Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, guys...Tom, what you have just described is a truly crappy lens...."Stopped down to f16/22 everything goes quite blurry and isn't really useable unless you like pictures with an extreme depth-of-blur." "Wide open it gets pretty soft and low contrast." Can you imagine how everyone would react if Leica produced a lens like that? Or how everyone would be laughing their Leica caps off if a new Nikon or Canon lens got a review like that. Okay, it's incredibly cheap. But that's because it's a lousy lens that only gives a decent performance in the mid-range...which means that it isn't an f 1.5 to f 16 lens, it's an f8 to f 11 lens. And I'm not suggesting that people shouldn't save money on older lenses or non-Leica brands lenses....Only that it doesn't make sense to wax eloquent over a lousy lens. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tom Finnegan Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 3:12 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: Re: [Leica] nokton v. summilux I think I might get a Summarit until I can afford a Summilux. They have a wonderful look. Steve Annapolis - ------------------------------ I started off by buying a 50/1.5 Jupiter-3 off of EBay for $75. That way I figured I could have a lens to use while I saved up for something nicer. I was pleasantly surprised to see how well the Jupiter performed in practice for a lens that was designed in the 1930's and built in 1956. At the mid apertures, with HP5+ handheld, you wStopped down to f16/22 everything goes quite blurry and isn't really useable unless you like pictures with an extreme depth-of-blur.ould be hard pressed to see a difference with modern lenses. Wide open it gets pretty soft and low contrast, but with a similar 'finger-paint' quality to the bokeh that the Summarit has. For people pictures it can work well if you like a retro look. I would be interested in comparing it side-by-side with the Summarit. Considering it's cheap price, for B&W work it would be hard to beat the price/performance ratio of the Jupiter-3. Tom Finnegan Seattle