[Leica] IMG: Jupiter-9 (Sonnar)

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Yeah Daniel, cough up. I just commited to APX 400 to the extent of getting 
1000' of it from Freestyle. I like it in Xtol 1:3, but am still getting 
'noise' in the same zones as Rebecca's sweatshirt. Everything for the last 
several months has been either APX 400 or Neopan 1600.

Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@gmail.com> wrote:  What did you develop it in? My 
APX 400 pictures make everyone look
like coal miners.

On 10/1/07, Daniel Ridings wrote:
> Thanks Luis, Hoppy, Jeffery, Jack and Ric.
>
> I suppose that the Agfapan APX400 might account for the "noise", or
> grain, Luis. It isn't a fine-grain film. But as Ric noted, it can
> deliver some nice tones (the Sonnar design helps).
>
> Jeffery, I have two Jupiter-9's and they both perform like top notch
> lenses. Well, the silver one can flare easily, but that probably has to
> do this the deep gash on the front element. BUT ... both of them are for
> the Contax/Kiev mount. I think the difficulties involved with getting a
> good Jupiter-9 might be more in connection with finding a good one in
> Leica screw mount. It's a pity the Contax/Kiev bodies aren't better than
> they are. They show their pre-WWII age. They were probably superior to
> the screw-mount Leicas, but if you've used an M, they show their age.
>
> Once again, thanks all. I've been booked solid and haven't picked a paw
> yet. It will be one of them in my showbox:
>
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v39/
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v39/?g2_page=2
>
> They are almost all just test shots, making sure the Kiev body was up to
> snuff.
>
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
> > To tell the truth, I am not going to miss not taking a 90/2.0 Summicron
> > along. The Jupiter-9 (85/2.0 Sonnar), does just fine:
> >
> > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v39/07v39-0017.jpg.html
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
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Jeffery L. Smith
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