LONG FOCUS JUPITER-9 85mm F/2 LENS FOR M42 ZENIT, PENTAX, PRACTICA CAMERAS

JUPITER-9 lens is intended for shooting portraits, it provide slightly soft and very pretty images. JUPITER-9 is based at ideas and optical scheme of famous 85mm Sonnar Carl Zeiss lens, issued in 1930th years at Germany for RF cameras like Leica and Contax. First 35mm Russian post-WW2 lenses for RF cameras (known as BK and ZK lenses) were created at KMZ plant on the base of of Zeiss and Leica equipment, which was imported to the USSR for production towards reparations after WW2. First JUPITER-9 lenses were made for rangefinder cameras (also with Leica and Contax mount), but later on it was rebuilt for M39 SLR cameras (old Zenit series) and then for M42 SLR cameras. All the Soviet plants which issued photo equipment (include most famous KMZ, LOMO and Litkarino plants) mostly issued military equipment, and little part only were for civil purposes, and those civil goods had enough high quality to receive World glory for best ratio price/quality. In the main, most all Soviet lenses are exceptionally good and this one is no exception! It can be used with a lot of digital Micro 4/3 cameras with simple and inxpensive adapter. ITEM'S CONDITION: EXCELLENT+++++ The glass is very clean, with no any fungus, separations or scratches. Aperture blades open and close smoothly, focusing is smooth too... even most of Jupiter-9 lenses has slightly tight focusing. Cosmetically lens looks in fine condition, just examine item's photos carefully, please. All functions are available. * Focus: 85 mm. * Angle of view: 28 degrees. * Relative aperture: 1:2 (up to 1:16 with clicks). * Additional ring for fast closing aperture from full opened to preinstalled meaning. * Lens mount M42 (known also as Pentax Screw Mount), same with huge quantity of lenses for old Practica, Pentax, Yashica, Cosina and other cameras with optical registration 45.5mm. * Mounting for different modern SLR & dSLR cameras will not bring any trouble with well-spread M42 adapters. * The lens is well-applicable for digital cameras with Micro 4/3 system and other with working distance 45.5mm and less, with the use of adapters: All Sony NEX, Olympus, Panasonic: Lumix DMC-G1, DMC-GH1, DMC-GF1, DMC-G2, DMC-G10, Epson, Samsung and other. * Resolution (pairs of lines per 1 mm): not less than 32 lines on mm in the center and 23 lines on mm on the edge of frame. * Focusing: from 0.8m. * Filter mount M 49 x 0.5 mm. * Made at Litkarino plant (LZOS) near the Moscow city (it has the special symbol). * Pretty in using. * Black painting. * Made for export, signed on English: JUPITER-9 * The lens was made in 1988 in USSR. We are more than happy to welcome any international bidders!!! We ship the item FREE WORLDWIDE! Item will be shipped via Russian Mail service immediately upon receipt of your payment. Shipping time is mostly about 2-3 weeks to receive the item as Registered Air Mail package (or by registered and insured Air Mail parcel for heavy items), but sometimes (but not very often) it can be up to two month. If you need really fast shipping, DHL and UPS are available here, but shipping a metal 35mm camera can cost over $100, thus this kind of shipping is rarely used.