Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Questions: thank you! Now, about wide angle....
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 18:41:18 -0500

At 11:30 AM 1/3/2001 -0800, Adam Bridge wrote:
>But these lenses are, ahem, pricey. Because I don't need the latest and
greatest I'm wondering if you have thoughts about what to look for in a
good used lens.

I would suggest a 2.8/35 Jupiter-12, a Russian clone of the Carl Zeiss Jena
Biogon (first version) of even specification.  These can be had for $100 or
so in the US.  They are in LTM, so you will need an adapter to mate them
with an M camera, and an auxiliary VF if you are using an M3 or late M6
with the higher-magnification VF.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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