Overview of Jupiter-8 2/50

For the opportunity lens overview Jupiter-8 2/50 Many thanks to Andrei Shutenko.

Additionally, you can see the full review + video review JUPITER-8 1: 2 F = 5cm P with mount Contax-Kiev RF and its modifications - JUPITER-8M 1: 2 F = 5cm P, JUPITER-8M 2/50 и JUPITER-8M 2/53.

Overview of Jupiter-8 2/50

Overview of Jupiter-8 2/50

Jupiter-8 is an interesting lens with an amazing picture. Jupiter 8 is very well written on the site of Sergei Elizarov.

TX Jupiter-8 2/50
Focal length: 50
Diaphragm: F / 2.0-f / 22.0
Number of aperture blades: 9 pieces
The weight: 130 g
Optical design: 6 elements in 3 groups
Thread: M39 (rangefinder lens)
Front Filter Diameter: 40mm
MDF: 1 метр

View of the lens diaphragm Jupiter-8 2 50

View of the lens diaphragm Jupiter-8 2 50

The focusing of the lens is smooth. The focusing ring rotates 180 degrees, the front lens does not rotate when focusing. The lens itself is very small. Its shiny white metal frame looks very unusual on modern digital cameras. There is a modification of the lens in a black frame of the body, as well as a modification with a Kontax-Kiev mount. You can see what the 'P' version looks like Jupiter-8 1: 2 F = 5cm P. There is also a similar lens, but with a larger aperture - Jupiter 3.

Lens enlightenment

Lens enlightenment

The diaphragm has 9 blades. The iris control ring rotates smoothly, without stopping at fixed values. At closed aperture values, the lens gives almost even circles in the blur zone.

Type of indicators Jupiter-8

Type of indicators Jupiter-8

Sample photos on Jupiter-8 2/50

It’s a pity, I don’t have the opportunity to use Jupiter-8 2/50 on mirrorless cameras. On SLR cameras Jupiter-8 2/50 works only in macro mode, in more detail here. How to use Soviet old lenses on modern Nikon cameras read here, and on Canon here. I shot on Canon 350D and two adapters M39-M42 + M42-Canon EOS.

Sample photos on Jupiter-8

Sample photos on Jupiter-8

After I crawled on my knees near the first spring flowers and transferred the photo to a computer, I was shocked by the unusual picture of this lens. The lens has amazing bokeh. On F / 2.0, weak sharpness and strong aberrations, this allows you to convey unusual volume, style and artistic content in photographs.

Photos without processing:

The history of my copy from the owner of the lens:

The lens has a slightly tired look. He had a very rich past. Its previous owner, with the Zorkiy-4 camera, was, and now alive and nimble, my grandfather, a former investigator in especially important cases of any very criminal kind. The lens had to see such that we mere mortals and think terribly. Where only he was not and where only he was not worn. From the 64th to the 84th they used it regularly. He never saw the hands of a master and prevention. But for the entire time of its operation, he was treated very carefully! But time has taken its toll. Shutenko Andrey.

Jupiter-8 on the SLR camera

Jupiter-8 on the SLR camera

Review Addendum

I came across another copy, this time with a name in Latin - Jupiter-8 2/50... Externally, the lenses are identical. Photos taken with Nikon 1 J1, With EGF lens is 135mm (sounds scary).

How to use with modern cameras?

Lenses with an M39 thread (for rangefinder cameras, M39 X 1/28.8), such as the lens from this review, are very easy to use on almost any modern digital camera (both SLR and mirrorless), for this you just need to choose the right adapter (adapter). There is no need to carry out any additional actions to remake the lens. The cheapest adapters can be found at Aliexpress.com.

For mirrorless cameras

  1. SONY: For cameras with 'E'/'FE' mount series SonyNEX и Sony Alpha need here is an adapter M39 -Sony E (aka L39 -Sony Nex).
  2. OLYMPUS / PANASONIC / KODAK / XIAOMI: For cameras with a bayonet mount Micro 4/3 (Micro 4:3) need here is an adapter M39-Micro 4/3.
  3. CANON M: For cameras with Canon EF-M mount need here is such an adapter M39-Canon M.
  4. CANON R and RF-S: For cameras with Canon RF mount need here is such an adapter M39-Canon R.
  5. Nikon 1: For cameras Nikon 1 Series need here is such an adapter M39-Nikon 1.
  6. Nikon Z: For cameras Nikon Z series (FX/DX) needed here is such an adapter M39-Nikon Z.
  7. FUJIFILM X: For cameras with mount X need here is such an adapter M39-Fuji X.
  8. FUJIFILM GFX: For medium format cameras G-mount need here is such an adapter M39-Fuji GFX.
  9. SAMSUNG: NX mount cameras require here is an adapter M39-Samsung NX. There are no adapters for the NX mini camera yet.
  10. SIGMA / PANASONIC / LEICA: For cameras with L mount need here is such an adapter M39-Leica L.
  11. LEICA: For cameras with a bayonet mount Leica M need here is an adapter M39-L / M.

