Re[2]: 21mm alternatives

[eesyliu_at_eenw02po@smtpgwy.polyu.edu.hk]

     Charline,
     
        I've got two Russian Jupiter lenses, both are 35/2.8 but one is in 
     black colour, and the other is chrome. Their prices are wonderful 
     (just $90 each). I got them from a non-professional shop. Would you 
     tell me more about them?
     
     Michael
     eesyliu@ee.polyu.edu.hk
        

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Subject: Re: 21mm alternatives
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at SMTP
Date:    1/30/97 5:27 AM


I've recently gotten some slides back that I took with my 20mm Russar. I'm 
the one who originally posted that I thought I saw the bottom right corner 
of the image to be out of focus in my version of the lens. I don't see this 
in the slides, so I now discount the earlier observation. The out of focus 
region might simply have been outside of the depth of field in the other 
shots, although I thought it would have been inside.
     
The images seem quite sharp and contrasty. I generally shoot it at f/16 (or 
a little smaller) at which aperture the entire focal range is within the 
depth of field. Since it's such a short lens I can shoot at 1/30 without 
worrying about excessive camera shake.
     
The Russian lenses are variable in quality--Marc Small knows a good deal 
about the reputations of the various factories, but even if you got a lens 
from a "good" factory I would make sure it could be returned after you have 
a chance to evaluate it.
     
Good luck,
     
Charlie