Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:06 PM 11/24/96 PST, Grant wrote: ack of the rangefinder helical mount? > >This weekend I was offered a Zenit 4 and three lenses (50mm, 35mm, 85mm -- >all Jupiter 8's), with a fitted case and the multifinder (isn't that rascal >just NEAT?) for $100. I would have bought it, but for the life of me I >couldn't find any shutter speeds below 1/60th of a second. Anybody know how >to work this particular camera? What is the best Russian leica copy? Are >any of them M-mount? Well, first off, the lenses weren't 'all Jupiter 8's'. The 50mm f/2 IS a Jupiter 8, the 35mm f/1.8 is a Jupiter-12, and the 85mm f/2 is a Jupiter-9. The first and last are Sonnar clones, the middle one a Biogon clone. Nice lenses. Very, very few Zenits have shutter speeds below 1/30", but the Zenit-4 does: its range extends from 1" to 1/500" and bulb. The camera Grant saw seems to have been mis-labelled. None of the FED or Zorkii cameras are up to Leica standards or even close, though most will take pictures without a qualm. Zenits are generally a tad better than are the first two; the 4K is probably the best of these, as well as the last. None have an M mount, though current Zorkii production uses the Zeiss-designed K mount. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!