It's important: for SLR cameras, only macro mode is possible (can only shoot at very close focusing distances).

For SLR cameras (macro mode only)

  1. Canon: For cameras Canon EOS with bayonet mount EF / EF-S need here is an adapter M39 -Canon EOS.
  2. NIKON: For cameras Nikon DX / FXas well as for cameras Fujifilm и Kodak with Nikon F mount needed here is such an adapter M39 -Nikon F (some cameras will only work in M-mode).
  3. PENTAX: For Pentax K-mount cameras, you need here is such an adapter M39 -Pentax K.
  4. SONY/MINOLTA: For cameras with a Sony/Minolta A mount, you need here is an adapter M39 -Sony A.
  5. OLYMPUS/PANASONIC/LEICA: For cameras with 4/3 mount (not to be confused with Micro 4/3!) here is an adapter M39 -4/3.

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Conclusions

Jupiter-8 2/50 is a very interesting and well-made rangefinder lens. Will work best on mirrorless cameras. On SLR cameras it can only work in macro mode. The lens has a very specific bokeh. I recommend it for creative experiments.

Reviews of the lenses of the Jupiter-8 series:

  1. JUPITER-8 1: 2 F = 5cm П | Arsenal | Contax-Kiev | 1956
  2. JUPITER-8М 1: 2 F = 5 cm | Arsenal | Contax-Kiev | 1961 | reader's review
  3. JUPITER-8М 1: 2 F = 5cm П | Arsenal | Contax-Kiev | 1963
  4. JUPITER-8М 2/50 | Arsenal | Contax-Kiev | 1977
  5. JUPITER-8М 2/53 | Arsenal | Contax-Kiev | 1978
  6. Jupiter-8 1: 2 F = 5cm П | KMZ | M39 | 1958 | white
  7. Jupiter-8 2/50 | KMZ | M39 | 1962 | white
  8. Jupiter-8 2/50 | KMZ | from the TV camera 'Electronics L-50' | 1965
  9. Jupiter-8 2/50 | KMZ | M39 | 1974 | black | review from Rodion Eshmakov
  10. Examples on JUPITER-8 2/50 (black, M39)
  11. 500PX Gallery
  12. Video about Jupiter-8

Jupiter-8 also exists in early versions under the names:

  1. ZK 1: 2 F = 5cm P | KMZ | folding frame | ~ 1948 | M39
  2. Vigilant ZK 1: 2 F = 5cm P | KMZ | white with ears | ~ 1949 | M39

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Comments: 241, on the topic: Overview of Jupiter-8 2/50

  • Oleg

    Hello. I have such a lens with a bayonet mount. I also have a Pentax K100D digital SLR. Can I “transplant” this lens onto my camera for the sake of an artistic experiment? Maybe someone came across an adapter from the K mount to the Kiev mount? Thanks in advance for your advice.

    • Lynx

      Can. You will have to find the old Kiev, unscrew the bayonet mount from it (it is attached there with 4 screws to the carcass) and fix it on the adapter to the pentax.
      That whistle, but possible, in the presence of a Kiev donor

  • Oleg

    Yes, there is Kiev. That is, not only the lens needs to be removed, but also that metal part that is attached to the camera body?

  • Oleg

    This question is also interesting to me because I have another Yashica film camera from Keocera, and it comes with a non-autofocus zoom 35-70, and it also has a Contax mount. So I’m thinking of trying. I just think that there will be an ambush with the adapter.

  • al

    good afternoon
    and 8m what is the difference from 8? tell me what mount on 8m? I have the opportunity to buy, but I don’t know if it suits me, I want to try the macro on Sony

  • Alexander

    Maybe there is someone from Kiev with Jupiter-8 under M39, who will agree to meet and allow me to test the lens on my camera ... there is an adapter. With me beer / coffee / ice cream and a huge gratitude!
    Thank you!

