Jupiter-11 Automat 4/135 USSR lens for SLR Kiev 10 15 Arsenal box cap
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Jupiter-11 Automat,
lens for SLR, #801461
135 mm, f/4, special mount,
"Arsenal", Kiev, Ukraine USSR
with box and front cap
Perfect condition. Fully working. Lens is clear and clean, without any fungus or scratches. Inside there are microspecks of microdust. Focus ring rotates properly and a bit tightly. Aperture blades are free of oil. Body has very small, almost invisible signs of age and use. Box and lens cap are original, box has small signs of age.
Camera "Kiev-10" is not included and is shown as an example of mount.
This is a fixed telelens with one-layered anti-reflection coating for SLR "Kiev-10", "Kiev-11", "Kiev-15 Tee", "Kiev-15 TTL". Lens is a copy of German Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar T 4/135. Its production started in 1949. Lens is famous for its small size, blurring of unfocused zones, good sharpness and contrast. Jupiter-11 is probably the best USSR portrait lens.
In USSR this lens had possible mounts: M39 (for rangefinders), M39 (for SLR), M42 (for SLR), Contax RF (for rangefinders), special bayonet for Kiev-10 and -15 (for SLR - this lens). Also KOMZ (Kazan, USSR) produced a variant "Jupiter-11A" with changeable adapter.
Note, that this lens does not have an aperture ring. Aperture is set by the camera. This lens can be set without adapter to SLR "Kiev-10" or "Kiev-15" only.
Lens has a built-in plastic lens hood. Except it the lens is fully metal.
Aperture has 6 blades that have a copper colour. Picture is similar to "Jupiter-11" with Contax-RF mount.
Characteristics:
Lens s/number - 801461
Number of lenses - 4 in three groups, Sonnar
Angle of view - 18.3o
Number of aperture blades - 6
Limit of aperturing - 1:4 (max), 1:22 (min)
Resolving power - (centre/edge) 42/29 lines/mm
Minimal distance of focusing - 1.2 m
Type of thread - special mount
Type of filter thread - 49x0.75 mm
Dimensions (mm): 57*57*91
Focal distance - 133,12 mm
Mass - 385 g (499 g with box and cap)
One-layered anti-reflection coating