Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0022 Daniel, I find this shot interesting because it appears to be a woman doing laundry. My wife tells me that women don't do laundry. Must be different in Sweden! Nice tones. Leo On Aug 4, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Greg, > I've been playing around with the Jupiter-12 on my IIIf. It's an > f2.8 lens. > > I just put up some shots from yesterday: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0024 > (Wide-open, slow shutter, 1/30). > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0021 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0022 > (Kind of "normal" conditions) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0027 > (The Jupiter-8 (50mm), wide-open. It's an f2.0 lens) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0026 > (Jupiter-8 under normal conditions). > > 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. > > But to tell the truth, you get much better mileage if you just pick up > a Kiev (Contax copy) body and lenses (the same) to fit. You don't run > in to the same mismatches of focusing as you do with the screw-mount > lenses. The bodies are great. Just keep a roll a electrical tape > around to seal it up after loading film. Darkness likes to leak out of > them. > > Built like tanks. Cheap. > > Best, Daniel > (now back to vacation ... I was just touching bases now). > > > On 7/29/05, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> I'm looking to purchase a (non-Leica) LTM lens in the 35mm focal >> lenght to use with my old IIIf's and IIIg's f2 or there about and >> not made by VC. Nikon, Canon or other sharp lens? >> >> Any suggestions on lenses and approximate sale prices? >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >