Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/14
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Don't hold your breath on the wide-open shots. I just got one too and did
some testing. It does focus properly wide open (on my Canon P), but don't get
too excited about it - Sonnars have something that could be called "focusing
halo" that means gradual and pretty focus dropoff - both from center to edge
and from focused subject to objects out of the plane of focus (as opposed to
Planars - Summicron - etc - that have pretty harsh dropoff). In my testing,
which includes both outdoor shots and projecting negatives through it using
my Durst, you get good frame-edge sharpness around 2.8-4. Which is par for
the course with Sonnars. It will be a dreamy portrait lens.
In a message dated 12/14/99 2:04:53 AM, roland@dnai.com writes:
<< I recently purchased one and mounted it on my M3 with an adapter ring. My
outdoor pictures were sharp. I have not tried wide open but, will do so
with my newly acquired test pattern.
Roland Smith
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From: Mark Rutledge <markrut@ticnet.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 10:45 AM
Subject: [Leica] Russian 85/2
> Any comments on the Russian Jupiter 85/2 for SM? Looking at one for sale.
>
> Mark Rutledge
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