Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] jupiter 85 f2.0
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:46:33 -0500
References: <5a.d6b15c8.275046df@aol.com>

This is much more of a problem with the 85/2 in M42 mount.  My chrome 85/2
didn't have that condition, but all of my black ones did.  It's just the
design.

Cheers
Dante

P2CON@aol.com wrote:

> << william gower asked about the jupiter 85 2.0 -- >>
>
> Let me add my question about the Jupiter 9. Mine is a 1959 aluminum body
> version. The focusing action is quite stiff, and when focused to 1.5m and
> closer there is a gap showing between the forward end of the focus ring and
> the rear skirt of the aperture ring. The seller said that they are all like
> that. My question: is it true they all have this gap at the close focus
> range?
>
> The lens functions OK otherwise. I bought it to use on a FED 2 and then
> discovered that the FED/lens combination when used together at the minimum
> focusing distance, actually missed the plane of focus by about .05m (2
> inches). At f2 that is a BIG miss and effectively makes it unusable at close
> range.

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