Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] summarit 50/1.5
From: Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 18:08:24 -0800
References: <000b01c16973$06dd3380$c40f0b3f@pcname> <3.0.2.32.20011109202814.018f9c9c@roanoke.infi.net>

Marc James Small wrote:

> Well, for starters, you will not find a Zeiss-Opton (note the name,
> please!) in LTM.  You will find the lens from Carl Zeiss Jena with T
> coating, of course.
> 

Ok, so in LTM I may encounter:

Zeiss Sonnar-Jena T
Zeiss Sonnar

In Contax mount:

Zeiss-Opton (W. German)
Zeis-Jena T (E-German)

Correct?


> Now, comparing the 1.5/5cm CZJ Sonnar T and the 1.4/50 Summilux, it is
> close to a toss-up.  Adding multi-coating to the mix, we have the late
> 1.5/50 Jupiter-3, and here we find a lens mechanically more shaky than the
> Summilux but, well, optically close.  And, at $100, that Jupiter-3 makes
> even the Cosina lenses look sick.  Just make certain you get that return
> privilege, SPS QC/QA being what it is!
>

Where would you suggest looking for one of these? Does the glass of a
good one
stack up to a Sonnar?


thanks,

feli
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In reply to: Message from "wlmacintire" <wlmacintire@msn.com> ([Leica] summarit 50/1.5)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] summarit 50/1.5)