Don't you just love these Soviet bakelite lens containers?

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WHY IS THIS LENS SO RIDICULOUSLY THICC?

Jupiter-9 m39/Zenit made by LZOS
(Sorry, phone's macro-mode makes the lens to look *smaller* than it actually is )
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Goldberg Variations

Two ways to copy an 85mm Carl Zeiss Sonnar lens: Kiev 4A with an Arsenal-made 85mm Jupiter-9 lens, and a Zenit 3M with a LZOS-made Jupiter-9 (m39/Zenit mount) lens.
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Not every lens is about perfection.

Some are about soul, flaws, and a certain kind of magic that modern glass just doesn’t give you.

This was shot with one of my favourite vintage Russian lenses — a Helios 44 — mounted on my Leica. Softness, swirls, character... exactly what I love for personal work and storytelling photography.

I just published a new blog post about why I use old Soviet lenses on my Leica M10, M6 and M3 — and why these imperfect tools still matter today.

→ Link https://www.marcosecchi.com/blog/russian-vintage-lenses

Fujica ST-701, Helios 44-2 f/2 58mm.
Kodak Gold 200
Exposure 1/1000s, F/5.6.

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