Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Nikkor vs. CZJ vs. Jupiter 85/2
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:46:23 -0400
References: <200105190136.SAA11761@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

At 11:33 PM 5/18/2001 -0400, Douglas Cooper wrote:
>Is the Nikon 85/2 LTM basically the same as the CZJ Sonnar T?  Any radical
>difference in quality?

I don't have access to my records at the minute but, yes, I believe the
Nikon lens uses the identical design to the Sonnar.  The wartime Zeiss Jena
mounts tended to use a LOT more aluminium than did those nice Nikon brass
and steel mounts a decade later.  Both, of course, are really seen as
collector's lenses today.

Marc

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