Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The tripod probably made the biggest difference, from what I recall of the Jupiter shot. I'm not knocking the less expensive lenses. One of the best shots that I have made recently was with a Pentax M42 Takumar 50/1.4 lens on my Olympus E-1. The old 50s make nice portrait lenses. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Night Shot, Leica M9 With Summilux 35 Severely Cropped > > > Jim Nichols writes: > >> Hi Greg, >> >> To me, this one is much sharper than the previous one made with the >> Jupiter >> lens. It's nice to be able to read the tube labels on the chasis. Nice >> work. > > > Hi Jim, > > > > I was shooting the Jupiter wide open, hand held. The Summilux stopped down > on a tripod. > > > > The Leica lens costs about 22 times more then (the made in 1963) Soviet > lens so it should be much sharper. > > > > Haven't directly compared the two but I like the Jupiter very much for > portraits of Grandma and the way it renders colour images. > > > > Greg Lorenzo > > Calgary, Canada > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >