JUPITER-37A 135mm f/3.5 LENS FOR M42 ZENIT, PENTAX, OR BESSAFLEX

Jupiter-37A is a long focus single-coated lens for different SLR cameras. Letter "A" means a special adapters which can be mounted with help of little screw-driver according with Your camera lens mount. It based at ideas and optical scheme of previous Jupiter-11 series lenses. In turn, Jupiter-11lens is a copy of 135mm 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. All the Soviet plants which issued photo equipment (include most famous KMZ, LOMO andLitkarino 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: Like New The glass is very clean, without scratches, separations or fungus. Aperture blades open and close smoothly, focusing is smooth too. Cosmetically the lens looks like very accurately used before, just examine item's photos, please. * Optical registration 45.5mm * Focus 135 mm. * Angle of view 18 degrees. * Relative aperture 1:3.5 (up to 1:22, with clicks). * Special aperture barrel allows to press it and to fix any aperture setting, after it You can rotate this barrel without clicks and to open aperture for adjusting sharpness, before shutter release You should to shut the aperture for preinstalled meaning. * Mounting: M42x1mm (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 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 of the lens (in pairs of lines per 1mm) is not less than 45 in the center and 30 on the edge of frame. * Focusing from 1.2m. * Filter mount M 52 mm. * Pretty in using. * Good black coating. * The lens was made at Krasnogorsky Optical and Mechanical Factory (KMZ) in 1982. 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 with the tracking number (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.