Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jeffery, I've followed your comments about focus shift, I think my lens don't show such problem, well it is not a very good perfomer at 1.5. What I'm very surprised too is what you tell about your Sonnar Russian copy, I suppose you are talking about the Jupiter 3, I've saw this lens on e-bay between 80 to 150$, I've never decided for it because I already have the Sonnar and on the other hand I've always heard that it is no easy find a good Russian lens, maybe you should buy 2 or 3 to be sure to have a good one. I didn't know this Bessa Contax, it looks as a lovely camera. Maybe you already know this link: http://www.zeisscamera.com/first.shtml Cheers Lluis El 03/04/2010, a las 3:11, Jeffery Smith escribi?: > I have an aluminum or some God-awful alloy Russian-made 50/1.5 > Sonnar that focuses better than the Zeiss M lens, as does the Contax > C lens on my Contax. In retrospect, it would have been wiser (by > about $750) for me to buy Stephen Gandy's Bessa Contax mount camera > body and put the old Zeiss lens on it. The Zeiss site says that they > 50/1.5 improves at 5.6 and smaller. Is there any lens that doesn't > look pretty good at 5.6 and smaller? I've got a great 50/3.5 Heliar > for that. I do like the OOF aspects of the Sonnar. That said, it > seems to be an outdoor lens. > > Jeffery > > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > >> >> hopsternew at gmail.com writes in part: >> >>> The Sonnar was interesting. This sample appeared very well made >>> like all of >>> this series that I have handled or owneed. Of course Zeiss >>> themselves say >>> that it is meant to be a reproduction of a classic design, it does >>> focus >>> shift and it has its own distinct character. >> >> I tried out a Zeiss ZM 50/1.5 for a few days after finding I quite >> liked my Soviet made copy with my M film cameras. The new Zeiss >> lens being of better build quality then the Soviet lens. To my >> surprise I found the Zeiss lens to be soft/soft/soft to about f4. >> Nothing coming out in sharp focus. Thinking my eyes were the >> problem I put the Soviet lens on for a few shots on the next roll >> and problem solved I had sharp focus from f1.5 to 4. >> >> Didn't buy the Zeiss lens and now I have two Soviet 50/1.5 lens as >> I found one NIB which was made in 1963 (reportedly a good year for >> these lenses). >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> Calgary, Canada >> _________________________________________________________________ >> The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your >> inbox. >> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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