JUPITER-8 50mm f/2 | A Charming Nifty Fifty

I have a soft spot for soviet era lenses. Sure, they can often be badly lacking in build quality (Industar26M, Industar 61 L/Z), or they can be quirky one-trick ponies (Helios 44-2), but generally I find the optics to be rather great, often excellent. In this video I take a good look at a 1963 Jupiter-8 5mm f/2 which is neither lacking in build quality, neither a one-trick pony and while it's not optically excellent, it's very versatile and quite charming. The video was filmed with the SONY Z-V1. The montage was done in DaVinci Resolve on Arch Linux. The images were processed with RawTherapee and GIMP on Arch Linux. Join my Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/8HacgkCBAx You can support my work by making a small donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radumitrescu or here: http://paypal.me/1kwords You cand find my photos on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/199662120@N07/ Watch some of my other videos: Manual Focus in Street Photography https://youtu.be/XbIzNH8lYtw?si=SfQgtxeE8fMzdvKO KONICA HEXANON AR 40mm f/1.8 A Re-Review https://youtu.be/vTlu6Zo69zY?si=OYbU6QrnpMDIvhBj Why I sold all my Fujifilm kit and switched BACK to Sony and vintage lenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aukmn2DUHWc An absolute beginner's guide to RawTherapee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-T0laAf0E A 2023 retrospective https://youtu.be/ABuHEW7-BBY?si=0jo0m69igVz9wGG8 Why I use Linux https://youtu.be/qndvgnsUeSQ?si=wLqy8vx1JlNmv56R My troubles with MPB's after-sales warranty service https://youtu.be/SzbiFg9ODzY?si=hCpPfimlIUaTSacU Nippon Kogaku Japan Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8 Review https://youtu.be/0iSyPfevvu0?si=R2DjN_VdiFFm4luR Battle of the Fast Fifties, Part 2. https://youtu.be/eiVuyFIGp3A?si=vzk_-Ohq4jEjmSV5 SMC Pentax M 50mm f/1.4 Review https://youtu.be/xtCSVb43Z7Q?si=qs7H6GJaJm4mw_KE I've Been Struggling... https://youtu.be/E4KeMBJoAlo?si=N_12kcAr68mHvdUp Olympus OM-System Auto-W 28mm f/2.8 Review https://youtu.be/PB5dd6U9YlM?si=RQnApU4DgjftM7gD Kamerastore tried to scam me https://youtu.be/PKjdIX3_U-k?si=w-27BKgIHZ38ktMr Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f/2 Review https://youtu.be/uD3txVEWxpI?si=H0z5HPjiV-vBe0OS Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm f/1.8 Review https://youtu.be/_NxZgzxMF8I?si=N7JTp02BOzg3sr9D AMA https://youtu.be/ts2gEClrzuQ?si=DMvZgueb8qwJ5SpR Five things that suck about the Fuji X-T2 https://youtu.be/B2wlP_euhd4?si=5GXaRAAtFwDLIMeM Why I use Linux https://youtu.be/qndvgnsUeSQ?si=9VH8Xbii-1r7Ax2B The MPB warranty service fiasco https://youtu.be/SzbiFg9ODzY?si=Y21gXLsDPL3JFfc3