Originally posted by pepperberry farm I'm considering a Jupiter 9 as my next lens purchase....
I can warmly recommend the Jupiter 9. However many people seem to be having issues with them either due to bad quality checking at the factory or people cleaning them and not managing to put them together correctly.
I got lucky with the one I bought, an early m39 (note, do not get the red 'P' / 'П' versions, they won't focus correctly), just had to relube and re-shim it.
My advice would be to look for one that doesn't look like it's in immaculate condition, but looks used yet well looked after (good glass).
I'm still looking around for a 13 blade Helios 44.. I'm assuming all those on ebay with a black filter ring have had their filter ring exchanged with a more recent version or were some just sold like that?
Any why do they
all have to have badly scratched rear elements?!
Last edited by Topsy; 12-04-2016 at 05:03 PM.