Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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.