[Leica] IMGs: To adapt or not...

[Don Dory]

Yes, I have one and use it somewhat frequently.  I also have the
contemporary Canon version and have been shopping for the Nikkor in the
same vintage.  It is an amazingly good design for portraits.

I have to say after adapting some 1930's Zeiss Contax lenses to my Sony I
am very impressed with the Zeiss designers.  Marc James Small wasn't that
far off in his praise for the Zeiss production.

On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:25 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Despite having a multitude of old lenses from various makes and at least
> five or six appropriate Fotodiox adapters, I have a problem with decent
> performance at 85mm for portraits, as well as at 35mm for street work. I
> had bought a new Samyang 35/2.8 a couple of years ago, but, in truth,
> never liked the results, so decided to get an immaculate used 35mm Zeiss
> Sonnar which was for sale in a camera shop in Dublin. They also had an
> 85mm 1.8 Sony portrait lens which disappointingly wasn't a Zeiss Batis,
> but I decided to have a look at it when I was in there. Then, I
> remembered my fairly unused Jupiter 9 Leica screw fit, and dug out my
> Leica adapter.
>
> Test shot of my sceptical - and very unprepared - wife of forty six
> years taken with my forty six year old Jupiter 9 screwmount 85/2 lens
> with Leica screw to M adapter and Leica M to Sony E mount Fotodiox
> adapter, and thence to Sony A7II . Can be seen Larger. After seeing the
> surprising sharpness of this combination, I have decided to use this for
> portraits for a while, and not bother to buy the Sony lens.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Jup8+Nov23.jpg.html
>
> Shot from tripod of my back garden sky about 30 mins after sunset with
> my new Sony Zeiss Sonnar 35/2.8 on Sony A7II. Can be seen larger. I'll
> use it for its primary purpose tomorrow and do some daytime street
> shots, if things pan out.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Back+garden+low+light.jpg.html
>
> Anybody else using Jupiters 39mm screw fits on Sonys?
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
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