Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:02 PM 10/25/05 +0800, Ed wrote: >Hi, > >Has anyone used these Jupiter 8 Russian lenses on their leica's before? They >are 50mm/2 heard a lot of good things about them and they are dirt cheap >atm. I've also heard some stories that say that they have radioactive >compounds in their makeup, any idea if there's any truth to this? > There are no radioactive elements in any Jupiter-8. These lenses are clones of the early Postwar Carl Zeiss Jena 2/5cm Sonnar T, and in fact the first Soviet-marked such lenses were actually Zeiss-made badge-engineered units. Soviet/Post-Soviet (SPS) lens quality is truly a matter of "Russian roulette" so be certain that you buy with a return guarantee. Having said that, these are quite fine lenses and I regularly use mine both on my LTM and M cameras. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505