Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Sonny and Jim, I'll bear that in mind. I'm going into the city in the coming week to a couple of camera shops to look at all the A7 variants and to try to decide. The max size of print I tend to get is 16x12 and most of my club competition prints are 12x8, so, in reality, pixels are probably not that important. I just want to have an interim full frame that I can use all my legacy lenses for a couple of years until I see how camera developments go and how the market evolves. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Jupiter adapters??? > Douglas, > > Either route suggested to you works. I am using an LTM to M with an M to > Fuji X, two stacked adapters. But, Sonny's suggestion may be nicer. > Plus, the LTM to M tends to get stuck when paired with another adapter, > and can be difficult to separate. > > Enjoy the old glass. I have two of the Ruskies, and they are both very > good. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 11/12/2016 4:19 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Jim, I went up to the attic and dug up my Jupiter lens. It's a Jupiter 9 >> 85mm f2 and was made in 1977 assuming that N7701776 was made in that >> year. It seems clean still and aperture blades seem fine. >> >> It's LTM as I fitted it to my lllc, but never actually got around to >> shooting anything with it as I tend to use 35mm or 50mm for the type of >> street shooting I do. It looks ok, and, as I'm going buy a Sony A7 next >> week, I'll try it on that when I get the Leica adapter which will be a M >> adapter. I already have a LTM (L39) to M adapter, so I presume that lens >> to M adapter to Sony E mount adapter should be ok? >> >> The reason I'm going for the A7 Mark 1 is it's lighter and more toteable >> than the Mark 2 and the S and R versions, doesn't produce the massive >> files, and the clincher is I can buy it heavily discounted apparently. >> Any other basic Sony A7 users out there who might have answers to >> possible unanticipated problems I might have? Sonny Carter & Doug Herr do >> use A7s but I don't think they're the basic A7?? >> >> Douglas >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" >> <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 3:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flowers by Jupiter >> >> >>> Thanks, Douglas. Mine has been packed away unused for 30 or 40 years, >>> after I determined that the focus cam did not work well with my Leica >>> IIIs. It seems to be happy on the Fuji. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> On 11/12/2016 8:53 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >>>> Jim, I like that, and the fact that I have a Jupiter lens up in the >>>> attic helps me like it even more :-) >>>> >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" >>>> <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera >>>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >>>> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 6:29 PM >>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flowers by Jupiter >>>> >>>> >>>>> For some reason, it occurred to me this morning that the old Jupiter >>>>> 8, 50/2, low serial number, made for Kiev, lens that I have had for >>>>> years, which wouldn't focus well on my Barnacks, might work just fine >>>>> on the Fuji X-E1. So I mounted it on double adapters and took it out >>>>> for a spin. The aperture setting turns freely, so I secured it with a >>>>> rubber band. >>>>> >>>>> Shooting a brick wall showed proper focus, and no distortion, but I >>>>> wanted a real subject. I had seen this spot of color from a distance, >>>>> so I checked out my neighbor's cool weather blooms. To me, the Zeiss >>>>> heritage shines through. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cool+Weather+Colors.TIFF.html >>>>> >>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >