industar 61 or jupiter 8 for my bessa r?

[paulfish4570]

i put a magnifying glass to the walgreens prints. focus is dead on. and this little indy 50 is pretty stinking sharp edge to edge.

 

[paulfish4570]

cannot even download images from the disk to the main laptop. it is crippled up. aieeeeee!

i did get to look at 'em on the big laptop's screen. the walgreens housebrand 200 color cannot handle a full range of tones. in several shots exposed for an object, the sky - and it was overcast, not sunny - is washed out. i accidentally exposed the first six shots at asa 400 on the r's meter instead of asa 200. these look richer ...

 

[paulfish4570]

couldn't stand the wait after seeing how prices were rising on canon normals, elmars, 'rons and 'its on e-bay. ordered a j-8 from fedka; asked yuri to pick out his best excellent-grade used lens. hoping it gets here today, but more likely monday. i'll use the j-8 until i can raise the money for a cv 1.5 ...

 

[wallace]

Even the P&S cameras of today are going to look sharper than the 1950s lenses.

Objection! I think that all owners of a Canon Serenar 50/1.8 would veto....🙂 Simply the best value for a fast 50.

wallace

 

[paulfish4570]

jupiter 8 arrived today from fedka. it's a dandy little lens, slick as owl grease on a teflon skillet. looks jaunty on the bessa, with a chinese-made copy of the leica vented hood screwed onto the front. this hood copy, by the way, is very good; matte-black aluminum. this one fits 40.5mm filter size. borrowed it from my minolta a5. i can hear the a5 wimpering in the camera drawer ...

 

[former member]

Objection! I think that all owners of a Canon Serenar 50/1.8 would veto....🙂 Simply the best value for a fast 50.

wallace

I own TWO Canon 50/1.8's, one Serenar and one Black. And the Canon 50/0.95, Canon 50/1.2, Canon 50/1.4...

Modern P&S optics are slow- and that is the trade-off. Most use molded aspheric optics. But the lens on my Leica Mini and Nikon Lite-Touch are quite good. Slow at F3.5.

 

[Mablo]

I have a chrome, tabbed -56 model, first two numbers on the SN tell you the production year. I also have a black -92 model. Both are sharp from f/4 upwards. If I had to pick one or the other I'd go for the older one. It has that certain 'je ne sais quoi' which I like.

 

[paulfish4570]

those tab models do look nice, and i am a big fan of tabs. the vented hood brings out the je ne sais quoi on my black j-8 ... 🙂