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[Jim Galli]

Beautiful images Jason.

[chassis]

Great images Garrett and Jason.

[Jay Decker]

... it's been a very long time since I shot some LF film. I was only shooting Wetplates for those last couple of years. Then there were some twists and turns along the path of life and I never made it back. I'd like too...

Just restarted shooting LF (and MF and 35mm) film after a career induced hiatus and am building back “touch” skills, e.g., handling an 8x10 camera quickly and efficiently. It is a lot of fun and encourage you to do it, because your vision will surely produce great work.

[jp]

Thanks Chassis & Jim. The Nikon has been second string all winter to the Rolleiflex and Speed Graphic. The color is coming back.

[Christopher Mark Perez]

Jupiter 9 works even on American aircraft, eh?

Which version do you use? The old all chrome or newer all black?

[goamules]

Jupiter 9 works even on American aircraft, eh?

Which version do you use? The old all chrome or newer all black?

Ha! It's a 1956 KMZ aluminum one. It was a great choice for my criteria: light weight lens around 75-90mm that is very sharp, speed didn't matter, I'd be outside. Weight did. I auditioned a Kern Macro Switar 75mm with presets against the Jupiter 9. The Jupiter was sharper, surprisingly, at the antenna on the house across the street. Though the Jupiter was much larger, the aluminum barrel doesn't weigh much. Those Soviet sonnars never cease to amaze. I could have taken an always good Pen-F lens, but I wanted something different this time.

[goamules]

Adult skate night series here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/garret...57706120187381 Olympus Pen-F 40mm/F1.4.

[Christopher Mark Perez]

I had a Jupiter 9 like our's. Mine was surprisingly soft wide open. But stopped down it equaled anything made in the West. It's long gone as I thought I _needed_ something sharp wide open and a Canon 100mm f/2 EF seemed to fit the bill. Oh well. Live and learn? I wish I had it back. Well, that and a pretty Takumar 85mm f/1.9 that I sold for foolishly little money.

These days I shoot Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 K and 105mm f/2.5 P and have grown to love their rendering.

That Jupiter 9 of your's makes me think I should keep my eyes open during the Bievre Photo Foire (camera swap).

Keep up the great work.

Ha! It's a 1956 KMZ aluminum one. It was a great choice for my criteria: light weight lens around 75-90mm that is very sharp, speed didn't matter, I'd be outside. Weight did. I auditioned a Kern Macro Switar 75mm with presets against the Jupiter 9. The Jupiter was sharper, surprisingly, at the antenna on the house across the street. Though the Jupiter was much larger, the aluminum barrel doesn't weigh much. Those Soviet sonnars never cease to amaze. I could have taken an always good Pen-F lens, but I wanted something different this time.

[goamules]

Sonnars are like that (as are several soft focus LF lenses like the Verito), slightly soft wide open. I love my 2 Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM sonnars for that, make great portrait or pictorial lenses wide open, one stop down, they're super sharp. The sharpest long lens I've ever used is the Canon 135/3.5 in LTM. Just heavy.

[Ken Lee]

Candle and Vase, March 2019