Jupiter-9 85mm f/2

The Soviet Sonnar: a postwar continuation of the Zeiss 85/2 formula. Fifteen aperture blades and a portrait draw no modern lens repeats. Sample variation is the whole game; buy condition, not folklore.

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85mmFOCAL LENGTH

f/2MAX APERTURE

7e / 3gOPTICS

49mmFILTER

BRANDLZOS / KMZ (USSR)

MOUNTM42

PRODUCTIONc. 1959-1990s

MIN FOCUS0.8 m

Before you buy

Aperture blades: dry and snappy. Oil on the blades is the mount's most common disease and a real repair cost.
Look through the glass at a light: haze, fungus threads, and balsam separation all announce themselves. Cleaning marks on front coatings matter less than sellers fear.
Focus ring: smooth, even resistance end to end. Grit or a loose helicoid means a reluble at minimum.
Thoriated designs yellow with age. A week of indirect UV largely reverses it; factor the cast into what you pay.
Auto/Manual switch and pin function: the stop-down pin should move freely and the switch should actually stop down.

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