Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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.