[Leica] Jupiter adapters???
Douglas Barry
imra at iol.ie
Sat Nov 12 14:19:27 PST 2016
Jim, I went up to the attic and dug up my Jupiter lens. It's a Jupiter 9
85mm f2 and was made in 1977 assuming that N7701776 was made in that year.
It seems clean still and aperture blades seem fine.
It's LTM as I fitted it to my lllc, but never actually got around to
shooting anything with it as I tend to use 35mm or 50mm for the type of
street shooting I do. It looks ok, and, as I'm going buy a Sony A7 next
week, I'll try it on that when I get the Leica adapter which will be a M
adapter. I already have a LTM (L39) to M adapter, so I presume that lens to
M adapter to Sony E mount adapter should be ok?
The reason I'm going for the A7 Mark 1 is it's lighter and more toteable
than the Mark 2 and the S and R versions, doesn't produce the massive files,
and the clincher is I can buy it heavily discounted apparently. Any other
basic Sony A7 users out there who might have answers to possible
unanticipated problems I might have? Sonny Carter & Doug Herr do use A7s but
I don't think they're the basic A7??
Douglas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flowers by Jupiter
> Thanks, Douglas. Mine has been packed away unused for 30 or 40 years,
> after I determined that the focus cam did not work well with my Leica
> IIIs. It seems to be happy on the Fuji.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 11/12/2016 8:53 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> Jim, I like that, and the fact that I have a Jupiter lens up in the attic
>> helps me like it even more :-)
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols"
>> <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera
>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 6:29 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flowers by Jupiter
>>
>>
>>> For some reason, it occurred to me this morning that the old Jupiter 8,
>>> 50/2, low serial number, made for Kiev, lens that I have had for years,
>>> which wouldn't focus well on my Barnacks, might work just fine on the
>>> Fuji X-E1. So I mounted it on double adapters and took it out for a
>>> spin. The aperture setting turns freely, so I secured it with a rubber
>>> band.
>>>
>>> Shooting a brick wall showed proper focus, and no distortion, but I
>>> wanted a real subject. I had seen this spot of color from a distance,
>>> so I checked out my neighbor's cool weather blooms. To me, the Zeiss
>>> heritage shines through.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cool+Weather+Colors.TIFF.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>
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