    • Arkady Shapoval

      Write this in my VK group http://vk.com/radojuva

    • Oleg 1

      Good afternoon, Alexander. I have Jupiter-8 under M39 white, unfortunately I focus somewhere
      27 centimeters, the picture from him is very beautiful, it is interesting to see how he shows himself
      on the NEX. I'll give you a test, write your email for communication.

      • Alex_LinkOff

        Good afternoon, Oleg!
        Thank you very much for responding!
        I don’t have NEX but Olympus e-pl5, it’s even more convenient for manual optics, it already has Zenitar 50 / 1,7 and Helios 44M ... I really want to try Jupiter for comparison) my email address is: fabl@list.ru
        Thank you!

        • Alexey

          Do not tell me where to get the adapter on nex?

          • Michael

            Everywhere. At a flea market, in Ali. Not a deficit like.

  • anonym

    Do you need a macro ring or not? bought for testing, waiting for adapter ring m39

    • Lynx

      macro rings need macro rings

  • kronitopov

    the lens is really good, yes.

    • zengarden

      Jupiter 8 + Olympus E-PL3

    • Dmitriy

      In fact, this can be obtained simply on a tamper-proof glass from glasses, so it’s not impressive in any way

      • Carl Zeiss

        The picture with the cat is beautiful. So, please specify which of the images you think can be obtained with the help of a glass from glasses.

  • anonym

    On a Sony mirrorless with an adapter ring M39-M42, will it also work only in macro mode?

  • Photobooster

    The abstruse reasoning of local photo shooters about the unworthy quality of optics of the Soviet period of our common history is touching ... And this despite the fact that they themselves shoot entirely UG, using autofocus "Japanese" ... Enchanting! )))

    • Oleg

      And why is it really better than the same 35 / 1.8; 50 / 1.8 or a Kenon pancake 40 / 2.8 I'm not talking about 85 / 1.8 At best, a good compromise as they wrote here

      • Photobooster

        Hello! Nothing better, even worse when compared with the glasses you have listed. However, like Carl Zeiss optics of that time, in comparison with modern high-tech multi-coated optics ... But it is simply different, with its own charm and pattern, which you will never get even on expensive lenses. IMHO.

  • Sergei

    A good lens will last for many more years. Pictures from this lens are really obtained such as in this review. In my arsenal there is such a lens of 1960, for those wishing to buy, write: news24-7@mail.ru

  • kotofei

    This is a one-way road. From a sharp high-quality picture, you can get a highly artistic daub and soap in the editor "at once", but back, you WILL NOT get a sharp picture from the soap.
    Use Industar-61, at least you won't regret the ruined soap frames. And for macro .. remember that somewhere on the shelf you have an old soap dish. This is what it is - the MACHINE.

  • Michael

    Pokotsanny caught a lens with Zorkiy-6: there is a slight backlash (the groove is too wide where the locking screw stands), plus the focusing mechanism is clogged with dirt and grease. I cleaned it with cotton buds and eau de toilette. How can a lens be lubricated?
    Has anyone taken apart Jupiter-8? I found dust or a scratch inside the lens, I want to study it, but I don’t know if it’s worth it to climb.

  • Jury

    Many human thanks to the author.
    And not only for this article, but in general for detailed stories about retro technology. Sometimes only here you can find a Russian-language review of things of interest.

  • Andrei

    On the sony nex5 through an adapter, sharpness begins from 1.2 meters to infinity, and the sharpness is razor-sharp and very good color reproduction and contrast ... in low light, an amazing lens at all. The lens got almost new. In perfect condition, 96 years old. Sharpness is very similar to industrial 61 -ld ... ..

  • Victor.

    An excellent lens both white and black. What is the nature that the portrait paints well.

  • Alexander

    Thank you very much!
    It was very interesting to read your review about the lens, which in Soviet times I shot a lot on the Zorkiy-4 camera !!!

  • Ivan

    The “Mir” apparatus with Jupiter on board was inherited from my grandfather, which is in fact a rarity. I ordered an adapter ring from Nikon-F to M39 on aliexpress, the results were impressive! I will continue to experiment with him
    https://sun9-7.userapi.com/c840428/v840428475/7a53c/dWzAVTxhjPY.jpg
    https://pp.userapi.com/c834202/v834202048/eba1c/2NRcGb9m4BI.jpg

  • Sergei

    I put it on a Sony Nex, and what is strange in size, the picture is the same as that of a Sony 55 mm complete lens, that is, there is no crop, what happens? Jupiter 8 is not 50 mm or complete 55 mm does not correspond, which should not be

    • Rodion

      The FR is independent of the crop factor and is indicated as for a camera with CF = 1 on all lenses. Only EGF (and the angle of the field of view) depends on the crop.

