Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Laundry :-) That had _something_ to do with why I posted these shots, not only the Jupiter :-) I think your wife is pulling one over on you. Years ago mine and I had that discussion (pertaining to my substandard efforts in that division). While changing from summer tires to winter tires, I cut a deal :-) Thanks! Daniel On 8/5/05, leo <leowesson@charter.net> wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0022 > > Daniel, > > I find this shot interesting because it appears to be a woman doing > laundry. My wife tells me that women don't do laundry. > Must be different in Sweden! > > Nice tones. > > Leo > > On Aug 4, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > Greg, > > I've been playing around with the Jupiter-12 on my IIIf. It's an > > f2.8 lens. > > > > I just put up some shots from yesterday: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0024 > > (Wide-open, slow shutter, 1/30). > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0021 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0022 > > (Kind of "normal" conditions) > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0027 > > (The Jupiter-8 (50mm), wide-open. It's an f2.0 lens) > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/By-Jupiter/05v30_0026 > > (Jupiter-8 under normal conditions). > > > > These are not "plug-and-play" lenses. The Jupiter-12 focuses a bit in > > front of what I'm focusing on, so I give it a slight twist to a longer > > distance after focusing. The Jupiter-8 (50mm) focuses slightly (ever > > so) behind, so I twist it just a little bit closer after focusing. You > > can only tell when it is wide-open. > > > > But to tell the truth, you get much better mileage if you just pick up > > a Kiev (Contax copy) body and lenses (the same) to fit. You don't run > > in to the same mismatches of focusing as you do with the screw-mount > > lenses. The bodies are great. Just keep a roll a electrical tape > > around to seal it up after loading film. Darkness likes to leak out of > > them. > > > > Built like tanks. Cheap. > > > > Best, Daniel > > (now back to vacation ... I was just touching bases now). > > > > > > On 7/29/05, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >> I'm looking to purchase a (non-Leica) LTM lens in the 35mm focal > >> lenght to use with my old IIIf's and IIIg's f2 or there about and > >> not made by VC. Nikon, Canon or other sharp lens? > >> > >> Any suggestions on lenses and approximate sale prices? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Greg > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >