Originally posted by Cuthbert I haven't used my J12 for a while,but these shots were taken with that lens on a M3:
I was really surprised by how much pincushion distortion both the Jupiter-12 and Jupiter-8 have. I would have expected barrel distortion from the Jupiter-12, and the Jupiter-8 being a 50mm I expected to be relatively neutral.
The Contax Zeiss Planar 35/2 has somewhat noticeable barrel distortion, which makes sense as it's a wide angle Planar. I may be wrong, but I think it's the widest Planar made for 135 format.
This shot shows the barrel distortion of 35/2
Contax G2
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 35/2
Kodak Ektar 100 @iso640
Epson V750-M Pro