    • anonym

      They are both the same 50-55mm. Even on crop lenses they write focal for a normal matrix.

  • Don Burlone

    Hello readers! It is strange to hear about a “cheap scoop” ... For example, Sharp 4 with Jupiter 8 cost 47 rubles. For comparison, then the salary was about 60 -90 rubles ... Now what will you give half of your salary for ?!
    For lovers of Jupiter8: I screwed it back to Canon5d - amazing pictures ... Try it!

    • B. R. P.

      It's cheap now. For modern and more than one salary has to be paid.

    • Oleg

      I'm not Don ... I don't live in Spain =). And my half of my salary is not enough for a camera, for a good lens is not enough.

      • anonym

        Photography has always been an expensive hobby.

    • Alexey

      Salary was 110-250 rubles, 90 is usually the smallest, salaries of 60 rubles I do not remember at all, if only part-time, collective farm or student. Yes, photographic equipment was not cheap, like all goods not of first necessity. Now it is even more expensive, if you take a percentage of the salary.

      • Novel

        Oh well, ok. A good salary with a scoop is 200 rubles. A good salary in Ukraine is now $ 500. - UAH 13

        Granite 80-200 - a wretched Soviet TV set - 450 rubles. More than two salaries. Tamron 70-210 / 4 with autofocus - around 17 UAH median price. Just over one salary.

        • Alexey

          Be a little cunning, do not take into account scientific and technological progress. Granite at that time was in the top of the Soviet lens building, telephoto, and even zoom, despite the fact that basically all the lenses were fixed. This is now, in comparison with imported modern technology - wretched. If you are now comparing top-end lenses, alas, since you will not be able to write, pay 2-3 salaries.

      • B. R. P.

        Salary 60-90 - this is the 60s.

        • Alexey

          I have proofs on wages since 1973 of a locksmith and a foreman at a factory, from 160 to 350 rubles in the seventies. I can’t argue with you in the sixties, but I don’t think that I’ve dramatically raised my salary in the seventies.

  • Gennady

    Now I was just snapping a pine cone on the eighth Jupiter with Nikon 5100. Macro, of course, because it focuses only about fifteen centimeters from the target. Frames are much better than whale 18-55.

  • Sergei

    Please tell me, is black without the Jupiter-8 number with the Krasnogorsk badge, no worse than the white number plate?
    Or is it preferable to buy white?

    000111

    • anonym

      Room on the side. For my two, the contrast is better for black, the sharpness is no different. Yes, the condition is probably better for black.

      • Sergei

        Thank you!

  • anonym

    Thanks Arkady. And is there the same review only on a full-frame mirrorless?

  • anonym

    Theme is alive, heh
    Right now I ordered an adapter m39-nikon f with ali
    Zhdems
    I tried to shoot while holding it to the bayonet with my hand, it turns out to be very funny bokeh, strange glass, if you do not use a compensation lens, but in general the macro looks very beautiful, it differs radically from the same 35mm f1.8 dx

  • anonym

    It's also a shame that the topic of the camera has moved into another discussion of the Soviet Union. I hate it when politot, especially with the “scoop” hat, seeps where it shouldn't be

  • Anna

    Hello! Do not find the question stupid, but tell me which adapter to take the lens for this, and to install on Canon 60d.
    Thank you!

    • B. R. P.

      The lens from the rangefinder camera and on the DSLR will work in “macro” mode. But if you need it, the text of the article says: “М39-М42 + М42-Canon EOS”.

      • EvAlex888

        By the way, on NECs and other mirrorless cameras, the working segment is shortened, and therefore from the rangefinders, the lenses take root well.

    • EvAlex888

      If you have a familiar turner, then you don’t need to look for anything. I had it in my time. I made it, and worked with a file, adjusted it in place, and everything was fine. Well, this adapter will cost you 0.5 liters, you’ll also wash it a couple. Beauty! And do not feed parasites-traders, and even wait a month for a parcel. It is better to grind it out of brass or bronze. It does not rust, and it holds well and lubricates well on the thread.

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