My New Rangefinder

[Dan Cattermole]

Went to Malvern flea market today and picked this MINT little gem up for 15 quid. Not a single mark on it and works fine.
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Would love to have a load of recommendations of lenses to get for it...... Thinking about a Jupiter 8 Maybe? nothing mega pricey, just something to get this thing going


image by DanCatt, on Flickr

Muchos!

 

[Dave Green]

What mount is it Dan?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

M39

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Screw if course......

 

[Dave Green]

Should be plenty about then

 

[Hamish Gill]

Jupiter-8 is the obvious choice ...
The industar 61 would be another option if you are thinking Russian.
Industar 22 if you want something small... not that it makes much odd on that lump of a zorki

How much money have you got to spend? My fave lens at the moment is the Leica Summar... Probably the cheapest and most underrated leica Leica... And my current 50mm of choice. Can be had for sub £100

Second roll from the iiia by Hamish_Gill, on Flickr

Second roll from the iiia by Hamish_Gill, on Flickr

Just one tip Dan, never change the shutter speed before you cock the shutter, that will kill it fairly quickly!!

 

[Brian Moore]

Yes,...H is right. Cock shutter, then adjust shutter speed as desired. Nice find, Dan!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Dan I have the same camera on the shelf. It came with a Jupiter 8 which I presumed was the most common lens this was exported with. A Fed I have came with the industar. The Induster is , or at least the one I have not nearly as well made as the Jupitor, which is superb and love it to bits. I use it on my Olympus OM-D with M39. Also my Jupitor 8 comes without a clicking aperture ring so it is great to use for video as no clicks can be heard. There is a version I believe where the aperture ring does click into place at each stop.


Zorki 4 and jupiter 8

BOAT Zorki -4K Jupiter 8 by Julian de Courcy, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Exciting times Dan.

 

[Beth Carter]

congrats dan.