Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<< william gower asked about the jupiter 85 2.0 -- >> Let me add my question about the Jupiter 9. Mine is a 1959 aluminum body version. The focusing action is quite stiff, and when focused to 1.5m and closer there is a gap showing between the forward end of the focus ring and the rear skirt of the aperture ring. The seller said that they are all like that. My question: is it true they all have this gap at the close focus range? The lens functions OK otherwise. I bought it to use on a FED 2 and then discovered that the FED/lens combination when used together at the minimum focusing distance, actually missed the plane of focus by about .05m (2 inches). At f2 that is a BIG miss and effectively makes it unusable at close range.