!
MrFourthhorsemen to be honest, I don't know how. But because the flange distance on the rangefinder lens is smaller than on your canon 30d you would need an adaptor with glass in it to refocus. Something similar to this for lm39 to canon - www.kipon-usa.com/kipon-m42-lens-to-nikon-f-camera-body-adapter.html Or modify the lens, optically like this - www.leicashop.com/vintage_en/leica/lenses-for-m39-screw-mount/canon-lenses-for-m39-mount/canon-f-leica-m39-135-4-seiki-kogaku-serenar-sku21015-34.html
I got two for my nikon D7100 the 50 and the 85 mm on the (D7100 M42 mount) I now used the none optic adapter on the 50 mm... Close up the image is super sharp and the fact the adapter is missing creates a wonderful bokeh (as it no longer will focus to infinity because the m42 needs the optic in it to do so......) I had an issue with the optic mount adapter it got stuck on the D7100 i needed grips to get it off. The company did refunded me the money for the adapter . Mean while I purchased the the glass less version to be going on with or I would never have thought to try is with out infinity focus. A new twist to learning by one's mistakes. cu
Terrific review!!! I just bought a Jupiter 3. Can't wait to get it in my hands and on my mirrorless. One minor point: The Russians made this lens from the late 40s, not the late 50s. The copy I bought is from 1955 but I've seen copies for sale from 1949
I've really been enjoying this 'series' of your exploration through these old lenses. There's something intriguing about using these old lenses with new tech, and hearing you enthuse about them, and also seeing what they produce.
Hey Blunty, I have the Jupiter 11, mine is from 1963 and I absolutely love it, I am strongly considering a Jupiter 21m as my next buy for a long throw telephoto. These Russian lenses are fantastic. Thanks for the review
An enjoyable video my good man, and a wickedly smashing lens. Best wishes...
Brilliant review, I think the best I have ever heard and I definitely want one for my Zorki 4K.
Good grief, that is one lovely lens! The images produced with that glass look gorgeous. I can see why you said the lens has character to it.
Hi Blunty ! Thanks for a great channel full of terrific info!!! I am collecting all the cool Russian, CCTV, and Cap lenses you've reviewed for some projects this next summer. Can you do a short video on how you "clean up" a used lens when you get them. Any special tricks, do's or don'ts? Thanks for all your great work. Really fun to watch and first class info !!! Joe
i love using my HELIOS 44-2 on my fuji xe1.... it's just a wonderful cheap lens
That beautiful round glowing home balls. And that perfect round aperture. Omg blunty I am so jealous I just want 1 for my gx7. Damn I love this one.
I've been hinting one of these since I got my A7. Small, Light and Fast would prefectly match the A7's design.
Need to check eBay))
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Mik Youtee they go for a bit to much given I own like 40 fast 50s. Need to be be around 150 max.
found some but scratched or from Ukraine ........
Mik Youtee pretty much my experience. I wanted to grab some Range Finder glass at the Camera Market but only a Canon 50mm f1.8 RF which was full of bubbles
Lovely pictures, Blunty. You must have a very good camera :-)....no, seriously, the pictures you put on Flickr are special. Like from another era. I have to try this also.
Calling Kyiv....
Looks lovely
Blunty, great review. I will be looking out for that lens. Could you let me know what adapter you're using to fit it on the M4/3 system.
Thanks
Great review mate, I recently bought one from the Ukraine and it arrived today. I'm looking forward to shooting with it soon. Good on ya mate
Enjoyed your video as always! Please, don't stop waffeling (or how one spells that!). ;)
Sorry for going OT, but when can we expect more on the E-M10? :D :D :D
jsut got mine justiper 3 from russian. Took solid 3 month to ship to perth. and all my excitement begins with this video.
now i have to carry on to take this lens out to shoot !
Blunty, slightly off-topic. What are your thoughts on Panasonic G6? I don't think I saw any video where u talked about it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy this camera anyway, but I would like to know your opinion.
Gorgeous photos!!! I love old lenses, they just make them like that anymore. Do you use a tripod for your low light photography?
I prefer to shoot hand-held more often then not... Less to carry, and keeps me more rapidly flexible in moving around to find angles and compositions.
a great and very cheap alternative to the jupiter 3 is the jupiter 8 50mm f2. I got mine for 10 euro with a nice zorki 4k rangefinder camera :) nice.
The Jupiter 8 is one of the other two lenses to come in their own video feature. So we'll see...
Blunty Yes please, i'd like to see more vintage reviews.
Wow, I want one of these o_o
Interesting!
I had (It self destructed) a Soviet Era MIR-1; It`s a modified Zeiss Design, but the Russians did amazing things when the changed the designs.
But that Punch to the colours. Just. Wow.
Wow very impressive.
Now also slightly modified for highway robbery prices from Lomography!
Hey Blunty, my parents are moving house and found some lenses, would you like me to send them your way? None of us are really photo-people, so we don't have any use for them. They have been stored well.
Great video, as always!
my favorite lens!
wow, your Jupiters are in such incredible condition. I'm jelly.
yah looks very good, I would prefer it for black and white only because of the large amount of color fringing but yah nice lens
Great video. Can it be used/ work well with an adapter on a Sony Nex 5R?
Yes. These were designed for 35mm rangefinder cameras, so the image circle will easily cover the APSC sensor in the NEX line.
Blunty Thank you. Will definitely look into it.
Nice nice!
great lens
One of the reasons why Canon DSLRs suck is that you cannot use such old lenses.
so jealous of you right now! Hows a 50mm lens look on a MFT body? It's like almost 100mm crop right?
woooah those Germans really knew how engineer lenses, and the russians were good at following the clever plans hay.
Yup. This particular design was crafted by Carl Zeiss himself. A very clever man. He was making lenses for scientific microscopes before photographic cameras were even invented!
Can you just put these on or do you have to mod them?
adapter
depends what you are fitting it to, mirrorless cameras they just fit with an adaptor, DSLRs they require modification.
matt jones Please, tell me how to fit these lens into dslr. Is it possible to fit it into canon 30d?
MrFourthhorsemen to be honest, I don't know how. But because the flange distance on the rangefinder lens is smaller than on your canon 30d you would need an adaptor with glass in it to refocus. Something similar to this for lm39 to canon - www.kipon-usa.com/kipon-m42-lens-to-nikon-f-camera-body-adapter.html
Or modify the lens, optically like this - www.leicashop.com/vintage_en/leica/lenses-for-m39-screw-mount/canon-lenses-for-m39-mount/canon-f-leica-m39-135-4-seiki-kogaku-serenar-sku21015-34.html
No helio 44?
Blunty, do you ever shoot film?
some puns are better than others too.
Yours was good.
I got two for my nikon D7100 the 50 and the 85 mm on the (D7100 M42 mount) I now used the none optic adapter on the 50 mm... Close up the image is super sharp and the fact the adapter is missing creates a wonderful bokeh (as it no longer will focus to infinity because the m42 needs the optic in it to do so......) I had an issue with the optic mount adapter it got stuck on the D7100 i needed grips to get it off. The company did refunded me the money for the adapter . Mean while I purchased the the glass less version to be going on with or I would never have thought to try is with out infinity focus. A new twist to learning by one's mistakes. cu
Are you a writer/ poet? Not sure if the lens is that good or you say too well
Jealous of your pristine copy of a Jupiter 3