The Jupiter 9 (85mm f2) lens for my FED arrived.

There are a few cleaning marks but it otherwise looks very nice. 1958 vintage. The focus is stiff and there is some question as to whether it is calibrated correctly so it will go off to Oleg in the Ukraine for a clean, lube, and adjust. He is the master. He quoted $20 to $30 with $10 return shipping. I traded film that I paid $13.10 for so it will be a nice lens for a very reasonable price. I've never used a telephoto lens before so I'm looking forward to this. And it's a fast one at that.

This completes the lenses I want for 35mm — Jupiter 12 (35mm f2.8), Jupiter 8 (50mm f2 for available darkness), collapsible Industar-50 (50mm f3.5 for carrying in coat pocket), and the Jupiter 9 (85mm f2.) I'm tempted with wider lenses but there aren't any cheap Russian ones and a wider lens would be more useful for landscape or architecture and I would use medium format or large format for that. And 85mm is about as long a lens that works on a rangefinder, so no 135mm, although there is the Jupiter 11...

I've been sidetracked with medium format and large format and need to finish taking care of the Russian rangefinder bodies. This FED 2 body is working just fine but I have another FED2 that has some problems and a Zorki 6 that has more problems. I still haven't decided if I want a low speed camera. The FED 2s and the Zorki 6 only go down to 1/30 sec. I only plan to hand hold these cameras so that may be enough. I need to do more shooting in available darkness with faster films and see if that works. If I really need the slower speeds, I will get a FED 3a. Right now it looks like I just may CLA the other FED 2 and just use the two FEDs. I really love these little cameras!