Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! they really have dropped in price. I got mine a few years ago and they were all $100 a pop unless in visibly bad shape. Hell, if they are $25 get a couple of them, one's gotta be a sharp one. Dave On 10/25/05, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > Hundred bucks? It's more like 25 bucks now-a-days, David, for a > brand-new one (+ postage, of course, usually about the same amount). > > Daniel > > On 10/25/05, David C. Mason <dcm@pobox.com> wrote: > > I have a Jupiter 8 I use from time to time (not sure I have any photos > > from it online unfortunately) it seems to be quite sharp but I have > > seen other's jupiter work that was downright muddy looking. I think > > this is the key - you pay 100 bucks and you might get something really > > sharp but you might also get something really bad. > > > > As to radioactivity, mine doesn't glow at night but I think it has > > made me sympathetic to the proletariat. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > On 10/25/05, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > > > At 10:02 PM 10/25/05 +0800, Ed wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >Has anyone used these Jupiter 8 Russian lenses on their leica's > > > >before? They > > > >are 50mm/2 heard a lot of good things about them and they are dirt > > > >cheap > > > >atm. I've also heard some stories that say that they have radioactive > > > >compounds in their makeup, any idea if there's any truth to this? > > > > > > > > > > There are no radioactive elements in any Jupiter-8. These lenses are > > > clones of the early Postwar Carl Zeiss Jena 2/5cm Sonnar T, and in > > > fact the > > > first Soviet-marked such lenses were actually Zeiss-made > > > badge-engineered > > > units. > > > > > > Soviet/Post-Soviet (SPS) lens quality is truly a matter of "Russian > > > roulette" so be certain that you buy with a return guarantee. > > > > > > Having said that, these are quite fine lenses and I regularly use mine > > > both > > > on my LTM and M cameras. > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > > > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >