Jupiter-37A

[Dr. Harout]

A soviet made lens of 135mm f/3.5
Quite soft wide open even at the center. Haven't tried with smaller apertures yet, but will add to this thread once ready.



And a 100% crop

[Dr. Harout]

In these test shots no additional PP was done.
Another shot:



And 100% crop



I really need to close the aperture at f/8 and repeat the test.

[Greg Beetham]

Doesn't look too bad Doc, at least I'm guessing that the price was right and it looks like it can take quite a good photo into the bargain.
Greg

[david antony]

Does look good Doc, I'd heard those lens were built like the Russian women! and in only one color Red <|;o)

[[SiC]]

Seems like a quite nice piece of glass Doc

[Dr. Harout]

Not convinced yet, I'm still testing it. Will report more on the weekend.

[01af]

The Jupiter 37A 135 mm 1:3.5 clearly is a lens which has 'character.' Resolution seems okay (can't really tell from the web images) but contrast is low and colour transmission is laid-back. In purely technical terms, it's a poor lens by today's standards. Still it definitely is worthwhile. It breathes the air of the '50s and '60s ... it creates a very special atmosphere which will suit sujets which are supposed to express either harmony, romance, and idyll or sadness, melancholy, and loneliness. I guess slight over-exposure will emphasize the particular lens character while under-exposure will push it back.

Furthermore it tends to create fairly open shadows which can help with high-dynamic subjects.

A similar characteristic (if somewhat less pronounced) can be found in many Minolta Rokkor, Auto-Rokkor, and early MC Rokkor lenses from the '60s.

-- Olaf

[Dr. Harout]

Thank you very much Olaf, I'll keep that in mind and will overexpose the shots as you mentioned.

[01af]

I'll keep that in mind and will overexpose the shots as you mentioned.

Did you note that I said, 'I guess ...'? So please try bracketing---if you don't then don't blame me when you're getting poor results!

By the way, I am talking about a small increase in exposure, like e. g. +1/3 or +1/2 EV. Of course, going for real high-key may be worth a try, too ...

-- Olaf

[pakodominguez]

The Jupiter 37A 135 mm 1:3.5 ... it creates a very special atmosphere which will suit sujets which are supposed to express either harmony, romance, and idyll or sadness, melancholy, and loneliness.

Getting soft during holidays season, Olaf?
:-p

You right: looks like film!

[Dr. Harout]

Continuing the journey with the Jupiter-37A, but this time mounted on an extension bellows (and why not) and here's how it looks:



quite sexy isn't it

So the first shot is of a tiny electric circuit, shot under tungsten light (table light) at 2s f/8



and here's the crop

[Dr. Harout]

2 more shots from the Jupiter-Bellows-A700 combo

You surely recognize our dear NP-FM500H Li-ion shot at 4s f/8


and the cropped version (100% of course)


don't ask me about those white dust spots (not sensor dust, but real ones, I didn't want to clean or clone them)

The other shot is of this spruce cone


which with the combo:


and crop:


And as an epilogue... how am I doing?

[fastson]

Hey that looks very good to me. I have an old Konica AR-mount Hexanon lens, 135mm F3.5 (I think), could it be mounted to one of those extension bellows and used for macro photography? For what i know there is no way to mount a AR-lens to a Alpha system?

[aster]

You're doing nicely!
And the cone is proud to make its one and only photographical debut into traceable visual history at its afterlife phase...better late than never?

Yildiz

[Birma]

Those macro shots are great Doc. Seems to be fantastic results from your unusual set up. Perhaps you should start posting the zoomed in shots first, and then we could try and guess what it the picture is of?