Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The pictures from that lens look really good. REALLY GOOD for the money. How is the mechanical quality of the lens? Where did you buy it? I ended up with a Konica 50 for my M6; not sure whether I'll keep this one since I don't have the photos back from my first test roll. I'm still looking for a nice Summicron - keep hitting the ebay auctions but the last couple have gone for over $600 which is a bit over my limit. Glenn On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:18:40 -0500, Neal Friedenthal <neal@nairobisafari.com> wrote: > I recently got a CV R3a body and in the same week a Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5, > so naturally they got put together to test. I have been well pleased with > the results from Soviet lenses in the past and have > had a Jupiter 3 in Contax/Kiev mount so I wanted to see what one would do > on a Leica. I wanted the R3a as an auto exposure back-up for my M7. The > attaches shots were shot on 200asa fuji > negative film, both at f1.5. The first, of Linda, was at 1/30; the > second, of "little" Rob, was at 1/60. Contrast is about as it appears on > the neg, a little color correction for the artificial light. I'm still > impressed with the Soviet glass, especially considering its $100 price tag > with shipping from Moscow, it may not be Leica glass but it compares very > favorably with the CV 50mm 1.5 Nokton and is a lot > more compact, (about the size of a 50 f2 Summicron). > > http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_04/tn/lindaP1.jpg.html > > http://www.photoneal.com/photos/photos_04/tn/lrob1.jpg.html > > Comments? > > Neal F > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >