Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] New camera and lens combo
From: neal at nairobisafari.com (Neal Friedenthal)
Date: Tue Dec 21 22:16:09 2004

>The pictures from that lens look really good.  REALLY GOOD for the
>money.  How is the mechanical quality of the lens?  Where did you buy
>it?

>I ended up with a Konica 50 for my M6; not sure whether I'll keep this
>one since I don't have the photos back from my first test roll.  I'm
>still looking for a nice Summicron - keep hitting the ebay auctions
>but the last couple have gone for over $600 which is a bit over my
>limit.

>Glenn


Glenn,
 Although the jupiter is not as silky smooth as a Leica lens it isn't that 
bad,
 the focus is tight but not too stiff.  I found the lens on E-bay through a 
Russian dealer.
Got it for $85 plus $15 shipping.


>Neal Friedenthal wrote:
>> http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_04/tn/lrob1.jpg.html
>Little Rob looks happy to see you.  :-)

>I too have been happy with my Soviet photo gear.
>Who do you buy from, in Moscow ?

>Also, how do you like the Cosina Voigtlander R3A ?
>It's among the more exciting gear news to me (along with
>the Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH)

>Cheers,

>- Phong

Phong,

Little Rob was helping out at the Camera shop for the holidays and I hadn't 
seen him in a while
so he was happy to see me.

I got this lens from "ruscamera" off of E-bay, easy deal good follow up.

I like the CV R3a, while it is not an M7 it is the next best thing if you 
want an auto exposure rangefinder
and don't want to pay a fortune. The 1:1 finder is pretty neat too. I'd call 
it a great back up camera or knock 
around body when you don't want to risk the Leica. Makes a bit more noise 
than an M but not as bad as
the earlier VC Bessas.

Neal F