Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/31
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Hmm. I FINALLY received the publication notice for my forthcoming NON-LEITZ
LEICA THREAD-MOUNT LENSES (order your copy early! due out in March, '97,
from Rita Wittig Fachbuchverlag). In there, I warn about the late chrome
lenses such as yours -- quality control is quite uneven. And yours comes
from the Zagorsk Plant, not noted for its QA/QC. Though I have a lens much
like yours, and I've not noticed the coma myself.
The best of the Jupiter-3's are the early chrome lenses (to '60 or so) and
the late black lenses ('86 or so and later).
I'll shoot a roll at f/1.5 on both of my Jupiter-3's (the other is an '87
from an as-yet unidentified plant known to researchers as the
'swirled-eyeball factory' from its distinctive logo) and see what I find out.
Best wishes for the New Year!
Marc
Marc James Small FAX: +540/343-7315
Thalla, a Bhallagair!