[Leica] Russian Jupiter-9 85/2 lens question

[clzeni at mindspring.com (Craig Zeni)]

I have a chrome one from 1956 that's nicely coated and focuses spot 
on...I bought the lens from That Guy Kyle who, if I recall, had the 
lens gone thru and tuned, possible recoated I don't recall.  But it's 
nice with butter smooth out of focus effects.

CZ
NC

On Apr 3, 2006, at 9:57 AM, durling@cox.net wrote:

> My understanding is that the black ones are later and also coated.  The
> first two numerical digits of the serial number are the year of 
> production.
> Mine is black and '74.  I had the opportunity to look over a couple in 
> the
> shop and found the black one to be nicer than the silver ones.
>
> Even though coated it does flare under certain lighting conditions, 
> and the
> focus is not perfect which is a common problem with these.  Otherwise 
> it is
> a very nice lens.
>
> Mike Durling
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Bill Smith wrs111445@yahoo.com
> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:17:18 -0700 (PDT)
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Russian Jupiter-9 85/2 lens question
>
>
> Is the silver or black one the most desirable?
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   Bill
>
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