Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] Summaron 3.5 or Jupiter 12?
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:51:14 -0500
References: <1FCDE5A8-5F02-4810-B983-056714AEA113@gmail.com>

Hi Kyle,

I have both lenses, and have used the Jupiter 12 the most.  I believe it 
is sharper, and works well, despite the lousy f stop adjustment.  You 
nailed its bad points well.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/3/2014 9:20 PM, Kyle Cassidy On The LUG wrote:
> Let's say -- for the sake of discussion that you recently realized that 
> you ought to have a 35mm lens -- and so you started looking on line at 
> summiluxes and zeisses and then while bumbling around in the closet you 
> found a box marked "35mm leica lenses" and in it was a summaron 3.5 and a 
> jupiter 12 (f 2.8) from another life and you think "oh ... I already have 
> a 35mm, I should start using it"....
>
> That obvious answer to my question is "use them both for a while and are 
> what you like" but I'm inherently lazy and so seek your expertise. Is the 
> jupiter' faster aperture worth what it loses in a better f stop ring, non 
> protruding rear element and build?
>
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> Sent from my iPhone plz excuse the typoss keyb0ard is reaLly small.
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In reply to: Message from leicaslacker at gmail.com (Kyle Cassidy On The LUG) ([Leica] Summaron 3.5 or Jupiter 12?)