Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/20

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Subject: Re: 50mm Jupiter 8
From: Simon Ogilvie <simon_ogilvie@ionica.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 97 10:03:00 GMT

Marc wrote:
> The Jupiter-8's normally start at around $100 and go up, depending on
> condition and age.  Yours is post-'73;  if it is '87 or later (the black
> paint) it is worth a bit more, as are the earlier chrome ones.

Well, it's black but I don't know the age.  Serial number is 0171124,
and I have a vgc Zorki 4 with it, in the original leather ERC.

I've used the lens occasionally on my Leica, and it's not easy to
tell the results apart from those made with a late Summicron 50mm.
The aperture uses 9 blades and is very near to circular at all settings
so the out-of-focus areas are nice and gentle (good bokeh...?!).

> As to the 4/90, a '58 lens is hardly "old" (ha-rumph!  I'm older than
> that!), but is some years too early to be a three-element lens.

Sorry Marc - anything before 1966 is "pre-history" as far as I am
concerned!  :-)  I didn't expect it to be particularly rare, but it's always
worth trying...  It's a nice lens but a little on the soft side and I find
the f4 aperture a bit slow, so I'll "upgrade" to something faster when
I can afford it.  Having just bough an M6 with 35/2 I'm a bit broke at
the moment!

Thanks for you comments.
Simon.