Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Jupiter 8 I use from time to time (not sure I have any photos from it online unfortunately) it seems to be quite sharp but I have seen other's jupiter work that was downright muddy looking. I think this is the key - you pay 100 bucks and you might get something really sharp but you might also get something really bad. As to radioactivity, mine doesn't glow at night but I think it has made me sympathetic to the proletariat. Dave On 10/25/05, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >