Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/04

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Subject: [Leica] 35mm Non Leica LTM Lens Recomendations?
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Thu Aug 4 10:31:28 2005
 
Hi Daniel,

You wrote in part:

> Greg,

> I've been playing around with the Jupiter-12 on my IIIf. It's an f2.8 lens.
> 
> These are not "plug-and-play" lenses. The Jupiter-12 focuses a bit in
> front of what I'm focusing on, so I give it a slight twist to a longer
> distance after focusing. The Jupiter-8 (50mm) focuses slightly (ever
> so) behind, so I twist it just a little bit closer after focusing. You
> can only tell when it is wide-open.
> 

I got a couple off list emails on this lens but no one else mentioned a 
focus problem. I quess I'll find one locally, if possible, and shoot a few 
frames to make sure focus is bang on.

Your in-focus shots look pretty good for a budget priced lens.

Thanks for the head's up.

Regards,

Greg
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