Originally posted by Swift1 Thanks David.
The Jupiter-8 is an interesting and slightly quirky lens. It has a fair amount of pincushion distortion. I had to do some lens correction on this shot.
I am glad to see that the Zorki-4 has been taken out for some fresh air! I have not noticed any distortion with my J-8s. I have two in M39 (1978 and 1984) and one in Contax/Kiev mount (1967), and am sorry that yours is that way. Great photo though.
Edit: I just took a straight-edge to a couple of my J-8 shots and surprise, surprise, there
is pincushion distortion. The amount is not huge, but is definitely visible when compared with a known straight reference. I guess that is another good reason to avoid straight lines and level compositions!
Steve
Last edited by stevebrot; 01-23-2014 at 12:01 AM.